How WWE can find its footing in India without The Great Khali

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A majority of the WWE Universe wouldn’t have noticed the fact that Big Show has been absent from a credible storyline ever since he was knocked out by Brock Lesnar at Royal Rumble. But since you are aware of it now, for the record, Big Show was actually in India.

If you thought that Show came to India just for a random visit, it’s time to refresh those brain cells.

Being the second largest country in terms of population, India is being recognized as a top international market by the wrestling promotions across the United States for a long time now. WWE and TNA stars making occasional visits and Colt Cabana wrestling in remote villages are only the inception of the business moves that they are making to conquer the Indian fans.

Though there are several companies making their moves, WWE stands out from the rest. And I believe I need not give any justification other than saying; they are the biggest fish in the sea.

And for almost the past decade, The Great Khali is seen as the tapping medium for the WWE to explore the vast Indian market.

But one has to admit that Hornswoggle wrestles better than the giant wrestler. Khali, apart from his initial big push has been an utter failure with the fans. Though the feud against Undertaker and some time on national TV benefited the company’s popularity well, fans didn’t take much time to realize that the guy could barely walk.

With the idea of Khali is becoming stale as each second passes the company clearly needs to think about what they can do to keep the fire burning in India other than just sending some random wrestler every now and then.

So here is a look at certain things that can be put on the list and is way better than what they are doing now.

Wrestlers

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To be frank there aren’t many wrestlers who could say that they solely belong from India but there are some certain names that ring some bells.

Apart from Great Khali, Jinder Mahal is the only one currently in the WWE roster and he has been confined to a rock star jobber for the time being. There are no signs of him getting a push in the near future with that gimmick as well but giving him a good Indian gimmick and a very nice push along with it could work well for the company.

Apart from Mahal, two other names that WWE could use are Sabu and Sonjay Dutt.

Though they don’t technical belong to India, both have great looks to fit into any Indian Gimmick. Being popular and experience, Sabu could easily settle into the WWE despite the show being family friendly. Meanwhile, Sonjay Dutt has proved to everyone that he has the skills to make chain wrestling popular again.

Nevertheless, three wrestlers in kayfabe Indian gimmick that can actually wrestle would be a lot better than a big giant who just walks around.