The tournament, which has a prize purse of Rs 15 crore with the winners bagging Rs 3 crore, will see six teams -- Dilli Veers, Haryana Hammers, Punjab Royals, Uttar Pradesh Warriors, Bengaluru Yodhas and Mumbai Garuda -- vie for top honours in the inaugural year.
Mumbai will play against the UP Warriors in the capital on Friday while Haryana and Bengaluru will clash on Saturday.
The Hammers boast of several formidable grapplers in their squad including Cuba's Livan Lopez Azcuy (74kg) who bagged bronze at 2012 London Olympics and World Championships last year, 2013 World Championship silver medalist and former Asian champion Amit Kumar Dahiya (57kg) and reigning world champion and current world number one in the women's section Oksana Herhel (58kg) of Ukraine.
Punjab also has a strong squad including reigning world champion Vladimir Khinchegashvili of Georgia. Former Asian Games silver medalist Jargalsaikhan Chuluunbat (125kg) of Mongolia and former Commonwealth Games champion Mausam Khatri (97kg).
Bengaluru will also consider themselves among the favourites. They have a strong Indian contingent in Narsingh Yadav, Bajrang Punia (65kg) and Navjot Kaur (women's 69kg). They also have a formidable foreign contingent with 2012 London Olympics silver medallist Davit Modzmanashvili (125kg) of Georgia in their ranks.