"I am not going to USA for life time. Average career of wrestlers like me is about 8-10 years and we have to earn during that period only. After that I will say goodbye to USA. " These are the words of Khali alias Dalip Sinh of India.
Since last 3 years, he is a wrestler from USA based WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). Most of the TV channels world wide telecast this fight, TV shows on this theme and gambling puts this business to millions. Such wresting is for entertainment. Many believe that these fights are fixed like cricket in our country. In this type of fight, no rules bind the players. They attack opponent with anything they find nearby. There are many cases when even referee is beaten. This fight is more popular among children.
His height is 7 ft 3 inches or 213 cms. He born in Dhariya of District Simor of Himachal Pradesh. For bread and butter for his family of 6 brothers-sisters and parents, he did a job of watchman, too. Police head of Punjab took him to Punjab and appointed him as a hawaldar, There he has to play and brighten the name of Punjab Police. He tried Basket Ball and failed. Then he tried body-building and he succeed. He was awarded Mister India in 1995 and 1996.
In 2000, Punjab Police sent him to USA for training of wrestling and since then he is there. There he didn't try to earn $s during the training and concentrated on the game. Then WWE contacted him. He believes in Kali Mata and he was named "The Great Khaali" which is now pronounced as Khali (instead of Khaali).
His first wrestling was on 21st April, 2006 and defeated Funaki. Within a month, he defeated world champion. He defeated 20 wrestlers before being the world heavyweight champion in 2007. He acted in a Hollywood movie, The Longest Yard." and spoke fluent English. He didn't know ABCD when he went to USA, now he can speak English with American accent, but he can't understand English spoken by Indians.
Besides Wrestling, he likes American Football and Cricket.
He was invited for IPL match, too.
He is married to USA born Punjabi girl Harminder Kaur, who is 2 ft. shorter than him.
Indian Wrestler Dara Sinh says the foreign wrestling is a mock and he challenged Khali to fight with Indian wrestlers.
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