Activities Sports & Athletics Great Khali Timeline Share PINTEREST Email Print Great Kahli vs Kane in 2007 at WrestleMania 23. Gaye Gerard/Getty Images Sports & Athletics Professional Wrestling Famous Wrestlers Baseball Bicycling Billiards Bodybuilding Bowling Boxing Car Racing Cheerleading Extreme Sports Football Golf Gymnastics Ice Hockey Martial Arts Skateboarding Skating Paintball Soccer Swimming & Diving Table Tennis Tennis Track & Field Volleyball Other Activities Learn More By Eric Cohen Eric Cohen Eric Cohen is a sports writer focused on pro wrestling. He is a featured guest in wrestling discussions on BBC Radio and Sirius Hardcore Sports Radio. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on 05/17/18 The Great Khali (real name Dalip Singh Rana) was the first wrestler born in India to be signed by WWE. The seven-foot one-inch giant was famous before entering the company due to his appearance in The Longest Yard. While training to become a wrestler, he was involved in a tragic accident which resulted in the death of one of his wrestling school classmates. Upon entering the company in 2006, he was a monster heel that battled main event stars and he went onto win the World Heavyweight Championship. The latter half of his WWE tenure featured him in a mid-card comedy role. The timeline listed below features every pay-per-view match (excluding battle royals in which he was not involved in the ending) and title change that he has been involved in. 2005 5/27 - appeared in The Longest Yard 2006 5/21 Judgment Day - beat The Undertaker 2007 4/1 WrestleMania 23 - beat Kane 5/20 Judgment Day - lost to WWE Champion John Cena 6/2 Saturday Night's Main Event - beat John Cena in a non-title match 6/3 One Night Stand - lost to WWE Champion John Cena in a Falls Count Anywhere Match 7/17 SmackDown - won the World Heavyweight Championship in a Battle Royal by last eliminating Kane and Batista 7/22 Great American Bash - beat Batista and Kane 8/18 SNME - w/Finlay lost to Kane & Batista 8/26 SummerSlam - lost to Batista by DQ 9/16 Unforgiven - Batista beat the Great Khali & Rey Mysterio to win the World Heavyweight Championship 10/7 No Mercy - lost a Punjabi Prison Match to World Heavyweight Champion Batista 11/18 Survivor Series - beat Hornswoggle by DQ 12/16 Armageddon - lost to Finlay 2008 2/17 No Way Out - Elimination Chamber: The Undertaker beat Batista, Big Daddy V, Finlay, MVP, and the Great Khali4/27 Backlash - lost to The Big Show• 6/20 - appeared in Get Smart8/2 SNME - beat Jimmy Wang Yang8/17 SummerSlam - lost to WWE Champion Triple H11/23 Survivor Series - Shawn Michaels, Cryme Tyme, Rey Mysterio, & The Great Khali beat JBL, MVP, Kane, The Miz, & John Morrison 2009 6/28 The Bash - lost to Dolph Ziggler in a no count-out, no DQ match8/23 SummerSlam - lost to Kane9/13 Breaking Point - lost to Kane in a Singapore Cane Match 2012 2/19 Elimination Chamber - World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan beat Big Show, Wade Barett, Cody Rhodes, The Great Khali, and Santino Marella in an Elimination Chamber Match4/1 WrestleMania XXVIII - Team Johnny (David Otunga, Mark Henry, Drew McIntyre, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, & The Miz) beat Team Teddy (Santino Marella, R-Truth, Kofi Kingston, Zack Ryder, The Great Khali, & Booker T) 2013 10/6 Battleground - w/Santino Marella lost to Jack Swagger & Antonio Cesaro10/27 Hell in a Cell - w/Natalya lost to Fandango & Summer Rae Featured Video