WWE announced on March 24, 2021 that The Great Khali would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2021. He will be the first member of the DDP family to be enshrined. The Great Khali was a professional wrestler who had a successful career from 1998 until 2011 with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). During his time in the company, he won multiple championships including the WWE Tag Team Championship three times. His greatest period in WWE came between 2004 and 2008 when he was part of the Monday Night Raw roster. During this time, he held the WWE Undisputed Champion title. He started his professional wrestling career in India where he became one of the top stars of the Indian wrestling scene. In 1998, he came to America to pursue a wrestling career and immediately made an impact by winning the World X Cup Tournament at WrestleMania 20. Since then, he has gone on to become one of the most popular wrestlers in the company. After retiring from in-ring competition in 2011, he stayed with the company in various backstage roles such as authority figure for their developmental territory NXT or management consultant. In April 2015, it was reported that The Great Khali would be returning to the ring for one last match at WrestleMania 31 before retiring again.