Despite being the Indian pro-wrestling fans, we have barely heard the name of Sonjay Dutt. He is an Indian origin wrestler who is competing around the American wrestling circuit for almost two decades. But, the reason behind less fame is that he never intended to wrestle in the WWE.
Back in 2002, he started his journey as a wrestler. He also got an offer from the biggest pro-wrestling promotion of the world. Now, this is such an opportunity that not everybody could have asked for but surprisingly he rejected the contract.
Instead, Sonjay Dutt signed up with TNA wrestling promotion which witnessed the birth of the company in the last decade under the wings of Jeff Jarrett. There he continued to wrestle up to 2009. He took a break from it for almost three years and made his comeback in 2012 and is continuing with his stint.
Recently, Sonjay Dutt has appeared in an interview with The Pancakes and Powerslams Podcast clarifying as of why he had not signed up with wrestling promotions like WWE or the Ring of Honour and chosen the Impact Wrestling over them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfjKUJdMx0M
He always wanted to perform as a free competitor which neither WWE nor ROH have offered to him. But, the Impact Wrestling’s contract allows him to perform as a competitor who can perform even in the indie scenes.
This is due to the payment structure difference between the two companies. Impact offers lesser amount paychecks to their employees and hence gives them the opportunity to earn more by letting them perform elsewhere.
Sonjay took this opportunity of being a free agent and went on to pursue a wrestling career for more than 15 years. The company also showed faith in him by making him the X Division champion during the recent tapings in Mumbai India.
At the Slammiversary PPV, he will face Low Ki for the title defence in a 2 out of 3 falls match. In the above interview, he commented the following about Impact and his opponent,
“I think that the shows for the past three months have proved that things are different. The faces are different, the stories are different, the way we’re telling the stories are different, and at the end of the days, it is about the personalities and the stories.”