Tiger Ali Singh Sues WWE..I never liked the guy.
MikeysW0rld
By DAN MANGAN FIGHTING MAD:
Pro wrestler Tiger Ali Singh is suing World Wrestling Entertainment for
harassment because his sacred Sikh turban was allegedly stolen and stuffed with
garbage.
- Ken Kerr/Toronto Sun
August 22, 2002 -- A Sikh professional grappler is pile-driving wrestling
impresario Vince McMahon's company with accusations of religious and ethnic
harassment. Gurjit Singh Hans - whose ring name is Tiger Ali Singh - claims his
turban, which is sacred in the Sikh religion, was swiped in 1999 from a locker
and desecrated by World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. workers. He says they
stuffed it with cigarette butts and garbage, and called the Indian-descended
wrestler a "taxi driver." "Another turban belonging to Gurjit Singh Hans was
torn into pieces backstage and placed on the head of a mentally disturbed
person for the ‘amusement' of the WWE personnel present," Hans, 31, claims in
a legal filing. The Ontario, Canada, resident says the harassment coincided and
escalated with WWE efforts to get out of its contract with him. The conduct
included WWE demands that he wear his turban as a "gimmick" during matches, and
make pre-match speeches that "referenced persons of Indian descent as likely
being perceived as taxi driver and convenience-store operators," his filing
says. He also claims he suffered a career-ending injury last December when he
was forced to perform in an outdoor tag-team match in pouring rain. Hans'
lawyer Bruce Ewing said the McMahon-controlled WWE acted in an "appalling"
manner toward Hans, who has asked an arbitration panel for a ruling against the
company. Hans is seeking $7 million from WWE, which has stopped paying his
contract. His father, Jagjit Singh Hans - who became a wrestling legend in Asia
as Tiger Jeet Singh - wants $1 million in a separate arbitration action that
claims the WWE stopped paying him in 1999. WWE lawyer Jerry McDevitt said the
company was not aware of any harassment Gurjit Hans may have suffered, and that
it legally stopped paying him because he no longer can wrestle. The lawyer also
said the WWE is not responsible for Gurjit Hans' injury, which was incurred
during another company's match. "People make all kind of claims against the
WWE, and when you get to the facts, you find that they're seldom found to be
true," McDevitt said.
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Lately things just don't seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why
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Don't know if I'm comin' up or down
Am I happy or in misery?
Matthew Superstar Swass
>torn into pieces backstage and placed on the head of a mentally disturbed
>person for the ‘amusement' of the WWE personnel present
- That is low. A mentally ill person goes backstage for something special, and
they pull that on him? What's next? Stealing a little girl's crutch who's there
with the make a wish foundation?
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- Matthew Superstar Swass -
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more about the wrestling biz than you do.
ChuckLesnar420
head?!?!?!? Thats funny!
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John Pertwee
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> U are kidding right? that actually happened? they put a turban on XPAC's
> head?!?!?!? Thats funny!
LOL
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Sean Walsh
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> By DAN MANGAN FIGHTING MAD:
> Pro wrestler Tiger Ali Singh is suing World Wrestling Entertainment for
> harassment because his sacred Sikh turban was allegedly stolen and stuffed with
> garbage.
> - Ken Kerr/Toronto Sun
And of course he sues -now- because, with 9/11 a distant memory, it's
okay for Arabian-Americans and friends to sue Americans for distress
we've caused them because some of their people killed thousands of
us...
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Penny Kyndy
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contract doesn't mean you can't have a harrassment/etc suit against your
employer. Why now? (We all know why now, but still) Also, wasn't this all
even *before* Sept.11th? Like, waaaaaay before? Its as transparent as
clothing on a hooker.
Josh
> okay for Arabian-Americans and friends to sue Americans for distress
> we've caused them because some of their people killed thousands of
> us...
What does Singh have to with the terrorist attacks? That's got nothing do
with amy wrestling issues.
Brett Mount
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wrestling.wwf:
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As far as I know, Ali Singh is from the state of Punjab of India,
and he is not a Moslem or Christian. He is an Indian Sikh. He
may win the case.
Harold Bishop
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You spelt Muslim wrong. And I wouldn't call him sick just because he's from
India.
Jacob Gilbert
> He posted a source, "Ken Kerr/Toronto Sun"
>
> -Willbert
Sorry, Will, but Kerr merely took a picture that accompanied the Post
article. Dan Mangan of the NY Post wrote the article in question, as
noted, but "Mikey's World" should have made it clear that he cribbed
the article from the Post.
J. C. Gilbert
Willbert
It would have been the internet site that he got it from that didn't include
the original source.
This argument is ludicrous, just read the news and get over it, for Gods
sake.
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dojj
today
rather than actually reading the facts as they have been put in front of
you, you decide to make a remark about something that has nothing to do with
the case in hand
you may have been here long enough to have read the statements that I made
regarding the fact that the name "tiger ali Singh" is about as likely as a
Jewish family calling their son Adolph Hitler
it is just not done as the 2 religions hate each other with something close
to fanaticism
its the sort of hate where, for example, a group of Singh's will go over and
set fire to a Muslim, and then another group of Singh's won't even bother to
cross the road to piss on him to put it out
the history is too far back to explain here in any sort of short post so I
won't bother
the fact that you can be a Muslim and still hail from Punjab is the problem
when Indian and Pakistan split in about 1947 they shared control of Punjab
so half of Punjab is now in Pakistan and the other half is in India
the people who live there are still dressing the same as they have for
hundreds and hundreds of years
in the Sikh religion, it is punishable by breath to desecrate a turban as
the true Sikh will wear his/her turban to cover his head at all times to pay
respects to god (rather than covering his/her head when they visit the
gurdwara (Sikh temple) when they go to pray)
the fact that you have Afghanistan Sikhs compounds the problem even further
then you have the way that various Sikhs wrap their turbans
you can tell immediately if you are of a social standing depending on how it
is wrapped
the farmers wrap it lose and the carpenters wrap it tight
then the ones from Africa wrap it with a point
anyway, back to the point, the wwf should never have given him the job of
wearing his turban as a gimmick as most Sikhs will forego a job rather than
forego the wearing of the turban
hope that clears up any further foolish comments regarding this matter
thank you for reading this :)
(I'm not having a go, just telling it like it is)