Does anyone actually like the Great Khali?

Publish date: 2024-06-17
WWE, whether you like it or not is popular because of pure awe and amazing spectacles, not just because of quality wrestling.

Great Khali was the "awe and amazing spectacle" part. For that, he did well.

Problem is, he stuck around too long.

I, personally, have zero problem with him coming into WWE years back when he did (was it 2007 or something?) and coming in as a big monster heel, crushing some other top monster Superstars and working his was to a World Heavyweight Championship. I have ZERO problem with that because when he first came into the WWE he was obviously younger and could work a LONGER match than he can now and he was new and wasn't spoiled like he is today with many super-short matches and losses.

Who cares if he can't wrestle like Bret Hart, he wasn't there for that. What I am shocked about is that he stayed around longer than 3 years (a typical first contract length). I think 3 years was all they needed out of him. They did it right at first, he came in, dominated big guys (and little guys), won the World Title, lost it to Batista (believable), went on to have Giant vs Giant matches or the famous "David vs Goliath" matches to put over young, up and coming Superstars. He did that but then he STUCK AROUND. That was the problem. He got older and no longer could even pretend to be dominant again and became a joke. That was the problem.

So I liked him when he came into WWE. Say what you want by the Punjabi Prison match he was in was also a spectacle that has millions of views YouTube so WWE wins at creating another memorable spectacle.

But it is more than time for him to retire and I'm sure another giant will come around, this time, hopefully one that can move a little more, or if not, only have a short career.

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