Great Khali Says He Didn’t Participate In First Punjabi Prison Match Because There Was An Issue With His Blood Work

Great Khali explains why he was not part of the first Punjabi Prison match.

There have been three Punjabi Prison matches that WWE has presented. The first took place in 2006, the second happened in 2007, and the last took place in 2017.

The Great Khali was involved in the last two. The first Punjabi Prison match took place at The Great American Bash 2006 between The Undertaker and Paul Wight (The Big Show).

Khali was interviewed by Chris Van Vliet and shared that he was not part of the first match because there was an issue with his blood work.

“Punjabi Prison match. First, when I had the Punjabi Prison match set up for me and Undertaker, They called me, ‘You can’t work this one.’ I said, ‘Man, come on.’ I think 2 days before, ‘Oh, you can’t work Undertaker.’ I said, ‘Come on. Why?’ ‘You have something wrong with your blood.’ I’m so sad. I don’t know what happened. So I was there. So Undertaker and Big Show in that ring are practicing. You can’t work, Big Show and Undertaker work in this Prison match. I said, ‘This is a bad decision.’ All the things build, then 2 days before they say you can’t work. Some health issue.”

The 2017 Punjabi Prison match took place at the Battleground pay-per-view, where Khali helped Jinder Mahal defeat Randy Orton to retain the WWE Championship.