Kavita Devi: 5 things you need to know about WWE's first Indian Women's Superstar

#4 She has been trained by The Great Khali

Khali demonstrates a chokehold on Kavita

Kavita Devi has been trained in professional wrestling at the Continental Wrestling Entertainment (CWE) Academy, which is owned and operated by former WWE World Heavyweight Champion, The Great Khali, in Jalandhar, Punjab, India.

According to Kavita, Khali (who she refers to as Khali sir) has been instrumental in training her as a professional wrestler. Kavita has stated in interviews that she has a lot of respect for Khali for providing her and her fellow academy students with all the facilities that they could ever need to become pro wrestlers.

Kavita has also stated that Khali frequently dedicates a lot of his own time into ensuring that the Academy students are trained properly and that he also hires foreign trainers to help the students perfect their techniques.

Kavita, since she joined the academy in 2016, has performed at several of the academy’s house shows and other events as “Hard KD”. Including her infamous appearance against a challenge by fellow CWE Superstar BB Bulbul, where Kavita had shown up wearing the traditional Indian Salwar Kameez dress and had beaten Bulbul down.

The video of her brawl with Bulbul, while she was dressed in traditional Indian clothing, has gone viral on social media, and had even gotten her an offer from Bigg Boss, India’s version of Big Brother. Kavita had rejected the offer due to her disapproval of the show’s format.