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MASKED REPUBLIC'S JESUS "RICARDO" RODRIGUEZ PRODUCES 1ST ALL INDIAN
PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING EVENT IN PUNJAB, INDIA TODAY
December 12, 2015
Jalandhar, Punjab, India -
It is no secret that professional wrestling is wildly popular in India. Indian
TV has broadcast WWE and TNA Impact Wrestling for many years and just last month
the WWE Network expanded it's service into the territory. The demand for pro
wrestling in the country has also lead to the demand for home grown talents not
only by WWE and TNA, looking to find talents who will cross the ocean and
perform within their organizations, but by fans in India looking for their very
own promotions.
This past February, former WWE Superstar The Great Khali, real name Dalip Singh,
opened Punjab, India's first pro wrestling training facility, Continental
Wrestling Entertainment (CWE). In September, Singh brought former WWE Superstar
Jesus Rodriguez, who appeared on camera for the world's number one wrestling
promotion as Ricardo Rodriguez, personal ring announcer for Alberto Del Rio, to
India to act as the school's trainer. Those unaware of Rodriguez's past both
prior to and while employed by WWE may have missed the connection. How would
this former ring announcer train the future of India's pro wrestling ranks?
Prior to WWE, Rodriguez, using the ring name Chimaera, spent four years on the
independent professional wrestling scene in a number of countries. And while his
face is known for being Del Rio's right hand man, the Chimaera mask would live
on under the ring name "El Local" as Rodriguez performed often on WWE television
programming including Superstars, Main Event and NXT. He would also don the
persona for WWE live event tours of Europe. And, while not officially an NXT
trainer, it was not uncommon to hear NXT talents discuss, or post on social
media, getting in lucha libre training with Rodriguez at the training center.
At CWE, Rodriguez has been training more than 75 students in their dojo-style
facility where they not only train, but live. The students are divided into
three classes, placing Rodriguez in the ring himself for 9-12 hours a day, as
they learn basics of pro wrestling, lucha libre, European style, psychology,
communication skills and more.
Still considered a third world country, many of the students see CWE as the
means to accomplishing their dream thought previously to be impossible. India's
only legitimate pro wrestling school now provides a direct conduit for talent to
be seen by WWE, TNA and any other organization looking for stars from the
country of over 1.25 billion.
Earlier today, CWE will be ran its first independent event, and event featuring
entirely Indian talent who have all been training under Rodriguez for the past
three months. Events will continue bi-weekly.
"I am so incredibly proud of all of my students," Rodriguez said prior to the
event which he produced, "I sit with these students and hear about how much
their families have had to sacrifice for them to be able to come to this school.
I have watched them all work so hard, hours and hours a day to be able to be
part of this historic event. In the past two weeks since we announced the show,
people have been driving from all over the state of Punjab just to see the
school. In three months we have created a foundation for the future of the CWE,
the independent wrestling scene in India and without a doubt for at least a few
of these students to break out into worldwide stars."
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