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Tiger Jeet Singh

Tiger Jeet

Title History

  • NWA (Toronto) International Tag Team titles w/Fred Atkins defeating Bulldog Brower & Billy Watson (July 31, 1966);
  • NWA (Toronto) United States Heavyweight title defeating Johnny Valentine (June 11, 1967);
  • NWA (Toronto) International Tag Team titles w/Bull Curry defeating Bulldog Brower & Billy Watson (May 26, 1968);
  • IWA (Australia) World Tag Team titles w/Mr. Fuji defeating Curtis Iaukea & Mark Lewin (May 1971);
  • IWA (Montreal) International Heavyweight title won a Tournament (1974);
  • NWF (Cleveland/Buffalo) World Heavyweight title defeating Antonio Inoki (March 13, 1975);
  • NWA (Vancouver) Canadian Tag Team titles w/Dennis Stamp defeating Mr. Saito & Dale Lewis (September 8, 1975);
  • Asia Heavyweight title defeating Seiji Sakaguchi [Tournament] (July 29, 1976);
  • NWA (Los Angeles/Japan) North American Tag Team titles w/Umanosuke Ueda defeating Strong Kobayshi & Seiji Sakaguchi (February 2, 1977);
  • All Asia Tag Team titles w/Umanosuke Ueda defeating Seiji Sakaguchi & Strong Kobayshi (July 15, 1977);
  • NWF (Cleveland/Buffalo) North American Heavyweight title defeating Seiji Sakaguchi (September 21, 1979);
  • UWA (Mexico) World Heavyweight title defeating El Canek (January 17, 1980);
  • UWA (Mexico) World Heavyweight title defeating Antonio Inoki (October 24, 1980);
  • NWA (All Japan) International Tag Team titles w/Umanosuke Ueda defeating Jumbo Tsuruta & Giant Baba (July 26, 1983);
  • WWA (Japan) World Martial Arts Heavyweight title Awarded by The Sheik (August 1992);

Career Highlights

  • Singh wrestled as a babyface in Toronto but mostly a crazed heel in all other territories..
  • February 1971: Singh wrestled The Sheik in the main event of the fist wrestling show in Maple Leaf Gardens history..
  • ~~~The historic event attracted a sell-out crowd of over 18,000..
  • 1970s: Singh wrestled for Antonio Inoki’s New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion..
  • ~~~Singh scored a rare pinfall on Japanese legend Antonio Inoki..
  • 1981: Singh jumped to Giant Baba’s All Japan Pro Wrestling promotion..
  • Singh’s son Mick (Gurdip) has wrestled as Tiger Ali Singh in the WWF and as Tiger Jeet Singh Jr. in Japan..
  • May 8, 2004 – Z1 Hustle-3: Tiger Jeet Singh defeated Zebraman (Kazuhiko Ogasawara under the mask).
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Hometown

Born in Punjab, India
Retired in Canada

Gender

Height

6'4"

Weight

264lbs

Finishing Move(s)

Cobra (sleeper)

Favorite Move(s)

Notable Feuds

The Sheik
Antonio Inoki

Status