Personal Life
Daivari was born in Minnesota to Iranian parents, who immigrated to the United States in the 1970s. He speaks Persian fluently. He has an older and a younger brother. His younger brother, Arya, is also a professional wrestler.
Daivari was featured in the Morgan Spurlock directed documentary Mansome.
In October 2012, Daivari gained attention for choking a drunk, disruptive passenger unconscious with a rear naked choke on a lightrail en route to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, after police were slow to respond to another passenger hitting an emergency button.
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