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	~~{{Use dmy dates}}~~		{{Short description\|Indian professional wrestler (1919–1990)}}
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	\| birth_name = Joginder Singh		\| birth_name = Joginder Singh
	\| birth_date = 1919		\| birth_date = 1919
	\| birth_place = ~~Village~~ Sheron, Tarn Taran, Punjab, British India		\| birth_place = Sheron, [[Tarn Taran district]], [[Punjab Province, British India\|Punjab Province]], British India
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1990\|08\|01\|1919\|\|\|df=yes}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1990\|08\|01\|1919\|\|\|df=yes}}
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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	He was born in [[~~Punjab Province, British India\|village Sheron,~~ Tarn Taran, Punjab, British India]] into a [[Sikh]] family.<ref>{{cite web\|url= http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120930/pers.htm \|title= Why no pehalwan from Punjab? \|publisher=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] \|date= 30 September 2012 \|location=Chandigarh}}</ref>		He was born in the village of Sheron in the [[Tarn Taran district]] of [[Punjab Province, British India]] into a [[Sikh]] family.<ref>{{cite web\|url= http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120930/pers.htm \|title= Why no pehalwan from Punjab? \|publisher=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] \|date= 30 September 2012 \|location=Chandigarh}}</ref>

	==Professional wrestling career==		==Professional wrestling career==
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	===India===		===India===
	In 1954, Tiger competed in the Rustam-e-Hind (Champion of India) tournament, but lost in the final to [[Dara Singh]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cuttingthechai.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dara-singh-newspaper-clipping-04-120712.jpg \|title=FREE-STYLE WRESTLING: DARA SINGH CROWNED CHAMPION OF BHARAT \|publisher=[[The New Indian Express]] \|date=13 June 1954 \|location=Bombay }}</ref> The same year, he defeated [[European Heavyweight Championship\|European Heavyweight Champion]] [[Bert Assirati]] in front of the 50,000 spectators at [[Bombay]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.wrestlingheritage.co.uk/noangelpart2.htm\|title= No Angel of Islington Part 2\|publisher=WRESTLING HERITAGE \|location=}}</ref> In 1959, he competed in another [[professional wrestling tournament]] Commonwealth Championship, but didn't succeed.<ref>{{cite web\|url=~~http~~://indiatoday~~.intoday~~.in/story/dara-singh---the-champion-loses-his-final-fight~~/1/207670.html~~ \|title=Dara Singh - the champion loses his final fight \|publisher=[[India Today]] \|date=12 July 2012 \|location= New Delhi}}</ref>		In 1954, Tiger competed in the Rustam-e-Hind (Champion of India) tournament, but lost in the final to [[Dara Singh]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cuttingthechai.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dara-singh-newspaper-clipping-04-120712.jpg \|title=FREE-STYLE WRESTLING: DARA SINGH CROWNED CHAMPION OF BHARAT \|publisher=[[The New Indian Express]] \|date=13 June 1954 \|location=Bombay }}</ref> The same year, he defeated [[European Heavyweight Championship\|European Heavyweight Champion]] [[Bert Assirati]] in front of the 50,000 spectators at [[Bombay]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.wrestlingheritage.co.uk/noangelpart2.htm\|title= No Angel of Islington Part 2\|publisher=WRESTLING HERITAGE \|location=}}</ref> In 1959, he competed in another [[professional wrestling tournament]] Commonwealth Championship, but didn't succeed.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/story/dara-singh-the-champion-loses-his-final-fight-109029-2012-07-11 \|title=Dara Singh - the champion loses his final fight \|publisher=[[India Today]] \|date=12 July 2012 \|location= New Delhi}}</ref>

	===Japan===		===Japan===
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* {{~~IMDb name~~\|id=~~2355301~~\|name=Tiger Joginder~~}} {{Prowrestling-bio-stub~~}}		* {{Professional wrestling profiles\|cagematch=19603\|wrestlingdata=13866\|name=Tiger Joginder Singh}}
	* {{~~professional wrestling profiles~~}}		* {{IMDb name\|id=2355301\|name=Tiger Joginder Singh}}

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	{{All Asia Tag Team Championship}}		{{All Asia Tag Team Championship}}

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{{Short description| Indian professional wrestler (b.1919)}}
{{confused|Tiger Jeet Singh}}
{{Use Indian English}}
{{Infobox professional wrestler
| name = Tiger Joginder Singh
| image = Tiger_Joginder_Singh.jpg
| image_size = 180px
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name = Joginder Singh
| birth_date = 1919
| birth_place = Village Sheron, Tarn Taran, Punjab, British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|08|01|1919|||df=yes}}
| death_place =
| death_cause =
| residence =
| alma_mater =
| spouse =
| children =
| family =
| names = Tiger Joginder / Jokinder<br>'''Tiger Joginder Singh'''
| height = 5 ft 10 in
| weight = 270 lb

| billed = Punjab, India
| trainer = Harnam Singh
| debut = 1945
| retired =
| website = 
}}

'''Joginder Singh''' (1919-August 1, 1990) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[professional wrestler]]. He was the first [[All Asia Tag Team Championship|All Asia Tag Team Champion]], along with [[Emile Czaja|King Kong]].<ref name="official">{{cite web |url=http://all-japan.co.jp/history/05.html |title=AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship official title history |access-date=2007-08-29 |publisher=All-Japan.co.jp |language=Japanese |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070811175141/http://www.all-japan.co.jp/history/05.html  |archive-date = 2007-08-11}}</ref> He was one of the top professional wrestlers of [[India]] at that time.<ref name=ring>{{cite web|url= http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/the-lord-of-the-ring/story-Ow2Ug7CqDJQY71oRTbW7gL.html |title=The lord of the ring |date=13 July 2012 |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |access-date=13 July 2012 |location=New Delhi}}</ref>

==Early life==
He was born in [[Punjab Province, British India|village Sheron, Tarn Taran, Punjab, British India]] into a [[Sikh]] family.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120930/pers.htm |title= Why no pehalwan from Punjab? |publisher=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] |date= 30 September 2012 |location=Chandigarh}}</ref>

==Professional wrestling career==
===Singapore===
In 1948, Tiger Joginder and Arjan Singh Das were signed by [[Great World Amusement Park|Great World]]'s wrestling promoters, where he competed against many top wrestlers like [[Emile Czaja|King Kong]], [[Bill Verna]], George Zbisko, Tiger Ray Holden and Seelie Samara, and earned fame worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/freepress19490203-1.2.105.aspx|title=King Kong v. Tiger Joginder again, p.7 |publisher=[[Singapore Free Press]] |date=3 February 1949|location= }}</ref>

===United States===
[[File:Tiger_Joginder_vs_Chief_Thunderbird_Poster.jpg|180px|thumb|Wrestling poster featuring Tiger Joginder and Chief Thunderbird in the main event]]
Tiger wrestled in the [[United States]] in the late 1940s to the early 1950s, with wrestlers such as [[The French Angel]], Ted Christy, [[Kola Kwariani]], [[Jack Dempsey (wrestler)|Jack Dempsey]], Oki Shikina, Lord Carlton, and Benny Trudel. On 8 March 1950, his match with Chief Thunderbird at [[Paramount Theatre (Seattle)|Paramount Theatre]] had attracted much interest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infinitecore.ca/superstar/index.php?threadid=57918 |title= Old School Match Results » 1950 Results / Lineups |publisher=Kayfabe Memories |date=15 July 2008 |location=}}</ref>

===India===
In 1954, Tiger competed in the Rustam-e-Hind (Champion of India) tournament, but lost in the final to [[Dara Singh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cuttingthechai.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dara-singh-newspaper-clipping-04-120712.jpg |title=FREE-STYLE WRESTLING: DARA SINGH CROWNED CHAMPION OF BHARAT |publisher=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=13 June 1954 |location=Bombay }}</ref> The same year, he defeated [[European Heavyweight Championship|European Heavyweight Champion]] [[Bert Assirati]] in front of the 50,000 spectators at [[Bombay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestlingheritage.co.uk/noangelpart2.htm|title= No Angel of Islington Part 2|publisher=WRESTLING HERITAGE |location=}}</ref> In 1959, he competed in another [[professional wrestling tournament]] Commonwealth Championship, but didn't succeed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/dara-singh---the-champion-loses-his-final-fight/1/207670.html |title=Dara Singh - the champion loses his final fight |publisher=[[India Today]] |date=12 July 2012 |location= New Delhi}}</ref>

===Japan===
On 16 November 1955 in the [[Japan Wrestling Association]], he and [[Emile Czaja|King Kong]] defeated [[Rikidōzan]] and [[Harold Sakata]] in a [[two out of three falls match]] at JWA All Asia Championship tournament final to crown the inaugural [[All Asia Tag Team Championship|All Asia Tag Team Champions]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=51613|title=JWA Asia Championships - Tag 7 - Event @ Kuramae Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=November 15, 1955|access-date=March 13, 2022}}</ref> But he failed to capture the [[All Asia Heavyweight Championship]] in the single competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.puroresu.com/jwa/results/jwa195511asia.html |title=Asia Championships: 1955/11/08-11/22: 10 cards |publisher=[[Puroresu]].com|date=}}</ref>

==Filmography==
He also did acting in some [[India]]n films in the 1960s with fellow wrestlers [[Dara Singh]], [[Emile Czaja|King Kong]] and [[Randhawa (wrestler)|Randhawa]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Notes
|-
|rowspan="6" | 1964 || Samson || ||rowspan="2" | [[Hindi language|Hindi]] films
|-
| ''Rustom-E-Rome'' || Plato
|-
| ''[[Jagga (film)|Jagga]]'' || || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] film
|-
| ''Hercules'' || Wrestler ||rowspan="2" | [[Hindi language|Hindi]] films
|-
| ''[[Badshah (1964 film)|Badshah]]'' ||
|-
| ''Sandhya Deeper Sikha'' || || [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film
|-
|rowspan="4" | 1965 || ''Saat Samundar Paar'' || Wrestler ||rowspan="6" | [[Hindi language|Hindi]] films
|-
| ''Rustom-E-Hind'' || Wrestler
|-
| Panch Ratan (1965) || rebel
|-
| ''[[Mahabharat (1965 film)|Mahabharat]]'' || [[Hidimba]]
|-
|rowspan="2" | 1966 || ''Rustom Kaun'' ||
|-
| ''Insaaf'' ||
|}

==Championship and accomplishments==
*'''[[Japan Wrestling Association]]'''
**[[All Asia Tag Team Championship]] (1 time)- with [[Emile Czaja|King Kong]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=21|title=All Asia Tag Team Championship|first=Philip|last=Kreikenbohm|publisher=Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database|date=November 16, 1955|access-date=March 13, 2022}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=2355301|name=Tiger Joginder}} {{Prowrestling-bio-stub}}
* {{professional wrestling profiles}}

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[[Category:All Asia Tag Team Champions]]
[[Category:Indian professional wrestlers]]