Tiger Ali Singh Gurjit Singh Hans ( March 9 , 1973 ) is an Indo - Canadian professional wrestler , best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) under the ring name Tiger Ali Singh . He is the son of legendary wrestler Tiger Jeet Singh . Career . Singh trained to be a wrestler in the New Japan Pro Wrestling dojo for six months . He spent time with Sweet Daddy Siki and Ron Hutchinson at Sully ' s Gym in Toronto , and learned kickboxing in Thailand and Bangkok . Upon completing his training , Singh made his in - ring debut as he teamed with his father , Tiger Jeet Singh , against Atsushi Onita and Tarzan Goto in Frontier Martial - Arts Wrestling ( FMW ) . World Wrestling Federation ( 1997 - 2002 ) . Singh signed with the World Wrestling Federation in January 1997 , with the signing announced at a press conference at SkyDome in Toronto . Singh ' s most notable accomplishment in the company occurred in 1997 , when he won the second WWF Kuwait Cup Tournament , held on April 9 , 1997 in Kuwait City . He defeated Owen Hart in the finals to become the second and final WWF Kuwait Cup winner . He would also participate and be managed by his father at the WWF ' s United Kingdom - exclusive pay - per - view event One Night Only on September 20 , 1997 , facing off against and defeating Leif Cassidy . He made his official WWF debut on the April 21 , 1997 episode of " Raw " . He would disappear from WWF television until they had fully submerged into the Attitude Era . His gimmick was that of a rich and arrogant heir to a fortune ( similar to Ted DiBiase ' s character ) . He came to the ring accompanied by a manservant named Babu , and would pay random people in the audience each week to perform humiliating stunts . Singh was later sent to Puerto Rico to work on his in - ring skills . He returned in late 2000 as the manager of Lo Down ( D ' Lo Brown and Chaz Warrington ) . Lo Down and Singh were eventually sent to International Wrestling Association in Puerto Rico , removing them from WWF programming as The Invasion of 2001 started . Down in IWA , Singh became a two - time tag team champion . He eventually suffered a career - ending injury and was sent home to Toronto to recover . He was later released from his contract in July 2002 . Retirement and lawsuit with the WWF . The next month , Singh filed a $ 7 million lawsuit against the World Wrestling Federation . Among his claims were that his career - ending injury was the result of being forced to wrestle in the rain while in Puerto Rico . He also accused other WWF wrestlers of frequently calling him " taxi driver " , and that he was the victim of a stunt in 1999 where his turban was stuffed with garbage . WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt countered by noting that the company was not responsible for any injuries occurring in a different organization , and that Singh ' s contract could legally be ended if he suffered an injury . Return to wrestling . In late 2008 , Singh , under the new ring name Tiger Jeet Singh , Jr . ( in honor of his father ) , returned to wrestling as a part of the HUSTLE promotion in Japan . He made his return by teaming up with his father in a tag team match against Genichiro Tenryu and Shiro Koshinaka .