5 Sikh Wrestlers from Canada

#3 Tiger Jeet Singh

Tiger Jeet Singh wrestled extensively around the world

Any list about famous Canadian Sikhs would be incomplete without mentioning this man. Tiger Jeet Singh will always remain a legend in Pro wrestling for all his accomplishments and accolades that he has earned by wrestling all over the world. He is also one of the few wrestlers who never signed up for the WWF despite not having a language barrier.

Jagjeet Hans AKA Tiger Jeet Singh immigrated from Punjab to Canda in 1960 and almost immediately started training in wrestling. He was given the name “Tiger” because of his style of wrestling which was the equivalent of what strongstyle is today.

Tiger Jeet Singh is the most legendary pro wrestler of Indian origin ever. He wrestled Bruno Sammartino in the WWWF (Vince McMahon Sr.’s company) as well as Andre the Giant, The Iron Sheik etc in various independent wrestling promotions. He truly became a legend after moving to Japan, however.

In Japan, Tiger Jeet Singh started a feud with Japanese legend Antonio Inoki in what ended up becoming one of the most memorable feuds of all time. Singh and Inoki wrestled all over Japan and would get the better of each other on separate occasions.

Later, Tiger Jeet Singh would go on to defeat Ric Flair in singles competition at Toronto in the year of 1979 as well as Big Van Vader (Vader) in a tag team match. He also feuded with Giant Baba, Atsushi Onita (one of the most violent and bloodiest feuds of all time) and even helped Mick Foley (Cactus Jack) to defeat wrestling legend Terry Funk.

Following is a video of one of the many barbaric matches Tiger Jeet Singh fought against Atsushi Onita:

Even though he’s a wrestling icon in Japan and Canada, one has to admire the philanthropy that Tiger Jeet Singh has done over the years. He has made a lot of donations to his local community and has been an inspirational figure for the young Sikhs of Canada. Truly a legend in every sense of that word!