Tiger Ali Singh
Real name: Gurjit Singh Hans
Height: 6’5″
Weight: 290 lbs.
Date of birth: March 9, 1971
Born: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pro debut: November 19, 1992
Trained by: Sweet Daddy Siki & Ron Hutchinson
Finishing move: Reverse Neckbreaker
Biography
– Singh trained at both the NJPW Dojo and at Toronto’s Sully’s Gym before embarking on his professional career
– Singh debuted for Japan’s FMW in November 1992, teaming with his father, Tiger Jeet Singhto defeat Kareem Sudan & Sabu in the World’s Strongest Street Fight Tag League. The pair would go on to reach the semi-finals of the tournament, where they lost to the team of Atsushi Onita & Grigory Verichev
– In mid-1993, The Singhs worked a tour with Kendo Nagasaki’s NOW promotion
– At NJPW BATTLE 7 in the Tokyo Dome, The Singhs defeated Heisei Ishingun (Shiro Koshinaka & Michiyoshi Ohara)
– Singh signed with the WWF in January 1997. The announcement was made at a press conference held at the Skydome in Toronto. He was sent to train at the Funkin’ Dojo under Dory Funk Jr & Tom Prichard before debuting
– Singh won the WWF’s 1997 Kuwait Cup Tournament, defeating Owen Hart in the final
– Singh made his official WWF debut on the April 21 episode of Raw, defeating Salvatore Sincere
– At the UK PPV ‘One Night Only’, Singh defeated Leif Cassidy. Following this event, Singh was removed from television to undergo further training
– In July 1998, Singh re-debuted under a ‘Million Dollar Man’ style gimmick and gained a manservant named ‘Babu’
– At the UK PPV ‘Capital Carnage’, Singh defeated Edge
– At No Mercy 1999 (the UK version), Singh defeated Gillberg
– Following this event, Singh was once again removed from television for further training. He would be sent to Puerto Rico’s IWA during this time
– Singh returned to the WWF as the manager of the Lo Down tag team of D’Lo Brown and Chaz. The team was not a success, and all three men were sent to Puerto Rico in May of 2001
– On August 11, 2001, Singh & Russ McCullough defeated Los Boricuas (Huracan Castillo & Miguel Perez Jr) to win the IWA Tag Team Titles
– On November 24, Singh & Pain defeated Los Boricuas to regain the IWA Tag Team Titles
– In December 2001, Singh suffered a concussion in the IWA ring and claims to have been refused medical attention thereafter. He immediately returned to Canada and was released by WWE several months later
– Singh filed a $7 million lawsuit against the World Wrestling Federation. Among his claims were that his career-ending injury was the result of being forced to wrestle in the rain while in Puerto Rico. The two settled out of court
– In late 2008, Singh, under the new ring name Tiger Jeet Singh, Jr. (in honor of his father), returned to wrestling as a part of the HUSTLE promotion in Japan. He made his return by teaming up with his father in a tag team match against Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka
– Singh would wrestle sporadically in the 2010s, but called it a day for good after 2014’s TigerFest event in Canada
