The Great Khali says he became a comedy wrestler because WWE wanted to “kill his character”

Khali: “After WWE finds out Khali wants to leave, so then he made me a comedy wrestler, because he wants to kill my character. When I start wrestling in WWE, all of India watches wrestling. Everyone, kids, women, men, young and old. So he’s thinking he wants to leave, so he made me a comedy wrestler.”

Van Vliet: “Vince McMahon thought you wanted to leave?”

Khali: “I think so, because I wanted to work on my own thing.”

Van Vliet: “When you left WWE in 2014, were you done?”

Khali: “Yeah, I wanted to work on my own things.”