SONJAY DUTT
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:''This article is about the professional wrestler. For the actor, see Sanjay Dutt''.
'Retesh Bhalla' (born April 7, 1982 in Washington, D.C.), better known by his ring name, 'Sonjay Dutt', is an Indian American professional wrestler, currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He is also known for his time with Major League Wrestling as well as competing for various independent promotions.
His stage name is modeled after that of famous Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt
Before he was born his parents moved to the United States of America from India, and most of his extended family still lives in New Delhi. Dutt graduated from the Kyda Pro Wrestling training school in northern Virginia. He perfected his craft inside the squared circle at Kyda pro wrestling for the first two years of his professional career. [1].
Dutt got his first break wrestling in Major League Wrestling in 2003 where he debuted the Dragon Rana on Jimmy Wang Yang at the promotion's August 03 event titled "Summer Apocalypse". Dutt would go on to win an international tournament, hosted by MLW in September 2003 to win the company's Junior Heavyweight Championship. Dutt defeated Tony Mamaluke, Eddie Colon and Christopher Daniels to take the tourney. In an early 2004 MLW Junior Heavyweight Title Match, Dutt pinned Jack Evans to retain the title at "MLW Reloaded".
Since then, he has worked for independent promotions such as Ring of Honor, UWA, Combat Zone Wrestling, NWA Virginia and has toured Japan with Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX. He also has wrestled for HUSTLE in Japan as Monster J.
Dutt began working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on a regular basis in 2004. Sonjay began to be noticed after he participated in the America's X-Cup as apart of Team USA along with Jerry Lynn, Chris Sabin and Elix Skipper against Team AAA (Hector Garza, Mr. Ãguila, Juventud Guerrera and Abismo Negro). After several months, Dutt became the onscreen protégé of Sabu, with Raven using him to vicariously assault Sabu. In addition, Dutt acted as a mouthpiece for the perpetually mute Sabu. This angle was postponed and then dropped after Sabu was sidelined with various health problems, and in the interim Dutt made appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment, provoking rumours of an imminent contract offer.
Dutt's presence in TNA was reduced in late-2004 and early-2005 during the tenure of Dusty Rhodes as booker, but his role within the promotion was once again expanded after Rhodes resigned as booker. Dutt won a four-way X Division match at No Surrender 2005 on July 17, 2005, thus qualifying for the 2005 Super X Cup, but lost to Samoa Joe in the first round of the tournament.
In September 2005, Dutt, Shark Boy and Simon Diamond spent two weeks in India, where they visited several cities, promoting the debut of ''iMPACT!'' on ESPN Star Sports. On September 28 in Bhopal, a riot broke out when 1000 fans were excluded from an event after attendance exceeded expectations. None of the three TNA wrestlers were injured.
At Bound For Glory on October 23, Dutt defeated Austin Aries, Roderick Strong and Alex Shelley in a four way X Division match on the preshow.
In 2006, Dutt earned a spot on Team USA in the 2006 World X-Cup.
On July 28th 2006, Sonjay Dutt lost to Último Dragón in UWA Hardcore Wrestling.
In November 2006, Sonjay won the 2006 Grand Prix Tournament Championship.
Throughout late 2006, early 2007, Sonjay Dutt was involved in the Paparazzi Championship Series, lead by Kevin Nash. Although he didn't win it (Alex Shelley), it put him over with the fans. He is now involved in a tag team with fellow X Divisioner, Jay Lethal. Kevin Nash has taken both Dutt and Lethal under his wing and promised to give them an extreme makeover.
On March 6th edition of TNA iMPACT!, Jay Lethal, Petey Williams and Sonjay Dutt lost to Robert Roode, James Storm and Eric Young after a superkick from James Storm on Sonjay Dutt got them the victory.
After his friend Jay Lethal got a new character mimicking the "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Kevin Nash attempted to get Sonjay a new character as well. All of these attempts so far have been of Kevin Nash's past gimmicks, including Oz, Vinnie Vegas, and Diesel, all of which Sonjay despised.
On the April 26 episode of iMPACT!, Dutt and tag team partner, Jay Lethal won a shot at the X Division Championship held by Chris Sabin at Sacrifice. However, Dutt was unhappy at Lethal getting the pinfall.
After their loss to Chris Sabin, both Dutt and Lethal started brawling until Kevin Nash came out and separated the two until Dutt kicked Nash and stormed out of the ring visibly upset. On an episode of iMPACT! Dutt said sorry to Nash and claims "it was the heat of the moment". Nash forgave Dutt but warned him not to do it again.
On June 7, Dutt introduced a new gimmick reminiscent of a Zen Buddhist in which he apologized to Nash and Lethal for his behavior, and dressed in all white with a positive attitude, as well as calling himself '"The Guru" Sonjay Dutt'. At Victory Road Dutt competed in the 10 man Ultimate X match to become the number one contender for the TNA X Division Championship. However Dutt was eliminated in the Gauntlet portion of the match.
On July 7, Sonjay wrestled in VCW(Vanguard Championship Wrestling). He was in a match against "The Enforcer" CW Anderson. Sonjay would end up doing the job after putting on an entertaining match for the fans of Virginia Beach, VA.
★ 'Finishing and signature moves'
:
★ '''Hindu Press''' (Phoenix splash)
:
★ '''Sonjay Cutter''' (Sitout Standing shiranui)
:
★ '450° splash'
:
★ 'Camel clutch'
:
★ '''Sonjay Star Press''' (Running standing shooting star press)
:
★ ''Bombay Blast'' (Catapult somersault flying rana)
:
★ ''Bombay Buster'' (Suplex slam into facebreaker onto knee)
:
★ ''Bombay-Rana'' (Somersault rana)
:
★ ''Bombay Boom'' (Tiger feint kick to the outside of the ring)
:
★ ''Calcuta Cutter'' (Facebreaker DDT followed by a Inverted facelock neckbreaker)
:
★ ''Indian Summer'' (Elevated cradle neckbreaker)
:
★ ''Sprinkler Elbow'' (Arm-twist ropewalk elbow
smash)
:
★ Moonsault double foot stomp
:
★ Tilt-a-whirl tornado DDT
:
★ Hurricanrana
:
★ Half nelson bulldog
:
★ Inverted suplex stunner
:
★ Brainbuster
★ 'Nicknames'
:
★ 'The Mamu' (TNA)
:
★ The American Monkey
:
★ 'The Guru' (TNA)
:
★ Monster J (HUSTLE)
:
★ The Original Playa from the Himalaya
★ 'Managers'
★
★ 'Kevin Nash'
★ 'KYDA Pro Wrestling'
★
★ KYDA Pro Mid-Atlantic Champion (2 times)
★ 'Combat Zone Wrestling'
★
★ CZW Best of the Best 4 winner
★
★ CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
★ 'CyberSpace Wrestling Federation'
★
★ CSWF Cruiser X Championship (1 time)
★
★ CSWF Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Ruckus (1), and Prince Nana (1)
★ 'Danger Zone Wrestling'
★
★ DZW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Sean Lei
★ 'Global Wrestling Alliance'
★
★ GWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Sean Lei
★ 'Major League Wrestling'
★
★ MLW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)(First-Only}
★ 'National Wrestling Alliance'
★
★ NWA Impact Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
★ 'Plymouth Championship Wrestling'
★
★ PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
★ 'Total Nonstop Action Wrestling'
:
★ 2006 World X Cup winner (with Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin and Jay Lethal as Team USA)
★ 'UWA Hardcore Wrestling'
★
★ 2006 Grand Prix Tournament Champion
★ TNA Profile
★ Online World of Wrestling Profile
'Retesh Bhalla' (born April 7, 1982 in Washington, D.C.), better known by his ring name, 'Sonjay Dutt', is an Indian American professional wrestler, currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He is also known for his time with Major League Wrestling as well as competing for various independent promotions.
His stage name is modeled after that of famous Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt
| Contents |
| Career |
| Major League Wrestling |
| Sonjay around the world |
| Total Nonstop Action Wrestling |
| Wrestling facts |
| Championships and accomplishments |
| External links |
Career
Before he was born his parents moved to the United States of America from India, and most of his extended family still lives in New Delhi. Dutt graduated from the Kyda Pro Wrestling training school in northern Virginia. He perfected his craft inside the squared circle at Kyda pro wrestling for the first two years of his professional career. [1].
Major League Wrestling
Dutt got his first break wrestling in Major League Wrestling in 2003 where he debuted the Dragon Rana on Jimmy Wang Yang at the promotion's August 03 event titled "Summer Apocalypse". Dutt would go on to win an international tournament, hosted by MLW in September 2003 to win the company's Junior Heavyweight Championship. Dutt defeated Tony Mamaluke, Eddie Colon and Christopher Daniels to take the tourney. In an early 2004 MLW Junior Heavyweight Title Match, Dutt pinned Jack Evans to retain the title at "MLW Reloaded".
Sonjay around the world
Since then, he has worked for independent promotions such as Ring of Honor, UWA, Combat Zone Wrestling, NWA Virginia and has toured Japan with Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX. He also has wrestled for HUSTLE in Japan as Monster J.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Dutt began working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on a regular basis in 2004. Sonjay began to be noticed after he participated in the America's X-Cup as apart of Team USA along with Jerry Lynn, Chris Sabin and Elix Skipper against Team AAA (Hector Garza, Mr. Ãguila, Juventud Guerrera and Abismo Negro). After several months, Dutt became the onscreen protégé of Sabu, with Raven using him to vicariously assault Sabu. In addition, Dutt acted as a mouthpiece for the perpetually mute Sabu. This angle was postponed and then dropped after Sabu was sidelined with various health problems, and in the interim Dutt made appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment, provoking rumours of an imminent contract offer.
Dutt's presence in TNA was reduced in late-2004 and early-2005 during the tenure of Dusty Rhodes as booker, but his role within the promotion was once again expanded after Rhodes resigned as booker. Dutt won a four-way X Division match at No Surrender 2005 on July 17, 2005, thus qualifying for the 2005 Super X Cup, but lost to Samoa Joe in the first round of the tournament.
In September 2005, Dutt, Shark Boy and Simon Diamond spent two weeks in India, where they visited several cities, promoting the debut of ''iMPACT!'' on ESPN Star Sports. On September 28 in Bhopal, a riot broke out when 1000 fans were excluded from an event after attendance exceeded expectations. None of the three TNA wrestlers were injured.
At Bound For Glory on October 23, Dutt defeated Austin Aries, Roderick Strong and Alex Shelley in a four way X Division match on the preshow.
In 2006, Dutt earned a spot on Team USA in the 2006 World X-Cup.
On July 28th 2006, Sonjay Dutt lost to Último Dragón in UWA Hardcore Wrestling.
In November 2006, Sonjay won the 2006 Grand Prix Tournament Championship.
Throughout late 2006, early 2007, Sonjay Dutt was involved in the Paparazzi Championship Series, lead by Kevin Nash. Although he didn't win it (Alex Shelley), it put him over with the fans. He is now involved in a tag team with fellow X Divisioner, Jay Lethal. Kevin Nash has taken both Dutt and Lethal under his wing and promised to give them an extreme makeover.
On March 6th edition of TNA iMPACT!, Jay Lethal, Petey Williams and Sonjay Dutt lost to Robert Roode, James Storm and Eric Young after a superkick from James Storm on Sonjay Dutt got them the victory.
After his friend Jay Lethal got a new character mimicking the "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Kevin Nash attempted to get Sonjay a new character as well. All of these attempts so far have been of Kevin Nash's past gimmicks, including Oz, Vinnie Vegas, and Diesel, all of which Sonjay despised.
On the April 26 episode of iMPACT!, Dutt and tag team partner, Jay Lethal won a shot at the X Division Championship held by Chris Sabin at Sacrifice. However, Dutt was unhappy at Lethal getting the pinfall.
After their loss to Chris Sabin, both Dutt and Lethal started brawling until Kevin Nash came out and separated the two until Dutt kicked Nash and stormed out of the ring visibly upset. On an episode of iMPACT! Dutt said sorry to Nash and claims "it was the heat of the moment". Nash forgave Dutt but warned him not to do it again.
On June 7, Dutt introduced a new gimmick reminiscent of a Zen Buddhist in which he apologized to Nash and Lethal for his behavior, and dressed in all white with a positive attitude, as well as calling himself '"The Guru" Sonjay Dutt'. At Victory Road Dutt competed in the 10 man Ultimate X match to become the number one contender for the TNA X Division Championship. However Dutt was eliminated in the Gauntlet portion of the match.
On July 7, Sonjay wrestled in VCW(Vanguard Championship Wrestling). He was in a match against "The Enforcer" CW Anderson. Sonjay would end up doing the job after putting on an entertaining match for the fans of Virginia Beach, VA.
Wrestling facts
★ 'Finishing and signature moves'
:
★ '''Hindu Press''' (Phoenix splash)
:
★ '''Sonjay Cutter''' (Sitout Standing shiranui)
:
★ '450° splash'
:
★ 'Camel clutch'
:
★ '''Sonjay Star Press''' (Running standing shooting star press)
:
★ ''Bombay Blast'' (Catapult somersault flying rana)
:
★ ''Bombay Buster'' (Suplex slam into facebreaker onto knee)
:
★ ''Bombay-Rana'' (Somersault rana)
:
★ ''Bombay Boom'' (Tiger feint kick to the outside of the ring)
:
★ ''Calcuta Cutter'' (Facebreaker DDT followed by a Inverted facelock neckbreaker)
:
★ ''Indian Summer'' (Elevated cradle neckbreaker)
:
★ ''Sprinkler Elbow'' (Arm-twist ropewalk elbow
smash)
:
★ Moonsault double foot stomp
:
★ Tilt-a-whirl tornado DDT
:
★ Hurricanrana
:
★ Half nelson bulldog
:
★ Inverted suplex stunner
:
★ Brainbuster
★ 'Nicknames'
:
★ 'The Mamu' (TNA)
:
★ The American Monkey
:
★ 'The Guru' (TNA)
:
★ Monster J (HUSTLE)
:
★ The Original Playa from the Himalaya
★ 'Managers'
★
★ 'Kevin Nash'
Championships and accomplishments
★ 'KYDA Pro Wrestling'
★
★ KYDA Pro Mid-Atlantic Champion (2 times)
★ 'Combat Zone Wrestling'
★
★ CZW Best of the Best 4 winner
★
★ CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
★ 'CyberSpace Wrestling Federation'
★
★ CSWF Cruiser X Championship (1 time)
★
★ CSWF Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Ruckus (1), and Prince Nana (1)
★ 'Danger Zone Wrestling'
★
★ DZW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Sean Lei
★ 'Global Wrestling Alliance'
★
★ GWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Sean Lei
★ 'Major League Wrestling'
★
★ MLW Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)(First-Only}
★ 'National Wrestling Alliance'
★
★ NWA Impact Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
★ 'Plymouth Championship Wrestling'
★
★ PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
★ 'Total Nonstop Action Wrestling'
:
★ 2006 World X Cup winner (with Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin and Jay Lethal as Team USA)
★ 'UWA Hardcore Wrestling'
★
★ 2006 Grand Prix Tournament Champion
External links
★ TNA Profile
★ Online World of Wrestling Profile
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