India Embraces The Great Khali

matt@iscribelimited.com (Rock Bottoms) — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:39:10 EST

WWE may despise him, but The Great Khali has an enormous fan base in his native country of India.

In fact, no less a source than The Washington Post covered this wrestler's recent home coming. Here are excerpts from the newspaper's article on the event:

After two hours of swaying to thumping Bollywood neo-folk music and listening to stock stage jokes, the fans grew impatient and began chanting for the star of the evening to show up. "We want Khali! We want Khali!"

And when the Goliath-size professional wrestler of that name appeared on stage in a blue cotton shirt, jeans and ponytail, thousands of hands thrust cellphone cameras into the air to capture the image.

"Khali, we love you," screamed men and women alike. "The Khali bomb!" yelled a male voice. Little boys tried to climb over barricades to get closer to the stage, on a college campus.

Read the full article on Khali now.

WWE News: Why was Great Khali Moved to Monday Night RAW?

matt@iscribelimited.com (Rock Bottoms) — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:06:50 EST

The decision to move the Great Khali from ECW to RAW was made in the last twenty-four hours, following Triple H's injury. The WWE felt it was necessary to fill the void that Triple H has left.

As we previously reported, the original plan for Khali was to challenge Lashley for the ECW World Title at WrestleMania 23. Khali is scheduled to make a final appearance on ECW tonight, wrestling Tommy Dreamer and ending that feud.

The revamped Gene Snitsky is expected to debut for ECW soon; he may be the one who fills the role that Khali leaves behind. As for Daivari, it remains unknown whether or not he will stay with ECW.

The Great Khali - The Wrestling Post

India Embraces The Great Khali

WWE News: Why was Great Khali Moved to Monday Night RAW?