Born in a remote village in Punjab, Satnam Singh created history in 2015 when he became the first Indian basketball player to be drafted into the NBA by the Dallas Mavericks as their 52nd overall pick. Since then, the 28-year-old has experienced many highs and few lows in his basketball career. 

Representing the country is every athlete's dream and Satnam achieved that as early as 13-years-old when he was selected for the Indian squad at the 2009 FIBA Asia U-16 Championship in Malaysia. 

He made his senior team debut at the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship and also appeared at the 2014 Asia Championship. After participating in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup, Satnam was key for India at the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification, but failed to prevent a bottom-placed finish in their group.

Unfortunately, Satnam's basketball career was brought to an end by a two-year ban handed by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), after he tested positive for Higenamine Beta-2-Agonist. 

Ever since, Satnam has ventured into the professional wrestling foray, joining All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Standing at 7 feet 4 inches, he made his television debut in 2022, and now has plans to bring it to India. 

Speaking to Hindustan Times, Satnam asserted saying that he has signed with AEW now, and want stay with them always. He also revealed that he is planning to bring AEW to India and expose it here so that the people in this country know what it is. 

He said, “This is important. The youth should know that something can be done with wrestling too. Children need to find something, analyse your health and power, and see what you can do. It is not important that you need to do sports, study, become a businessman, very important.”

He simultaneously divulged, “I do not want to go back to basketball at all even after doping ban gets over. I am done. I am focused in wrestling right now.”