Early Life:
Jinder Mahal
(Yuvraj Singh Dhesi) was born on July 19, 1986 is an Indo Canadian professional
wrestler signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring
Mahal Raja. Dhesi debuted in Premier Martial Arts Wrestling (PMW) as Raj Dhesi
and then went on to train with Bad News Allen and Gerry Morrow, wrestling in a
revived Stampede Wrestling alongside fellow future WWE wrestlers Natalya
Neidhart, Tyson Kidd and Viktor. As Tiger Raj Singh, Dhesi also won various tag
team championships in Stampede and in Prairie Wrestling Alliance (PWA),
spending much of his early career teaming with his cousin Gama Singh Jr., with
whom they were known as The New Karachi Vice and also as Sikh & Destroy,
winning the PWA Canadian Tag Team Championship.
WWE Career:
Dhesi traveled to Tampa, Florida to try out for World
Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s developmental promotion Florida Championship
Wrestling (FCW). At the tryout, Dhesi believed that his Punjabi gimmick and
promos made him stand out, stating that he "came out wearing a turban and
had full outfit on" and that "they like guys who speak different languages
and have different looks.
From the
begun his career on the independent circuit, Mahal joined WWE in 2010, making
his debut on the company's main roster the following year. After a short-lived
alliance with his storyline brother-in-law The Great Khali, Mahal was then
mostly utilized as enhancement talent during his initial stint with WWE, forming
the group 3MB with fellow lower card wrestlers Heath Slater and Drew McIntyre
before both Mahal and McIntyre were released from the company in the summer of
2014. Mahal returned to WWE two years later with a dramatically improved body
condition and received a push following WrestleMania 33, culminating in a win
over Randy Orton at Backlash in May 2017 for the WWE Championship. Mahal is the
50th WWE Champion and the first wrestler of Indian descent to win the title.
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