• Friday, April 26, 2024

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WWE fails to agree terms with Indian Olympic wrestler

Sushil Kumar won’t be heading to the WWE.

By: Sarwar Alam

India’s double-Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar will not be joining the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) after its vice-president Canyon Ceman revealed that things did not work out with him despite extensive talks. WWE had approached Sushil in October last year, something that was confirmed by the iconic wrestler himself. However, the talks did not materialise. ‘I was happy to meet with him. This clearly is a guy who commands respect. He is a national icon. but it was hard for us to convince him, from being a national icon of India to come to America where there are no guarantees…

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