5 current WWE Superstars and their jobs before wrestling
#3. WWE Superstar Shanky
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Shanky, Jinder Mahal, and Veer
WWE Superstar Shanky has only been a pro wrestler for six years. Before that, he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce and worked as an accountant at a university in Mullana, India.
While working as an accountant, Shanky started going to the gym. He then watched WWE Hall of Famer The Great Khali speak about his wrestling academy, CWE, on TV and decided to join it. There, he learned the ropes and won the CWE Heavyweight Championship twice.
The 30-year-old spoke about the difficulties of training at The Great Khali's academy in an interview with the Hindustan Times. Shanky revealed that he cried every night in the bathroom.
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Shanky's tough training led him to WWE. He joined the company in January 2020. A year later, the former accountant made his in-ring debut at Superstar Spectacle. He teamed up with Giant Zanjeer, Rey Mysterio and Ricochet to defeat Cesaro, Dolph Ziggler, King Corbin and Shinsuke Nakamura.
The Indian Superstar debuted on Monday Night RAW last May, joining forces with Jinder Mahal. The 30-year-old is now Jinder Mahal's protégé alongside Veer.
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Ahmed Hamdy
Ahmed Hamdy is an Egyptian journalist with a decade of experience in sports journalism, specializing in pro wrestling and football.
Hamdy kicked off his career as a sports reporter for Al-Ahram Weekly. He then became a producer/reporter for Mal Masr TV program on the Egyptian channel ON TV. In the following years, Hamdy worked as a reporter for several international news outlets, including Deutsche Welle (Germany), As-Safir (Lebanon), and Al-Monitor (U.S.A).
In 2014, Hamdy joined leading Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Al Youm, where he is now a Senior Sports Editor. In addition to all that, the Egyptian also worked as a sports editor for Sport360 and feature writer for Manshoor.com.
Hamdy has covered several sports events throughout the past few years, including WWE's tour in Egypt and the 2019 African Cup of Nations.
The experienced journalist joined Sportskeeda's pro wrestling feature writers team in early 2021. Since then, his work has managed to get millions of reads.
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