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Sushil meets with WWE official

NEW DELHI: India’s double-Olympic medal winning wrestlerSushil Kumar conceded that he has met top officials of the WWEbut ruled out any immediate move to professional wrestling.

The head of talent Development WWE, Canyon Ceman flew down from Orlando, Florida to meet Sushil and explore options of moving into professional wrestling in the near future.

“I had a very good meeting with the head of the WWE talent development and I am exploring a lot of options as I just want to continue wrestling,” Sushil said.

Asked if it meant bidding goodbye to amateur wrestling, Sushil replied in negative.

“I would not say that I am leaving the amateur arena. I am just keen to explore other avenues as I really want to continue playing,” he added.

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Raman Raheja, whose company Super Sports handles Sushil’s commercial interests, said that the WWE had been planning to expand in India for some time now and has been in talks with Sushil for the past four months.

“Something is going to materialise soon…in about a month or so we will finalise something. Today Canyon had a face-to-face meeting with Sushil for the first time. He had come all the way from Orlando to meet Sushil,” said Raheja.

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