History Wrestling / TheGreatKhali

* SimSimSalabim: He has a Mowgli haircut and his entrance video has been filled with all the requisite iconography.

As usual, more can be found about him at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Khali The Other Wiki]].

Dalip Singh Rana (born 27 August 1972), better known as The Great Khali, is an Indian professional wrestler and actor.

Dalip Singh Rana (born 27 August 1972 in Dhiraina, India), better known as The Great Khali, is an Indian professional wrestler and actor.

Dalip Singh Rana (born 27 August 1972), better known as The Great Khali, is an Indian professional wrestler and actor.

Making his debut in 2000, he initially wrestled for a number of small promotions, including All Pro Wrestling, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, and Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. In 2006, he signed on to Wrestling/{{WWE}}. In July 2007, he became the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, and the first Indian WWE champion. He left WWE in 2014 to found his own wrestling school in Punjab, before returning part-time in 2017.

* AntiVillain: He only worked with Jinder Mahal to protect his sister's honor.

* UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject: Subverted - meeting an unstoppable force is one of the few things which make Khali stop being an immovable object. He had clashes with Giant Silva, Mark Henry and Big Show, all massive superheavyweights like him, but he actually lost to all of them every time they faced off.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He got sick of Mahal's threats and bullying, broke away from him, and then kicked his ass. Between the sudden end to the feud, as well as either Mahal's inability or his unwillingness to speak English when on camera, we never found out whether Mahal was bluffing or whether he did indeed divorce Khali's sister. And looked like it wouldn't be addressed as he started a feud with Ted [=DiBiase=] Jr, and Khali was out with an injury thanks to Mark Henry. However, when Khali returned at the Royal Rumble, he was referred to as Mahal's brother-in-law. Eventually, the entire angle was dropped, as when he reappeared in WWE in the summer of 2017, it was solely as Mahal's role model and friend.

!!"Punjabi Tropes":

As usual, more can be found about him at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Khali The Other Wiki ]].

* MightyGlacier: Compared to his partner Silva or other superheavyweights like Mark Henry or Big Show, Khali isn't capable of running and doesn't have any LightningBruiser qualities: his moveset is focused on standing on his two feet and being unmovable.

* AchillesHeel[=/=]RealLifeWritesThePlot: He started off a force to be reckoned with, however, in real life his knees began to deteriorate. Smaller wrestlers like Wrestling/CodyRhodes began to take advantage of this, being able to defeat Khali within minutes just by going after his knees.

* MightyGlacier: Compared to his partner Silva or other superheavyweights like Mark Henry or Big Show, Khali doesn't have any LightningBruiser qualities: his moveset is focused on standing on his two feet and being unmovable.

* DemotedToExtra: He was a force to be reckoned with when he debuted, but these days he is more of a comic relief character.

* FinishingMove: Khali Bomb/Punjabi Plunge (Two handed Chokedrop), Khali Vise Grip.

* GentleGiant: At least when he's a face.

* TheQuietOne[=/=]TheUnintelligible: His speech is rather muddled, though his brother Ranjin could understand his Punjabi, and for some reason Natalya could understand him when she was his manager.
* SimSimSalabim: He has the Mowgli haircut and his entrance video has been filled with all the requisite iconography.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He got sick of Mahal's threats and bullying, broke away from him, and then kicked his ass. Between the sudden end to the feud, as well as either Mahal's inability or his unwillingness to speak English when on camera, we never found out whether Mahal was bluffing or whether he did indeed divorce Khali's sister. And looked like it wouldn't be addressed as he started a feud with Ted [=DiBiase=] Jr, and Khali was out with an injury thanks to Mark Henry. However, when Khali returned at the Royal Rumble, he was referred to as Mahal's brother-in-law.
** Eventually, the entire angle was dropped, as when he reappeared in WWE in the summer of 2017, it was solely as Mahal's role model and friend.

* AchillesHeel[=/=]RealLifeWritesThePlot: He started off a force to be reckoned with, however, in real life his knees began to deteriorate. Smaller wrestlers like Wrestling/{{CodyRhodes}} began to take advantage of this, being able to defeat Khali within minutes just by going after his knees.

* TheGiant: Dude is 7 feet tall and 400 pounds!

!!Tropes:
* TheGiant: Stands 7 ft. 1 inch. Like Wrestling/AndreTheGiant and Wrestling/BigShow, he suffers from acromegaly, and like Big Show, he had surgery to remove the tumor in his pituitary gland.

!!Tropes:

As usual, more can be found about him at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Khali The Other Wiki ]].

While working as a security guard, and later, a police officer in his home country of [[UsefulNotes/India]], he fell in with the ProfessionalWrestling crowd, and soon headed to the United States for more training.