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 Best of Wrestling Baseball Basketball Bicycling Billiards Bodybuilding Bowling Boxing Car Racing Cheerleading Cricket 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 is a sports writer focused on pro wrestling. He is a featured guest in wrestling discussions on BBC Radio and Sirius Hardcore Sports Radio. our editorial process Eric Cohen Updated May 17, 2018 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 Kane5/20 Judgment Day - lost to WWE Champion John Cena6/2 Saturday Night's Main Event - beat John Cena in a non-title match6/3 One Night Stand - lost to WWE Champion John Cena in a Falls Count Anywhere Match7/17 SmackDown - won the World Heavyweight Championship in a Battle Royal by last eliminating Kane and Batista7/22 Great American Bash - beat Batista and Kane8/18 SNME - w/Finlay lost to Kane & Batista8/26 SummerSlam - lost to Batista by DQ9/16 Unforgiven - Batista beat the Great Khali & Rey Mysterio to win the World Heavyweight Championship10/7 No Mercy - lost a Punjabi Prison Match to World Heavyweight Champion Batista11/18 Survivor Series - beat Hornswoggle by DQ12/16 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