5 WWE Wrestlers who worked in Bollywood

Publish date: 2024-05-18

WWE is the global hub of sports entertainment. There’s no one else in the specified domain who does it better. Back in the day, superstars like “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan, The Rock and many more were company’s poster boys. Each era in this business had it’s MVP and they took their respective periods at the pinnacle. In today’s world, it’s all about going mainstream. Only wrestling a great match doesn’t signifies how well-versed of a pro-wrestler one is.

As we coin the word “Mainstream”, that’s where we merge two different fields, namely Hollywood and Sports Entertainment. In the past decade, top guys like The Rock and John Cena have completely transitioned themselves into a worldwide figure. Leaving WWE for Hollywood proved utterly exponential in their overall development. But, do you know that there are certain WWE Superstars who’ve worked in Indian cinema too? Let’s take a look at five of these names.

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#5 Brian Keith Adams ‘Crush’

Former WWE Superstar Crush, amassed majority of his notoriety as a tag-team wrestler. Being trained by Antonio Inoki, the veteran found great success in WCW as well as in WWF. Well, the United States Airforce personnel got casted in 1996 movie named Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi.

#4 Nathan Jones

Stephan Jones had quite a short WWE career. His notable part went with The Undertaker on SmackDown brand. Apart from wrestling, he’s a powerlifting champion. The 6’11” frame of this Australian human specimen probably cracked him a role in Bollywood. Back in 2016, a movie named “The Flying Jatt” was released. The Indian action-thriller saw Tiger Shroff and Jacqueline Fernandez in the lead roles. Jones cosplayed an unhinged monster named “Raka” in the film.

#3 Brian Lee

Brian Lee or The Undertaker Lite? Call it whatever you want. Lee was a renowned figure of the 90s in the world of professional wrestling. He played the role of The Undertaker in Hollywood movie “Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi”. This is the exact same film where he would defeat another WWE Superstar named Crush. It had Akshay Kumar and actress Raveena Tandon in lead roles.

#2 Harv Sihra

Harv Sihra or what we better know him as one-half of The Singh Brothers. He alongside his brother Sunil were a team in WWE alongside Jinder Mahal. The Indian trio ruled SmackDown for the better part of 2017 where they helped Mahal to capture the WWE Championship. Samir worked in Bollywood movie named “Brothers”. It had Akshay Kumar and Siddharth Malhotra in the lead-roles.

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#1 The Great Khali

The Great Khali stands out as the best WWE Superstar from India, till date. He even won the World Heavyweight Championship and had grueling battles with The Undertaker and John Cena. The India-born wrestling sensation acted in Bollywood films like Ramaa- The Saviour and Kushti. Both were released in 2010.

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