1 - Veer Mahan Growing up in poverty, the son of a truck driver in a rural village called Gopiganj in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh, Veer Mahan was one of nine siblings, all of whom lived in the family's one-room house. The house had electricity but was dependent on well water. Veer Mahan threw javelin and played cricket as a little boy. He was a junior national javelin medalist. Singh is an alumnus of Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Lucknow.
2 - In early 2008, Veer Mahan entered an Indian reality television show The Million Dollar Arm. The competition was organized by an American sports agent J.B. Bernstein and his colleagues Ash Vasudevan and Will Chang to find the person in the country who could throw the fastest and most accurate baseball. Never heard of baseball before, the heroic great won the competition out of more than 37,000 participants after sprinting at 87 mph. The grand prize for the competition was $100,000.
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3 - After winning the competition, Veer Mahan and runner-up Dinesh Patel traveled to Los Angeles, where he trained with University of Southern California pitching coach Tom House, who coached pitchers such as Nolan Ryan and Randy Johnson. Veer Mahan said that Most of his family members did not agree with his decision to move to the United States. On their first day in the United States, the two attended their first baseball game at USC. He continued to learn the game from House and Bernstein, as well as learn English.
4 - Rinku Singh Rajput (born 8 August 1988) is an Indian professional wrestler and former professional baseball player.
5 - He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Veer Mahan.
6 - The heroic Mahan was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates organization after winning a pitching contest on the 2008 reality television show The Million Dollar Arm. He was the first Indian to play professional baseball and spent several seasons in the minor leagues, reaching the Single-A level. He is the subject of the Million Dollar Arm movie
7 - The story of Veer Mahan and Patel is the basis for the Walt Disney Pictures sports film Million Dollar Arm, in which Singh was portrayed by Suraj Sharma. In 2009, Columbia Pictures bought the screen rights to the story of Veer Mahan and Patel. The project stalled and eventually producers Joe Roth and Mark Ciardi installed the film at Walt Disney Pictures. Upon receiving the Million Dollar Arm, Disney hired Tom McCarthy to write the film. Jon Hamm J.B. Bernstein played.
8 - In 2012, Veer turned great vegetarian when he saw several men in Bhadohi chasing a chicken to kill him. During his baseball career, he said that he recited the Hindu devotional hymn Hanuman Chalisa and listened to the Eminem song "Not Afraid" before pitching.
9 - On 14 January 2018, Singh signed a contract with WWE.
10 - On 31 May 2018, he made his in-ring debut by losing to Cassius Ohno at an NXT Live event in Tampa. On 21 March 2019, he was managed by Robert Strauss at an NXT live event.
11 - On the March 25, 2020 episode of NXT, Singh, Saurav Gurjar and manager Malcolm Bivens made their television debut in attacking NXT Tag Team Champion Matt Riddle.
12 - The next week, Bivens introduced them as Rinku and Sourav (dropping their last names), while their team was named Sindhu Sher (meaning Indian Tigers) (collectively known as Bivens Enterprises). disclosed. The next week, Sindhu Sher defeated Ever-Rise in their first match. He then defeated the tag team of Mike Reid and Mickey Delbrey. Then, he warns Oni Lorcan and Danny Burch.
13 - In the Superstar Spectacle on January 22, 2021, dedicated to India's Republic Day, Rinku and Sourav teamed up with Drew McIntyre in a six-man tag-team match to defeat Jinder Mahal and The Bollywood Boys in the main event.
14 - On the May 10 episode of Raw, Singh will align himself with Jinder Mahal, along with Shanki, with the new ring name Veer.
15 - As part of the 2021 draft, Mahal and Shanky were relegated to the SmackDown brand, while Weir remained on the Raw brand, ending their alliance.
16 - Now a singles wrestler, Vignettes began airing a freshly packaged Veer in November 2021, whose ring name was changed to Veer Mahan.
17 - Despite WWE continuing to promote his return to Raw, he spent months without appearing on Raw, although he also wrestled in the main event during this time.
18 - After months of "Veer Is Coming to Raw" promos, Veer finally appeared on the April 4, 2022 episode of Raw, attacking Rey Mysterio and Dominic Mysterio, establishing himself as a heel in the process. .
19 - On the May 9 episode of WWE Raw, Veer faced a local wrestler named 'Frank'. Veer made a quick act by locking Frank into a cervical clutch and winning the match by submission.
20 - Veer Mahan tried with Patel in November 2008 in front of scouts from 20 Major League Baseball teams, and Singh's pitches reached 92 mph (148 km/h).
21 - Pittsburgh Pirates scouts report Joe Farone and Sean Campbell prompted general manager Neil Huntington to sign a contract with the organization. With this deal, the pair became the first Indian to be signed to American major league baseball contracts.
22 - The total signing bonus for both was $8,000.
23 - After training, the two returned to visit their families in India before entering a pirate training camp in Bradenton, Florida.
24 - Veer Mahan and Patel began the 2009 baseball season with the Pirates affiliate of the Gulf Coast League.
25 - On 4 July 2009, Singh became the first Indian citizen to participate in a professional baseball game in the US.
26 - He played the seventh innings, while Dinesh Patel played the eighth innings.
27 - On July 13, 2009, Singh won his first professional baseball game in the US, becoming the only batsman to face him.
28 - He finished the season with a 1-2 record and 5.84 ERA in 11 games, making just one run on three hits in his last six games.
29 - Singh went 2–0 with the Pirates affiliated GCL in 2010 with a 2.61 ERA in 13 games.
30 - In late August, Singh was promoted to the Pirates' Class A short-season affiliate, the State College Spikes.
31 - He met US President Barack Obama at the White House Heritage Month event on 24 May 2010.
32 - The heroic great played for the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League for the tournament's inaugural 2010–11 season, leading 1–0 with a 3.94 ERA in 16 innings.
33 - Veer Mahan started the 2011 season in the Dominican Summer League. The heroic Mahan played well in eight games spanning the DSL, the Gulf Coast League and the New York–Penn League, then joined the West Virginia Powers of the South Atlantic League in July 2011.
34 - Veer Mahan returned to the Australian Baseball League for the 2011–12 season.
35 - With the Adelaide Bite. He made the World All-Star team for the 2011 Australian Baseball League All-Star Game. In 2012, he played a career-high 39 games for Power, bowling 72 innings, earning a 3–1 win-loss record and dismissing 65 batsmen.
36 - Weir struggled with great injuries and missed the entire 2013 season, but was invited by the Pirates to spring training for 2014.
37 - Singh also missed the entire 2014 season due to Tommy John surgery.
38 - Singh also missed the entire 2015 season due to an elbow injury.
39 - The Pirates re-signed Heroic Mahan on 9 November 2015.
40 - He made an appearance for the Gulf Coast League Pirates in 2016, playing a scoreless innings.