Jinder Mahal | |
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Born | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | July 19, 1986
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Jinder Mahal Raj Singh Tiger Raj Singh Raj "The Future" Desi |
Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Billed weight | 222 lb (101 kg) |
Billed from | Punjab, India |
Trained by | Rick Titan Bad News Allen Gama Singh Florida Championship Wrestling |
Debut | 2003 |
Yuvraj "Raj" Dhesi (born July 19, 1986 in Calgary, Alberta) is an Indian-Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for working with the WWE under the ring name Jinder Mahal. He is a former WWE Champion, United States Champion and two-time 24/7 Champion. He has also worked on the independent circuit under the ring name Tiger Raj Singh. During his first WWE run from 2010 to 2014, Mahal was known for being part of the stable 3MB (three-man-band) along with Heath Slater and Drew McIntyre.
On June 12, 2014, Mahal was released from his WWE contract.[1] However, he returned in August of 2016 looking much stronger than when he left. At WrestleMania 33, he was the last person eliminated from the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal which was won by Mojo Rawley. On the April 18, 2017 episode of SmackDown, he won a #1 contender's six-pack challenge for the WWE Championship and at Backlash, he won the title from Randy Orton. This made him the first wrestler with family from India to win the title. On April 19, 2024, Mahal was released by WWE a second time.[2]