Published on August 20th, 2020 | by Darren Paltrowitz

IMPACT Wrestling Star Rohit Raju On Becoming X Division Champion, Music, Gaming & More

IMPACT Wrestling has been in the news a lot lately, especially with its recent Slammiversary pay-per-view revealing some big new signings to the company. Among those big signing announcements from the week of Slammiversary were The Good Brothers (“Machine Gun” Karl Anderson and “The Big LG” Doc Gallows), Brian Myers, EC3, Eric Young and Heath Miller, all of whom prior wrestling champions. Meanwhile, IMPACT itself — which airs on Tuesday nights at 8:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM CST, as followed by the IMPACT in 60 program each week — is regularly the highest-rated show on AXS TV.

One of IMPACT Wrestling’s notable stars is Rohit Raju. Long associated with the Desi Hit Squad, Raju made his televised IMPACT debut on the May 11, 2017 episode of the IMPACT! show. That same year, he was the winner of IMPACT’s Global Forged competition. Things recently picked up for Raju when he won IMPACT’s X Division Championship earlier this week from Chris Bey as part of a triple-threat match alongside TJ Perkins; Perkins was interviewed by The Hype Magazine last week.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Rohit Raju by phone on August 20, 2020 about the following topics and plenty more, as embedded below for your listening pleasure:
– Becoming IMPACT’s X Division Champion about 3 months after becoming a singles competitor
– The ups and downs of being a wrestling, but why he enjoys work for IMPACT Wrestling
– Michigan’s history of producing great professional wrestlings
– Hobbies outside of wrestling (e.g. gaming, movies, music)
– Favorite musical artists (e.g. Wu-Tang Clan, Slayer)
– Whether he is aware of the Judgment Night soundtrack
– Advice for anything thinking of pursuing a career in wrestling

More on Rohit Raju can be found by visiting www.impactwrestling.com, www.instagram.com/rajuzane80 and/or www.twitter.com/HakimZane.

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Tags: AXS TV, Desi Hit Squad, Impact Wrestling, Rohit Raju, Slayer, Wu-Tang Clan

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Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal.Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."