IPL 2024: 'I Hate When Someone Says WWE Is Fake’: KKR's Venkatesh Iyer

IPL 2024: Kolkata Knight Riders' all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer expresses his love for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and made many revelations during his latest interview. Read below.

Venky Iyer recently scored a match-winning 70 run-knock against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024

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IPL 2024: Kolkata Knight Riders' all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer, in a latest interview with social media team of the franchise, revealed his love  for the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and the impact of the legends of the industries during his childhood, one of them being The Undertaker. The KKR all-rounder revealed many things during the interview, one of them beinng that he believed that Undertaker died 7 times and revived equal number of times. Venkates Iyer also said druing the show 'Knights Dugout' that e hates the fact when poeple call WWE fake.

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Here's What Venkatesh Iyer Said During 'Knights Dugout' Show

"I like it for the storyline. Of course I know, but I hate it when someone says it's fake. I really hate it. I started watching it when there was no social media. So I used to think that the characters shown on the screen were true. For the longest time, I believed Undertaker saat bar mar ke zinda hua hai (Undertaker died 7 times, and resurrected the same number of times)," said Venky Iyer, when asked about his craze and love for WWE and its wrestlers.

"But by the timeI realised that it was not true, I was already too deep into this fandom. I could not come out of it. Yes I carry the belt. Yes it is WWE Championship. No, I like it, I see the moves and try on my teammates. It feels nice. I feel like I am dominating them," he added, when asked about why he carries his WWE Championship belt everywhere and his desire of performing their finishers (the wrestling moves).