According to a report from The Times of India, Indian TV actor and kickboxer Saurav Gurjar has signed a three-year developmental contract with WWE. We reported that Gurjar attended WWE’s tryouts in Dubai in May of 2017. Gurjar is 6’8″.
As far as his acting career is concerned, Gurjar appeared in the show “Mahabharata”, where he played the role of “Beem”. Gurjar also competed in various kickboxing competitions prior to training to become a pro wrestler. Gurjar worked with Ring Ka King in 2011 under the ring name of “Deadly Danda”.
Gurjar told The Times the following,
“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. I did enjoy all that success. I don’t agree that India has recently started producing top wrestlers. Be it the Great Gama or Dara Singh, India has always produced great wrestlers. Bas ab visibility badh gayi hai. It’s great that WWE has so many Indian faces like Jinder Mahal, Kavita Devi, etc. It will be a motivation for me to compete with them and carve a name for myself.”
