WWE superstar Vladimir Kozlov (real name Oleg Prudius) became a U.S. citizen this morning.

Kozlov joined a group of around 400 people who took the "Oath of Allegiance" to become official U.S. citizens. Kozlov told the FOX affiliate in Tampa Bay that this was his dream for a "long time."

"When I was raised and born in Russia, I had [a] dream to come to United States because U.S. [is a] land of big opportunity," Kozlov said.