No one knows what you are going to get next in your life or what has life planned for you? There are many examples that are a perfect example that shows nothing is hard in life to achieve. It just needs your strong will and determination to get the success in your life. Doesn’t matter whether you are rich or poor, lives in a village or city. Today, we will talk about a man, Rinku Singh who hails from a small village of Bhadohi in Uttar Pradesh who is very inspiring for all of us as his hard work pays off and he is doing great in WWF.
Let me tell you Rinku Singh is not any celebrity, he is a son of a truck driver who has worked very hard to make his way to World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) developmental territory NXT.
He has nine siblings in all who all lived in a one-room house with not enough water and electricity. Though facing so many hardships in life, he has managed to achieve what he wanted.
Rinku says, “My drive has always been to give my family a better life and to represent my country. I look back and I see my father who was a truck driver raising my siblings and I. He worked 24/7 to give us everything we ever needed”.
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Growing up in a family that found it difficult to sustain, Rinku Singh had a dream that rose higher in the face of austerity. His first interest though was javelin throw and track and field.
He says of his interest in the sports, “As a little boy, growing up in a village in Uttar Pradesh, I had just one dream which was to represent my nation in the Olympics. Back then, I was really interested in Javelin throw and track and field and also qualified for the India Camp for the Olympics.”
But life has planned something else for him he did not get what he had planned. He didn’t get through in either of the sports and had decided to make a change and take up some other challenge in life. He even worked in reality show ‘Million Dollar Arm’ organized by Los Angeles sports agent J.B. Bernstein, who was in search of Major League talent on the subcontinent.
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For which he has to say “I took part in the search for the ‘Million Dollar Arm’ and ended up going to the U.S for baseball. For me, baseball was a unique segment and platform to represent my nation in a sport that is not common to Indians.”
Despite trying everything in his life, he was still not happy and satisfied with his progress. So, he decided to take a plunge to a new sport in 2018 and i.e. wrestling. He signed a contract with WWE in 2018. He knew that this sport was challenging for him but still he was pretty confident.
He says, “I have always been athletic. From track and field to professional baseball to now professional wrestling, being athletic has allowed me to transition quite smoothly. There are undoubtedly challenges for anyone doing something new and different.”
He also adds, “Learning techniques and being able to do things in the right way are very important to mastering anything you do. My patience and willingness to learn are what I think has also allowed me to pursue these sporting forms.”
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After fighting all the challenges, he won his first match of WWE. On winning he got emotional.
He says, “It got me very emotional! – While it is sports entertainment, the emotion of it all really gets to you. I felt it that day as a performer and as an athlete. You could feel the audience with you as they cheered me on,” he talks about the victory.
He said that it was the victory over sacrifices that he has made in his life as he lived his life without comfort. Now after winning debut, he is making his better name in WWE and is looking for future assignments and victory. Now he is planning to represent India in WrestleMania and win the title.
