Salman Khan’s much-awaited film Dabangg 3 finally hit the silver screens yesterday (20th December 2019). The film has opened to positive and reportedly earned almost Rs 25 crore at box office on its first day. The third franchise of Dabangg is not only being appreciated by his fans but its popularity has also reached to WWE Championshiop.
Yes, you read that right. Salman Khan has been presented with custom made WWE Championship which also has Bhai’s name embossed on it.
The news of honoring Salman Khan with a custom made WWE Championship is announced by none other than official Twitter handle of India’s WWE.
Sharing the news on Twitter, the wrote, “@WWE presents #Bollywood’s Chulbul Pandey aka. @BeingSalmanKhan with a custom made #WWEChampionship ahead of the release of #Dabangg3. #WWENowIndia” The news was revealed by Gaelyn Mendonca, host of WWE Now India.
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In November 2019, Salman shot a promo of his character, Chulbul Pandey, with WWE cheering fans to tune into RAW and SMACKDOWN programming. The promo was aired and released on the Sony sports network and WWE’s social handles.
Dabangg 3 marks the return of Salman as Chulbul Pandey with his wife Rajjo aka Sonakshi. This is also a debut of Saiee who has been introduced as Khushi, it is Salman’s return as the Robinhood Pandey that has fans excited.
The fans have been lauding the movie and some have even called it a ‘blockbuster.’ Saiee and Salman’s chemistry has been called extremely freshening. Kiccha Sudeep aka Balli and Chulbul’s climax fight that steals the show.
Dabangg 3 is directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Salma Khan, Arbaaz Khan and Nikhil Dwivedi under the banner of Salman Khan Films.
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