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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Joginder Singh 1919 Sheron,Tarn Taran district,Punjab Province, British India |
| Died | 1 August 1990(1990-08-01) (aged 70–71) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Tiger Joginder / Jokinder Tiger Joginder Singh |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
| Billed weight | 270 lb (122 kg) |
| Billed from | Punjab, India |
| Trained by | Harnam Singh |
| Debut | 1945 |
Joginder Singh (1919-August 1, 1990) was anIndianprofessional wrestler. He was the firstAll Asia Tag Team Champion, along withKing Kong.[1] He was one of the top professional wrestlers ofIndia at that time.[2]
He was born in the village of Sheron in theTarn Taran district ofPunjab Province, British India into aSikh family.[3]
In 1948, Tiger Joginder and Arjan Singh Das were signed byGreat World's wrestling promoters, where he competed against many top wrestlers likeKing Kong,Bill Verna, George Zbisko, Tiger Ray Holden and Seelie Samara, and earned fame worldwide.[4]
Tiger wrestled in theUnited States in the late 1940s to the early 1950s, with wrestlers such asThe French Angel, Ted Christy,Kola Kwariani,Jack Dempsey, Oki Shikina, Lord Carlton, and Benny Trudel. On 8 March 1950, his match with Chief Thunderbird atParamount Theatre had attracted much interest.[5]
In 1954, Tiger competed in the Rustam-e-Hind (Champion of India) tournament, but lost in the final toDara Singh.[6] The same year, he defeatedEuropean Heavyweight ChampionBert Assirati in front of the 50,000 spectators atBombay.[7] In 1959, he competed in anotherprofessional wrestling tournament Commonwealth Championship, but didn't succeed.[8]
On 16 November 1955 in theJapan Wrestling Association, he andKing Kong defeatedRikidōzan andHarold Sakata in atwo out of three falls match at JWA All Asia Championship tournament final to crown the inauguralAll Asia Tag Team Champions.[9] But he failed to capture theAll Asia Heavyweight Championship in the single competition.[10]
He also did acting in someIndian films in the 1960s with fellow wrestlersDara Singh,King Kong andRandhawa.
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Samson | Hindi films | |
| Rustom-E-Rome | Plato | ||
| Jagga | Punjabi film | ||
| Hercules | Wrestler | Hindi films | |
| Badshah | |||
| Sandhya Deeper Sikha | Bengali film | ||
| 1965 | Saat Samundar Paar | Wrestler | Hindi films |
| Rustom-E-Hind | Wrestler | ||
| Panch Ratan (1965) | rebel | ||
| Mahabharat | Hidimba | ||
| 1966 | Rustom Kaun | ||
| Insaaf |
