Positive Update Emerges on Ilja Dragunov’s WWE Return Status

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There’s another update on Ilja Dragunov’s WWE return, and it sounds promising.The Czar hasn’t been seen on WWE television in months, last competing on the SmackDown before WrestleMania 42 in the Andre the Giant Memorial 2026 Battle Royal.Wrestling Observer’s Bryan Alvarez is reporting that Dragunov is expected to be back “sooner than later,” though the report doesn’t provide an exact date for his return.While he has remained off televis