This article is about the professional wrestler. For the actor, see Sanjay Dutt.
Sonjay Dutt
Dutt in July 2017
Birth name
Retesh Bhalla[1]
Born
(1982-04-07) April 7, 1982 (age 42)[1] Washington, D.C., U.S.[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Monster J[1] Schwagg Dutt[2] Sonjay Dutt[1]
Billed height
5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1]
Billed weight
186 lb (84 kg)[1]
Billed from
Mumbai, India Bollywood, India[1]
Trained by
Jimmy Z[1]
Debut
September 2000[1]
Retesh Bhalla[1] (born April 7, 1982)[1] is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a producer and manager. He is best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action / Impact Wrestling under the ring name Sonjay Dutt.[3] He also worked for WWE as a producer from 2019 to 2021.
Dutt is known for his several stints in Jeff Jarrett's promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), later renamed Impact Wrestling, where he started in 2003. Dutt competed in the X-Division for several years, winning the Impact X Division Championship in 2017. He also competed for Jarrett's Global Force Wrestling, where he was a former GFW NEX*GEN Champion. Dutt also wrestled for the independent promotion Combat Zone Wrestling during his early years, where he captured the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship and won the Best of the Best tournament in 2004. Due to his contributions, he was inducted into the CZW Hall of Fame in 2019. His ring name is modeled after that of famous Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt.[4]
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^Currier, Joseph (October 23, 2017). "Jeff Jarrett officially gone from Impact Wrestling". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
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Impact Wrestling under the ring name SonjayDutt. He also worked for WWE as a producer from 2019 to 2021. Dutt is known for his several stints in Jeff...
were Chris Sabin, SonjayDutt and Alex Shelley. Team USA wrestled their first match at Lockdown on April 23, 2006, where Lethal, Dutt and Shelley lost...
Jarrett's heel stable RDX alongside Abyss, Scott Steiner, Nick Aldis and SonjayDutt. On 14 January 2018, Gurjar signed a contract with WWE. Gurjar made his...
at Slammiversary, defeating SonjayDutt. Joe subsequently entered the 2005 TNA Super X Cup Tournament, defeating SonjayDutt and Alex Shelley before defeating...
where he attacked Samoa Joe and aligned himself with Jay Lethal and SonjayDutt. "Satnam Singh, Basketball Player". Archived from the original on 3 August...
Jarrett was in charge of the promotion, working alongside Dave Lagana, SonjayDutt and Jeremy Borash. Savio Vega and Nick Dinsmore were responsible for...
Championships, Scott Steiner and Josh Mathews vs. Jeremy Borash and Joseph Park, SonjayDutt vs. Low Ki in a best of three falls match for the X Division Championship"...
TNA Xplosion including the April 1, 2015 episode defeating the team of SonjayDutt and John Yurnet. and losing to The Revolution members James Storm and...
preshow which was won by SonjayDutt. on the October 29 episode of Impact, Strong and Alex Shelley lost to A.J. Styles and SonjayDutt. At Genesis, Strong...
edition of Impact!, Williams won an X Division four-way match by defeating SonjayDutt, Johnny Devine, and Shark Boy after hitting Shark Boy with the Canadian...
trained at Nightmare Factory under Q. T. Marshall and Dustin Rhodes. SonjayDutt and Bryan Danielson started coaching her when they arrived in All Elite...
crown the first champion. SonjayDutt, Eddie Colón, Jimmy Yang and Christopher Daniels would advance to the semifinals. Dutt and Daniels would defeat Cólon...
match between both couples. On the April 20 episode of Impact Wrestling, SonjayDutt surprised everyone by making his in-ring return in a six-way match for...
included non-tournament matches featuring top independent wrestlers such as SonjayDutt, Nick Berk, Trent Acid, The Blackout and B-Boy. 1The finals between Thumbtack...
CyberSpace Wrestling Federation CSWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with SonjayDutt East Coast Wrestling Association ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)...
Shocker, and SonjayDutt. The event was preceded by a four-way qualification match at TNA's No Surrender PPV event on July 17, 2005, in which Dutt defeated...
Fired match but failed to win the match. At Genesis, Rave, Kiyoshi and SonjayDutt lost to Eric Young and The Latin American Xchange (Hernandez and Homicide)...
Team GFW (Jeff Jarrett, Eric Young, Chris Mordetzky, Brian Myers and SonjayDutt) in a Lethal Lockdown match to oust GFW from TNA when Galloway pinned...
Openweight Championship on September 19, 2005, in Tokyo, Japan, defeating SonjayDutt. His reign lasted until November 23 of that year, when he lost the title...
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