“I was worried about the bed”; Venkatesh Iyer relives childhood incident when he tried to deliver a popular wrestling move


“I was worried about the bed”; Venkatesh Iyer relives childhood incident when he tried to deliver a popular wrestling move

Venkatesh Iyer

Venkatesh Iyer has been a huge fan of WWE since his childhood. The Kolkata Knight Riders opener has been following the company for a long time now and has been seen doing things related to WWE a lot of times. While Iyer is one of the breakout stars for the Indian cricket fraternity, WWE has also acknowledged him as one of the greatest fans of the company. Not only that, but Iyer has also revealed that he follows weekly episodes of Raw and SmackDown every week without fail.

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Venkatesh Iyer recently sat in an interview with Jatin Sapru and revealed that he had tried to deliver a popular move on the bed but he was a bit scared that the bed could break. The Kolkata Knight Riders opener revealed that he tried to deliver John Cena’s smack on the bed when he was very scared. Here’s what he said:

“More than getting injured I was worried about the bed, which me and my friend broke while trying John Cena’s smack. We were working like carpenters and we wanted to fix the bed in a way so that it seemed that it broke when someone else sat on it.” – NDTV Sports

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Venkatesh Iyer is a huge fan of former WWE Champion, Seth Rollins

Venkatesh Iyer recently relived a childhood incident where he tried to deliver a popular move
Venkatesh Iyer is a huge fan of WWE superstar Seth Rollins

Venkatesh Iyer finds former WWE Champion, Seth Rollins as his favorite superstar in the current WWE’s roster. The all-rounder has loved all the fancy gimmicks that Rollins has used in his career. May it be the Visionary, or the Beastslayer, Iyer has followed the Drip God for years and considers him as an all-time great.

Iyer recently appeared on the WWE India show where Gaelyn Mendonce welcomed him with a set of WrestleMania 38 predictions. This was also led by a surprise which took the cricketer aback. Seth Rollins had sent a video message for his fan and had also sent him some good wishes for the Indian Premiere League.

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