50 Facts About Shawn Daivari

Dara Shawn Daivari was born on April 30,1984 and is an Iranian-American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Shawn Daivari.

Shawn Daivari is currently signed to WWE as a producer.

Shawn Daivari is known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he is a former TNA X Division Champion and has made appearances in Ring of Honor and Lucha Underground.

Shawn Daivari participated in his first professional wrestling match at age 15.

Shawn Daivari started his career in the upper midwest independent scene.

Shawn Daivari is known for representing Iran for international title matches.

On October 19,1998, Shawn Daivari appeared on Nitro as a fan being interviewed by Mike Tenay.

Shawn Daivari appeared on the February 26,2003, episode of Explosion and wrestled a tag team match against Mike Sanders and Glenn Gilberti with Ken Anderson.

Shawn Daivari appeared on the October 5,2003, episode of Sunday Night Heat as Shawn Daivari, losing his match against Tommy Dreamer.

Shawn Daivari made four appearances for independent promotion Ring of Honor between April and July 2004.

The next night on Raw, Hassan verbally and physically attacked Shawn Daivari leaving their future as a team in question.

Shawn Daivari was squashed easily in that match, after which Hassan began to pray on the ramp, summoning five masked men to the ring.

Shawn Daivari returned from DSW and, after working in Minneapolis, made his debut in September 2005 on Ohio Valley Wrestling TV returning as his "Sheik" Daivari persona.

On November 21,2005, Kurt Angle announced that Shawn Daivari was to be the referee for all his future matches, including his WWE Championship match against John Cena for the title at Survivor Series.

The next week, Shawn Daivari officially presented him to the crowd, hyping him as an "unstoppable monster".

Shawn Daivari made Khali put Piper down and straightened Piper's jacket disrespectfully, at which Piper slapped Shawn Daivari, but was then given a chop by Khali.

Shawn Daivari continued to accompany The Great Khali to the ring when Khali wrestled or attacked other wrestlers, but when The Great Khali became inactive due to injury, Shawn Daivari was taken off the road as well.

Shawn Daivari continued his winning streak over the next several weeks with The Great Khali usually following up the contest with a chokebomb on Shawn Daivari's opponent.

At December to Dismember on December 3,2006, Shawn Daivari got a victory over Tommy Dreamer following a schoolboy roll-up.

Shawn Daivari wrestled in a Cruiserweight Open for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship at No Way Out, won by Chavo Guerrero.

Shawn Daivari was involved in a feud between Kane and The Great Khali, promoting Khali in March 2007.

Shawn Daivari was drafted back to Raw in the supplemental draft on June 17,2007.

Shawn Daivari re-debuted on the June 18,2007, episode of Raw, losing to Jeff Hardy.

Shawn Daivari's losing streak continued when he failed to win the position of General Manager of Raw by been eliminated early in the battle royal the week after Rhodes defeated him.

Shawn Daivari then started to get on a roll on Heat being victorious against Super Crazy and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan.

On October 16,2007, Shawn Daivari was released from his WWE contract.

On May 3,2011, Shawn Daivari made his WWE return by competing in a dark match before the SmackDown tapings, losing to Ted DiBiase.

In 2018, Shawn Daivari made his second return to WWE during a segment at Greatest Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia where he and his brother, Ariya Shawn Daivari, were driven out of the ring by four new Saudi recruits.

Shawn Daivari was later hired by WWE as a producer in January 2019, and was eventually released on April 15,2020, as part of budget cuts stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shawn Daivari made his debut for Professional Championship Wrestling in Arlington, Texas, at PCW's Heroes 2 Legends event in November 2007.

Shawn Daivari returned to PCW on February 23,2008, at PCW's Big Bang '08 event to again wrestle a triple threat match for the PCW Cruiserweight Championship, this time against Robert Evans and Aaron Eagle, who won and became the new champion.

Shawn Daivari won the match to become the new AMW Light Heavyweight Champion.

Shawn Daivari pulled aside a flight attendant, who then announced over the loudspeaker that Kip was celebrating his 65th birthday.

Shawn Daivari was taken to wrestler court because it was determined that he hadn't spent enough time in the company to pull a rib on a veteran.

Shawn Daivari was found guilty and was required to supply the locker room beer and booze, which he did on Tuesday night after the tapings.

Shawn Daivari made his return to ROH on February 5,2010, at the tapings of Ring of Honor Wrestling on HDNet, portraying an anti-American heel.

On September 11,2010, at Glory By Honor IX, Shawn Daivari unsuccessfully challenged Eddie Edwards for the ROH World Television Championship.

On May 13,2015, Shawn Daivari made his in-ring debut against Texano, which Shawn Daivari won by disqualification after Texano attacked the referee.

On May 20,2015, Shawn Daivari hired Big Ryck as his bodyguard, both of them attacking Texano as well as Bengala.

Daivari made his debut in Juggalo Championship Wrestling in At Oddball Wrestling on August 14,2010, where The Daivari Brothers, lost to The Ring Rydas.

Shawn Daivari made his American Wrestling Rampage debut on AWR's seven-night Twisted Steel Tour.

On May 8,2011, at Pro Wrestling Syndicate Vendetta event, Shawn Daivari won the vacant PWS New York State Championship.

Several days later at Canadian Wrestling's Elite, he and Ariya Shawn Daivari went to the finals CWE Tag Team Championship Tournament, but lost to Danny Duggan and Kenny Omega.

In June 2011, Shawn Daivari, working under the ring name Dubai, was announced as one of the four team captains for the pilot tapings of All Wheels Wrestling.

In December 2011, Shawn Daivari took part in TNA's India project, Ring Ka King, where he resumed the Abdul Bashir gimmick and formed The Sheiks with his brother Arya, who worked as Mustafa Bashir.

On May 12,2012, Shawn Daivari won the Big Time Wrestling Cruiserweight Championship.

Shawn Daivari made his return at Genesis as a competitor in the fourth Super X Cup tournament, where he lost in the first round to Jake Something.

Shawn Daivari was born in Minnesota to Iranian parents, who immigrated to the United States in the 1970s.

Shawn Daivari's younger brother, Ariya, is a professional wrestler, and was part of the WWE Cruiserweight Division.

Shawn Daivari was featured in the Morgan Spurlock directed documentary Mansome.