Foreign wrestlers Brody Steel and Mike Knox have challenged former WWE star Dalip Singh Rana, popularly known as ‘The Great Khali’ in the second show of ‘The Great Khali Returns Series’ scheduled to be held at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Raipur, in Dehradun on Sunday.
In the press conference, Steel said that he had defeated Khali in the first show and he would repeat the same in the second show in Dehradun. He said that he had reached India to defeat Khali because he was crowned the World Heavyweight Champion in 2007.
Steel said that now he is the champion and Khali who is representing around 125 crore population of India cannot defeat him. He expressed his anger at Khali’s fans as according to him, they had not allowed him to celebrate in Haldwani after show was over.
It should be mentioned here that in the first show the fight was stopped mid way in Haldwani after his opponents, Mike Knox and Brody Steel, beat up Khali with chairs.
Steel who could not control his anger said that Indians are not only black outside but inside too. Moreover, despite getting injured, Khali has also vowed to make a comeback in the second show of ‘The Great Khali Returns Series’ scheduled on Sunday.
Moreover, Khali on Friday said, “It will be blood for blood and chair for chair.” He vowed to take revenge for the embarrassment he had to go through after getting badly injured in the opening fight of the event, which is named after the great wrestler. Khali, 43, said that he will fight the bout in Dehradun at his own risk just for his fans. “There is a fire burning inside me and I am embarrassed that I let my fans down in Haldwani,” Khali said.
In the first event, Khali was reported to be up against three foreign wrestlers who hit him with chairs and punched him. The programme chairman Ranjeet Rawat claimed that successful event was held in Haldwani as more than 30, 000 spectators were thronged the newly-constructed stadium and large numbers of spectators are expected to reach in Dehradun show.
Apart from Khali, around 30 Indian wrestlers, 13 wrestlers from foreign countries, including four female wrestlers, are participating in the fights in Haldwani. This freestyle wrestling entertainment event is aimed to further boost tourism in Uttarakhand.