The Times Of India is reporting that 33-year-old Indian kickboxer-turned-actor Saurav Gurjar has signed a developmental deal with WWE. WWE is billing Gurjar as 6-foot-8 and 298 pounds, and he took part in a four-day invitation-only tryout in Dubai last April that featured 33 male and female athletes from 18 different countries.
Here’s what the former Haryana State Boxing Champion had to say to The Times Of India about signing with WWE:
“It had been a dream of mine since childhood to be a WWE wrestler. I am from the Chambal valley, where kids usually have two options — to join politics or the sand mafia. But I always wanted to be a professional wrestler. Everything that happened in between — sports, acting — was by chance.
“My father is a farmer and we didn’t have a TV growing up so I would watch wrestling fights at my neighbor’s place. I grew up watching people like The Undertaker, Kane, and The Rock,” Gurjar said. “Kane was someone I idolized and I can’t wait to meet him. Although I’m sure if he walks up to me in the ring, I would be too stunned to say or do anything.
“My goal, my zidd is simple — I want to be the WWE Heavyweight Champion. It might take time but I will get there eventually,” Gurjar declares.
You can read Gurjar’s full interview with The Times Of India by clicking here.
