The Bollywood Boyz are a Canadian

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composed of brothers Gurvinder "Gurv" Sihra (born November 13, 1984) and Harvinder "Harv" Sihra (born November 2, 1987). They are best known for their time in

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, where Gurvinder and Harvinder performed under the ring names Sunil Singh and Samir Singh, respectively. They made their main roster debut on ''

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'' in April 2017, repackaged as The Singh Brothers and the managers of

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. They managed Mahal to his reign as

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and continued to accompany him until 2019, when the duo began wrestling on ''

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''. In October 2020, both men reverted to The Bollywood Boyz team name and gimmick. They were released from WWE in June 2021.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2005–2015)

Gurv began training in 2004 with

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, and in the

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. Gurv debuted in Ohio Valley Wrestling in October 2005, and Harv followed suit. The brothers wrestled for a short time as singles wrestlers: Harv as "Bollywood Don" and Gurv as "Golden Lion". As a tag team, The Bollywood Boyz (originally The Bollywood Lions) won the

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five times between 2011 and 2015. Early in their careers, the brothers also wrestled on

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's " Death Tour" of

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, a tour known for its rough conditions. In 2011, The Bollywood Boyz wrestled in India as part of the

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-sponsored

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promotion. On December 19, 2011, they took part of a tournament to crown the inaugural RKK Tag Team Champions defeating The Mumbai Cats (Leopard and Puma) in the quarterfinals. The following night they were eliminated from the tournament by RDX ( Sir Brutus Magnus and

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) in the semifinals. On January 22, 2012, The Bollywood Boyz defeated RDX (

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and

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) to become the RKK Tag Team Champions. On April 23, 2012, they vacated the championships after the promotion closed. On July 24, 2015, The Bollywood Boyz made their debut for

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's promotion

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(GFW), where they participated in a tournament to crown the inaugural GFW Tag Team Champions. They defeated The Akbars (Ali and Omar) in the quarterfinals of the tournament. On October 23, 2015, at Global Force Wrestling's TV tapings, The Bollywood Boyz defeated

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to become the first ever GFW Tag Team Champions.

WWE (2016–2021)

NXT and 205 Live (2016–2017)

On June 13, 2016, Gurv and Harv were announced as participants in

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tournament. On June 23, both Sihras were eliminated from the tournament in their first round matches, with Gurv losing to

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and Harv losing to

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. The Bollywood Boyz debuted in the WWE

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NXT at the September 15 tapings. They also took part in the second annual

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; however, they were eliminated by The

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in the first round. On the premiere episode of ''

'' in November 2016, The Bollywood Boyz defeated

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and Drew Gulak in their debut tag team match.

Managing Jinder Mahal (2017–2019)

On the April 18, 2017, episode of ''

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'', they made their main roster debut as The Singh Brothers; Gurv was renamed Sunil Singh, while Harv was renamed Samir Singh. They interfered in a six-pack challenge match to determine the number one contender for

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, helping

win the match, turning

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in the process. During Mahal's reign as champion, they usually interfered during his title defences. On the January 16, 2018, episode of ''SmackDown Live'', Samir suffered a torn ACL during a ringside brawl with

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. On April 16, The Singh Brothers moved to Raw

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as part of the Superstar Shake-up alongside Jinder Mahal. On the October 15 episode of '' Raw'', Samir returned after his injury to unite with his brother and Mahal. Sunil and Samir wrestled their first match on the January 1, 2019, episode of ''Raw'' when they teamed up with Mahal to defeat

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, in a 2-on-3 handicap match.

Return to 205 Live and 24/7 Champions (2019–2021)

During the

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, the Singh Brothers and Jinder Mahal were drafted back to SmackDown. The following week, the Singh Brothers were drafted over to

, separating them from Mahal. Since then, they have changed their gimmicks, very similar to their previous gimmick of The Bollywood Boyz and have been competing in tag team matches regularly. On October 21, 2019, Sunil – after a distraction from Samir – pinned

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backstage during ''Raw'' to win the

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, marking the first title for either of the Singh Brothers in WWE. 10 days later at Crown Jewel, Sunil lost the title to Truth after they both were eliminated from a battle royal, but later in the evening Samir pinned Truth backstage to win the title for the first time in his own right. 18 days later, Samir lost the title backstage on an episode of ''Raw'' to Truth, who was disguised as a doctor. Since then, both brothers have regained and lost the championship at various

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s. On the October 9, 2020, edition of ''205 Live'', it was announced that The Singh Brothers would return to the brand, going back to The Bollywood Boyz gimmick. On June 25, 2021, they were released from their WWE contracts.

Independent Circuit (2021–present)

On the October 17, 2022, episode of '' AEW Dark: Elevation'', The Bollywood Boyz made their debut in a losing effort against the After their release from WWE in June 2021, Gurv and Harv Sihra, known as The Bollywood Boyz, returned to the independent wrestling scene, competing across North America and internationally. In December 2021, with assistance from DEFY Wrestling in resolving visa issues, the duo debuted in the promotion, challenging The Midnight Heat for the DEFY Tag Team Championship at DEFY Darkhorse. On October 17, 2022, The Bollywood Boyz appeared on '' AEW Dark: Elevation'', facing

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. They also competed in Ring of Honor, wrestling Dalton Castle's "boys," Brandon and Brent. In November 2022, they faced the Second Gear Crew for the DEFY Tag Team Championship at DEFY Fightwave. In June 2023, they participated in a Mumbai Street Fight against the Second Gear Crew at DEFY Heathens. On June 25, 2023, The Bollywood Boyz defended the DEFY Tag Team Championship against Matt Cross and Psycho Mike at DEFY x PROGRESS in Toronto. In November 2023, they competed in a four-way ladder match for the inaugural BRCW Tag Team Championship at Boca Raton Championship Wrestling. On August 2, 2024, The Bollywood Boyz reunited with former WWE ally Raj Dhesi (formerly Jinder Mahal) at GCW's "Now and Forever" event. Disguised under masks, they assisted Dhesi in a match against Effy. In March 2025, The Bollywood Boyz captured the WSW Tag Team Championship in Australia at WSW Legacy – Tag 1, defeating The Parea. On March 15, 2025, they faced C4 in a double chain match at DEFY Aftermath.

Other media

Gurv and Harv, as The Singh Brothers, appear in ''

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'' and ''

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'' as non-playable

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for

Personal lives

The Sihra brothers are originally from

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and are of Indian descent. They both graduated from

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. Gurv graduated from

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in British Columbia, where he studied criminology. He has also worked in loss prevention and has a third degree black belt in

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. He and his wife have one son. Harv also attended Douglas College, studying history. He has also worked as a model and actor. Harv appeared in the 2015 movie ''

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''. Both brothers appeared in the movie ''Russell Madness'', which also starred fellow professional wrestler

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. Gurv and Harv are both

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Championships and accomplishments

*All-Star Wrestling (British Columbia) **ASW Tag Team Championship (1 time) **King of the Island Tournament (2009) – Gurv *CanAm Wrestling **CanAm Tag Team Championship (1 time) *

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**Defy Tag Team Championship (1 time) *

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( 5 times) ** NWA Pacific Northwest Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times) – Gurv (1), Harv (1) **NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Gurv *

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( 1 time) ** GFW Tag Team Championship Tournament (2015) * Hamilton Wrestling Entertainment **HWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) * ''

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'' ** Gurv/Sunil ranked No. 240 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the

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in 2017 and 2019 ** Harv/Samir ranked No. 236 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2017 and 2019 * Real Canadian Wrestling **RCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) *

** RKK Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) *Thrash Wrestling **Thrash Tag Team Championship (1 time) *

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** WSW Tag Team Championship (1 time) *

( 9 times) – Sunil (4), Samir (5)

References

External links

ECCW profile

Global Force Wrestling profile
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