WWE Jinder Mahal: He is one of the top Indian Wrestlers that WWE has ever produced. He won the WWE Champion back in 2017
Yuvraj Dhesi started his wrestling career at Rick Bogner’s Martial Arts Fitness Center in Calgary, Canada. He then trained with Alan Coase and Gerry Moreau and began working with the Prairie Wrestling Alliance.
Jinder Mahal Story
Here he named PWA Championship title and Tag Team Championship from 2008 to 2010. He then took part in the Great North Wrestling where he had his fights with Samoa Joe and Hannibal.
WWE Debut
Dhesi first started in the company with the 2010 Florida Championship Wrestling, and used his Punjabi gimmick there. He first used the name Jinder Mahal in SmackDown on 29 April 2011 where he was welcomed by The Great Khali and Ranjan Singh at that time. He then paired up with Ted DeBiasi, Jay Uso, Sheamus and The Great Khali.
NXT and 3MB
Jinder Mahal fought Saith Rawlins in the first match for the NXT Championship when WWE eliminated FCW and created NXT. They then became part of SmackDown where they teamed up with Drew McIntire and Heath Slater to form 3MB.
Drew McIntire of this group attacked Clay in the September 2012 match between Slater and Brodas Clay. They had defeated Co-Bro, and had a win in the tag team division in the pre-show Survivor Series.
WWE Jinder Mahal: Net Worth And Wife
When he won the WWE Championship on 21 May 2017 at Backlash defeating Randy Orton, everyone was shocked. As he was not only the 50th champion, but also the first WWE champion of Indian origin. Then as Jinder was celebrating his win at SmackDown, Shane McMahon informed him that Randy Orton had invited his championship rematch at Money in the Bank.
But Randy was not only on the show but in Battleground’s Punjabi Prison He was also defeated in the match, as he was helped by The Great Khali in this prison match.
- FULL NAME: Yuvraj Singh Dhesi
- BORN: July 19, 1986
- HEIGHT: 6 feet 5 inches
- NATIONALITY: Canadian
- RELATION: (S)Gama Singh (uncle)
- Nicknames: ‘The Maharaja’, ‘The Man of Peace’, ‘The New American Dream’
- Weight: 116 kg
- Net Worth: $1 Million – $5 Million
- Place of Birth: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Finishing Moves: Cobra Clutch Slam
- Major Titles: WWE Championship (1 time), WWE US Championship (1 time)
- Signature Moves: Curvature, Double Underhook Suplex, Hangman, High Ni, Ni Lift, Multiple Ni Drops, Knickbreaker, Reverse STO
- Manager: Hornsvogel, Lana, Singh Brothers
- Interesting Things: Jinder’s Uncle Gama Singh was formerly a WWE Superstar. Dhesi is a Punjabi Sikh Jat and uses Punjabi and English. He has a business degree in Communication and Culture from Calgary.
Win / lose ratio: 411 wins in 510 matches, 94 defeats and 5 draws.