{"id":13461,"date":"2018-01-31T10:53:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T15:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=13461"},"modified":"2018-01-31T10:53:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T15:53:19","slug":"new-faction-desi-hit-squad-coming-impact-wrestling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/01\/31\/new-faction-desi-hit-squad-coming-impact-wrestling\/","title":{"rendered":"New Faction Desi Hit Squad Coming to Impact Wrestling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday only Social Media, <strong>Impact Wrestling<\/strong> announced the impending debut of a new faction lead by <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/01\/14\/indian-legend-gama-singh-joins-impact-wrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indo-Canadian wrestling legend <strong>&#8220;Great Gama&#8221; Singh<\/strong><\/a> and featuring four new wrestlers, including <em><strong>Global Forged<\/strong><\/em> winner <strong>Hakim Zane<\/strong> (now called <strong>Rohit Raju<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As part of our commitment to showcasing the most promising Indian performers, a new stable known as Desi Hit Squad led by the legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GR8GamaSingh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@GR8GamaSingh<\/a> will debut on IMPACT in the coming months. <\/p>\n<p>FULL DETAILS: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1ih90ppmO4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/1ih90ppmO4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NXrYa2sQOZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/NXrYa2sQOZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/958375463340199936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>ROHIT RAJU<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13465\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13465\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13465\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/RohitRaju-1024x576-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Impact Wrestling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The most recognizable of the four wrestlers under Gama&#8217;s guidance, Rohit Raju has been wrestling with Impact since last April under the name Hakim Zane. The 37-year old from Saginaw, Michigan has been a Midwest indie wrestler for a decade this year, starting with <strong>NWA East<\/strong> in 2009, as well as <strong>CLASH (Collective League of Adrenaline, Strength and Honor)<\/strong>, <strong>Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling (XICW)<\/strong>, <strong>Glory Pro,\u00a0<\/strong>and Toronto&#8217;s <strong>Superkick&#8217;d<\/strong>. He also worked for <strong>Scott D&#8217;Amore<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Border City Wrestling (BCW)<\/strong> in Windsor (across the river from Detroit) and had matches for <strong>Ring of Honor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"|FREE MATCH| Shane Strickland vs Hakim Zane | Glory Pro\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HVTnexhfMuc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>VIKAS KUMAR<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13467\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13467\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13467\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/VikasKumar-1024x576-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Impact Wrestling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now under the name Vikas Kumar, this wrestler was an Indian wrestler named\u00a0<strong>Pagal Parinda<\/strong>. He may be remembered by some as part of the roster for the Impact co-branded promotion <strong>Ring Ka King<\/strong> (he \u00a0teamed with the WWE&#8217;s <strong>Singh Brothers<\/strong> when they were the <strong>Bollywood Boyz<\/strong>) back in 2012. During last spring&#8217;s tour of India, he competed for Impact Wrestling for a TV taping against <strong>Davey Richards<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>GURSINDER SINGH<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13468\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13468\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13468\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/GursinderSingh-1024x576-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Impact Wrestling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>England&#8217;s <strong>Tony Cage<\/strong> moved to Canada in 2015 to train with former ECW\/WWE\/WCW Legend <strong>Lance Storm<\/strong> at the <strong>Storm Wrestling Academy<\/strong> in Calgary, Alberta and worked for <strong>Prairie Wrestling Alliance (PWA)<\/strong> and <strong>Real Canadian Wrestling (RCW)<\/strong>. He moved to Ontario in 2017, working with <strong>Smash Wrestling<\/strong>, Border City Wrestling, as well as Oshawa&#8217;s <strong>Pro Wrestling Eclipse<\/strong> and <strong>Barrie Wrestling<\/strong>. He&#8217;s debuting with Impact Wrestling under the name Gursinder Singh. Like Rohit Raju\/Hakim Zane, he was also a contestant on\u00a0<em>Global Forged<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Canadian Hercules Tyler Colton vs. Tony Cage for CWE Heavyweight Championship\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fmBVMhqhg3U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>BHUPINDER SINGH<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13469\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13469\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/bhupindersingh-1024x576-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Impact Wrestling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A protege of <strong>The Great Khali<\/strong> in the latter&#8217;s <strong>Continental Wrestling Entertainment (CWE)<\/strong> in India, he&#8217;s also a former champion bodybuilder, kickboxer and student of wushu, an ancient Chinese aerial martial art. <strong>Bhupinder Singh<\/strong> is named after the Indian Maharajah of the early 1900s who had a bit of a thing for professional wrestling that was sweeping Europe. Ironically enough, his wrestler of interest was the original Great Gama, the great Indian grappler who faced\u00a0<strong>Stanislaus\u00a0<\/strong><b>Zbyszko<\/b>, who the faction leader Great Gama took his own name from.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>GAMA SINGH<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13466\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13466\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13466\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/GamaSingh-1-1024x576-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Impact Wrestling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Singh family name is huge in professional wrestling although, unlike the Harts, Von Erichs, or Funks, they aren&#8217;t actually all related (they&#8217;re more the East Indian version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/2016\/04\/30\/story-of-the-anderson-family\/\" target=\"_self\">fabled Anderson clan of the NWA<\/a>). <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2018\/01\/14\/indian-legend-gama-singh-joins-impact-wrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gama Singh was a huge international star<\/a> in the 1970s, teaming with <strong>Tiger Jeet Singh<\/strong> in Japan, while conquering <strong>Stampede Wrestling<\/strong> as it&#8217;s biggest heel. His real life nephew is WWE Superstar and former WWE Champion <strong>Jinder Mahal<\/strong>, who has his own Singh Brothers working with him. Assumedly, the two younger Singhs in Desi Hit Squad will have some sort of &#8220;relation&#8221; to The Great Gama.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TlNjFZLlaDA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday only Social Media, Impact Wrestling announced the impending debut of a new faction lead by Indo-Canadian wrestling legend &#8220;Great Gama&#8221; Singh and featuring four new wrestlers, including Global Forged winner Hakim Zane (now called Rohit Raju). As part of our commitment to showcasing the most promising Indian performers, a new stable known as Desi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":13462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,6],"tags":[2098,2095,1123,2099,1996,226,2101,2100,1997,2096,2097],"class_list":["post-13461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-impact","category-north-america","tag-bhupinder-singh","tag-desi-hit-squad","tag-gama-singh","tag-gursinder-singh","tag-hakim-zane","tag-impact-wrestling","tag-india","tag-pagal-parinda","tag-rohit-raju","tag-tony-cage","tag-vikas-kumar"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}