Professional Baseball Player At Recent WWE Tryouts

Former Pittsburgh Pirates man Rinku Singh set for huge career change?

by Andy H Murray
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WWE recently headed to Dubai for a four-day tryout as part of their ongoing international recruitment efforts, with more than 30 athletes in attendance. Among them was Rinku Singh, a former professional baseball player previously signed to the MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates.

Singh was the first ever Indian to join an MLB team, and won the opportunity after being discovered as part of 2008's Million Dollar Arm reality TV competition. A left-handed pitcher, he returned to India after missing the 2014 and 2015 MLB seasons through injury, and WWE have posted a video of him taken from the tryouts:-

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Now a free agent, Singh's baseball career is at a standstill. He lasted two seasons with Pittsburgh prior to joining West Virginia Power (the Pirates' minor league affiliate) before injuries took a toll, with a broken elbow effectively ending his pitching career.

Singh's story was given the big screen treatment in 2014's Million Dollar Arm, and he has cited his countryman The Great Khali as an inspiration. There's no word on whether or not he has been signed by WWE, but the video's publication is encouraging.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.