Tiger Joginder Singh
Tiger Joginder Singh | |
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Birth name | Joginder Singh |
Born | 1919 Village Sheron, Tarn Taran, Punjab, 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 an Indian professional wrestler. He was the first All Asia Tag Team Champion, along with King Kong.[1] He was one of the top professional wrestlers of India at that time.[2]
Early life
He was born in village Sheron, Tarn Taran, Punjab, British India into a Sikh family.[3]
Professional wrestling career
Singapore
In 1948, Tiger Joginder and Arjan Singh Das were signed by Great World's wrestling promoters, where he competed against many top wrestlers like King Kong, Bill Verna, George Zbisko, Tiger Ray Holden and Seelie Samara, and earned fame worldwide.[4]
United States
Tiger wrestled in the United States in the late 1940s to the early 1950s, with wrestlers such as The French Angel, Ted Christy, Kola Kwariani, Jack Dempsey, Oki Shikina, Lord Carlton, and Benny Trudel. On 8 March 1950, his match with Chief Thunderbird at Paramount Theatre had attracted much interest.[5]
India
In 1954, Tiger competed in the Rustam-e-Hind (Champion of India) tournament, but lost in the final to Dara Singh.[6] The same year, he defeated European Heavyweight Champion Bert Assirati in front of the 50,000 spectators at Bombay.[7] In 1959, he competed in another professional wrestling tournament Commonwealth Championship, but didn't succeed.[8]
Japan
On 16 November 1955 in the Japan Wrestling Association, he and King Kong defeated Rikidōzan and Harold Sakata in a two out of three falls match at JWA All Asia Championship tournament final to crown the inaugural All Asia Tag Team Champions.[9] But he failed to capture the All Asia Heavyweight Championship in the single competition.[10]
Filmography
He also did acting in some Indian films in the 1960s with fellow wrestlers Dara Singh, King Kong and Randhawa.
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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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 |
Championship and accomplishments
References
- ^ "AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship official title history" (in Japanese). All-Japan.co.jp. Archived from the original on 11 August 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ "The lord of the ring". New Delhi: Hindustan Times. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ "Why no pehalwan from Punjab?". Chandigarh: The Tribune (Chandigarh). 30 September 2012.
- ^ "King Kong v. Tiger Joginder again, p.7". Singapore Free Press. 3 February 1949.
- ^ "Old School Match Results » 1950 Results / Lineups". Kayfabe Memories. 15 July 2008.
- ^ "FREE-STYLE WRESTLING: DARA SINGH CROWNED CHAMPION OF BHARAT". Bombay: The New Indian Express. 13 June 1954.
- ^ "No Angel of Islington Part 2". WRESTLING HERITAGE.
- ^ "Dara Singh - the champion loses his final fight". New Delhi: India Today. 12 July 2012.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (15 November 1955). "JWA Asia Championships - Tag 7 - Event @ Kuramae Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Asia Championships: 1955/11/08-11/22: 10 cards". Puroresu.com.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip (16 November 1955). "All Asia Tag Team Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
External links
- Tiger Joginder at IMDb
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- King Kong Czaya and Tiger Joginder Singh
- Dan Miller and Frank Valois
- Rikidōzan and Toyonobori
- Luther Lindsay and Ricky Waldo
- Buddy Austin and Mike Sharpe
- Toyonobori and Michiaki Yoshimura
- Caripus Hurricane and Gene Kiniski
- Giant Baba and Toyonobori
- The Destroyer and Billy Red Lyons
- Joe Carrolo and Killer Karl Kox
- Hiro Matsuda and Michiaki Yoshimura
- Eddie Graham and Killer Karl Kox
- Giant Baba and Michiaki Yoshimura
- Kintarō Ōki and Michiaki Yoshimura
- Antonio Inoki and Michiaki Yoshimura
- Klondike Bill and Skull Murphy
- Antonio Inoki and Kintarō Ōki
- Seiji Sakaguchi and Michiaki Yoshimura
- Great Kojika and Gentetsu Matsuoka
- Great Kojika and Motoshi Okuma
- Jerry and Ted Oates
- Samson Kutsuwada and Akihisa Takachiho
- Animal Hamaguchi and Mighty Inoue
- David Von Erich and Kevin Von Erich
- Takashi Ishikawa and Akio Sato
- Ashura Hara and Mighty Inoue
- Ashura Hara and Takashi Ishikawa
- Animal Hamaguchi and Isamu Teranishi
- Norio Honaga and Isamu Teranishi
- Mighty Inoue and Takashi Ishikawa
- Ashura Hara and Super Strong Machine
- Footloose (Samson Fuyuki and Toshiaki Kawada)
- Shinichi Nakano and Shunji Takano
- Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat
- Kenta Kobashi and Tiger Mask II
- Shinichi Nagano and Akira Taue
- Johnny Ace and Kenta Kobashi
- British Bruisers (Dynamite Kid and Johnny Smith)
- Billy Black and Joel Deaton
- Tsuyoshi Kikuchi and Kenta Kobashi
- The Eagle and The Patriot
- Jun Akiyama and Takao Omori
- Wolf Hawkfield and Johnny Smith
- Tamon Honda and Jun Izumida
- Hayabusa and Jinsei Shinzaki
- No Fear (Takao Omori and Yoshihiro Takayama)
- Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa
- Tamon Honda and Masao Inoue
- Masahito Kakihara and Mitsuya Nagai
- Arashi and Koki Kitahara
- Arashi and Nobutaka Araya
- Kohei Sato and Hirotaka Yokoi
- Kintaro Kanemura and Tetsuhiro Kuroda
- Mr. Gannosuke and Tetsuhiro Kuroda
- The Great Kosuke and Shiryu
- Masanobu Fuchi and Genichiro Tenryu
- Mitsuya Nagai and Masayuki Naruse
- RO&D (Buchanan and Rico Constantino)
- Shuji Kondo and "brother" Yasshi
- Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kensuke Sasaki
- Minoru Suzuki and Nosawa Rongai
- S.M.O.P. (Akebono and Ryota Hama)
- Voodoo Murders (TARU and Big Daddy Voodoo)
- Manabu Soya and Seiya Sanada
- Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi
- Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka
- Hikaru Sato and Hiroshi Yamato
- Atsushi Aoki and Kotaro Suzuki
- Jun Akiyama and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii and Shigehiro Irie)
- Xceed (Kotaro Suzuki and Kento Miyahara)
- Mitsuya Nagai and Takeshi Minamino
- Último Dragón and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
- Yankii Nichokenju (Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto)
- Evolution (Atsushi Aoki and Hikaru Sato)
- Atsushi Onita and Masanobu Fuchi
- Black Tiger VII and Taka Michinoku
- Nextream (Naoya Nomura and Yuma Aoyagi)
- Jun Akiyama and Yuji Nagata
- Sweeper (Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto)
- Ryuichi Kawakami and Kazumi Kikuta
- Purple Haze (Zeus and Izanagi)
- StrongHearts (El Lindaman and T-Hawk)
- Total Eclipse (Yusuke Kodama and Hokuto Omori)
- Voodoo Murders (Minoru and Toshizo)
- Evolution (Dan Tamura and Hikaru Sato) (current)
- Tajiri and Yoshitatsu
- Gungnir of Anarchy (Masao Hanahata and Yusuke Kodama)
- Masao Inoue and Takao Omori
- Kendo Kashin and Nosawa Rongai
- Atsushi Onita and Yoshitatsu
- Burning (Jun Akiyama and Kotaro Suzuki)
- Eruption (Hideki Okatani and Yukio Sakaguchi)
- Atsushi Onita and Toy Kojima
Other recognized champions | |
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Champions recognized by New Japan Pro-Wrestling |