5 Sikh Wrestlers from Canada

#4 Tiger Ali Singh

Tiger Ali Singh was signed by the WWF amidst a lot of hype

Son of the aforementioned wrestling legend Tiger Jeet Singh, Tiger Ali Singh (real name Gurjit Singh Hans) was a professional wrestler of the highest pedigree. He trained under his father and then in the New Japan Pro Wrestling dungeon. After a couple of years of wrestling in Japan, the WWF came calling.

Vince McMahon signed Tiger Ali Singh up and was certainly very vocal about the signing. The WWE at the time needed a star that they could market to the Indian market and Tiger Ali Singh slotted in wonderfully with those plans.

He won the Kuwait Cup Tournament to start things off with the WWF and actually managed to defeat some of the topmost names in the WWF at the time including Mankind (Mick Foley), Owen Hart as well as Al Snow. He was also heavily supported by Bret Hart (from Bret’s ties with his father).

He debuted in the WWF shortly thereafter with a gimmick that saw him boasting about his money and being accompanied by a servant called Babu.

The highlight of Tiger Ali Singh’s persona as a wrestler were his incredible mic skills. He could cut a great promo and it really showed. He also had a towering personality, being 6’5”, however, despite being an experienced wrestler, he really lacked in the wrestling skills department. Here’s a video of Tiger Ali Singh in the WWE:

Tiger Ali Singh was eventually phased out by the WWE and was later involved in a legal struggle against the company, accusing them of racism. He suffered, what was dubbed as a “career ending injury” and quit wrestling for good. He has since wrestled sporadically but doesn’t wrestle for a full-time career anymore.

Couldn’t live up to the name, but he was the first Sikh/Indian-origin male wrestler in the WWF and for that alone, he shall always be remembered.