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Honourable mention: Rhonda Singh
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Ronda Ann Sing, also known as Rhonda Singh or Bertha Faye, is the only woman wrestler of Sikh/Indian origin to have become a successful professional wrestler. Growing up in the wrestling hotbed of Calgary, Alberta, Rhonda would turn up to local wrestling shows accompanied by her mother from a very young age.
Her interest in professional wrestling piqued after she started watching Japanese wrestling, she subsequently wrote to and was contacted by legendary female wrestler Mildred Burke, who ended up training her in the art of professional wrestling.
Rhonda then went to Japan and wrestled in the New Japan Pro Wrestling promotion as Monster Ripper, where she won the WWWA World Championship and became the Women’s champion. This was the top title in the world for women at the time and it could thus be said that Rhonda reached the very pinnacle of women’s wrestling in Japan.
She was also subsequently signed by the WWF, where she was repackaged as a comedic character known as Bertha Faye. Despite her less than desirable gimmick and limited growth potential with it, Rhonda kept her head down and worked hard during her time in the WWF and was subsequently rewarded with the WWF Women’s championship.
This made Rhonda the first person of Sikh origin to have competed in the WWF and also the first person of Sikh origin to have won a World title in the WWF. She was a true professional wrestler at heart and was always annoyed by the lack of real wrestling in the Women’s division.
Rhonda Singh’s match with Molly Holly (Mona) can be seen in this video:
She subsequently also went on to compete in WCW, where she was once again put into a comedic character. After leaving WCW, she stopped wrestling and took to other humanitarian projects to spend her time.
Unfortunately, Rhonda passed away in 2001 due to an overdose and that’s where her journey came to an end. She is a legend for the entire Sikh/Indian-origin community in Canada and will always remain one.
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