WRESTLING fans got the chance to meet a former WWE champion at an exclusive signing event at the Stretford Extra Tesco store yesterday.

WWE Superstar Rusev, known as the ‘Bulgarian Brute’, greeted fans and signed autographs in store on Tuesday, April 19, ahead of the WWE Live Wrestlemania Revenge Tour at the Manchester Arena last night.

More than 370 people attended the free event and fans queued up from 9am, seven hours before his appearance, to ensure they got to see their idol.

The WWE Superstar, known for signature moves such as the body block and the fallaway Samoan drop, also met a contingent of special guests.