All Hail The Maharaja: Jinder Mahal Is The *NEW* WWE Champion

[Deoxyribonucleic A.C.I.D.]

I wouldn't be surprised if Jinder drops the belt immediately. It's the WWE after all. Wasn't Rusev supposed to get a title match? Maybe they postponed that. I don't see Rusev vs Jinder and Jinder vs Orton II doesn't sell any more.

I really don't know what they're planning, so I'll be watching this Tuesday.

 

[Deoxyribonucleic A.C.I.D.]

Jinder definately has potential though. Just don't overdo this anti-USA thing. It can be cool at first, but Jinder needs to learn how to gather natural heat and not cheap heat. Using the anti-USA thing is the same as when a face is saying the hometown's name. Cheap heat and cheap pop.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

That's were you're wrong , kiddo

I can see this thread is devolving into typical IWC bullshit. "Wah wah wah push new people.....but not that one !"


Good for Mahal. Lifelong fan who busted his ass to get here. Reign will be short, painless, and something different. Everyone get your panties untwisted.

It already has to some degree, but not nearly to the extent I was expecting.

I'm willing to give this a shot as SmackDown has become a brand that's known to have done more with less. As I stated in my original post, Jinder Mahal hasn't blown me away over the course of the past month but I also haven't really disliked the guy either. If it's a month long title run, then it'll be harmless and a footnote in history but if it's a longer run...well as I alluded to, I have more faith in the booking of the blue brand than I would if this was happening on Raw. Hell, at least SmackDown Live has a World Champion who doesn't disappear for months on end.

But yeah, the thread does sort of have the "*sniffle sniffle* I want 'em to push different people...*sniffle sniffle* but only if they're my guys!!!! WWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" feeling to all this. I mean, Mahal's not an indy guy and maybe this was Orton's follow up to driving all the indy fans up the wall with the whole Dive thing. Maybe he went to Vince and said "let's really give 'em something to whine about." For all the complaining, they'll all almost certainly still tune in just like always to see what happens.

The outrage will fade soon when the "I wonder who'll take the title off Mahal" wonder worms its way to the forefront of people's thoughts. They'll be spraying their shorts and singing WWE's praises this time next month IF Nakamura, Styles, Zayn or Owens is the new Mr. MITB.

 

[OYDK]

I don't like Jinder Mahal. I find him average at best in just about every professional wrestling category. People saying he deserves it because all of the "shit he went through"... that "shit" is called being a jobber because you weren't good enough to be anything else. That being said, he got the push, he got the title, and now we'll see what he can do with it.

I understand why they went through with giving him the strap, but that doesn't mean I have to praise the decision just because it was something new. People who have liked Mahal's work lately are obviously going to have a different opinion than somebody who sees him as completely generic, like me. I've been proven wrong about a talent many times in the past. If he can step up and prove that he's deserving of being the top guy, good things all around.

I will say this though, the guy's liable to be the best real heel champion we've seen in a while. Very few people are going to cheer him and everybody's going to want to see him lose the title. If he can continue to build heat, it could actually be a decently long run.

 

[LBGetBack]

Well that makes four champions since AJ Styles lost the title.....and I'm not sure the point of any of those 4 champions. They should've just kept it on AJ, and now they could be having Owens-Styles for the title.....the actual best feud with the actual best guys on the roster.

Maybe Jinder will surprise and have a JBL like reign that works. Based on the pointless Wyatt and Orton reigns, I won't get my hopes up though.

And while I'm all for something new, Jinder doesn't show me much. Muhammad Hassan, he is not.

 

[Aeon Mathix]

Reminds me of when Sheamus beat Cena for the title in a shocker. I was surprised certainly but not nearly as angry as most people seem to be. The guy won a 6 person battle royal, a match where anything can happen and he had interference to win. It's not like he lost to everyone for years then beat Undertaker clean to be number one contender. He got lucky and had outside help to get his shot. It was like Money in the Bank. Anyone can win and get lucky if in the right time at the right place.

Not only that but they did a great job of building him as being a threat with his two buddies interfering every match he had. Even getting a win over AJ Styles. The Singh brothers aren't exactly intimidating, but they are enough of a pain in the ass that Mahal could sneak in a cheap shot which he did exactly at Backlash. He didn't hang with Orton in a 40 minute classic out of nowhere after jobbing for so long. He got assistance every 2 seconds and capitalized on Orton focusing on his lackeys. That's what a good heel is supposed to do and his win should have pissed people off.

He might not be the greatest champion in history, but fuck it. Have him keep winning for a few months due to his buddies and cheating then build someone up like Zayn to take the title in a cage or some stipulation where no one can interfere. Imagine that. Heel escapes every time until it's a level playing field where the face finally dethrones him. It's almost like that's happened before time and time again.

 

[Trance Metaphor]

I find it absolutely hilarious that Jinder Mahal won the WWE Championship, because I can just see how all the people that said he was never going to win are reacting. I personally love it. I never saw Jinder Mahal as WWE Champion material and I always saw him as a career jobber. I myself didn't know what to think about his recent push, because I was so used to seeing him lose since the beginning of his WWE career. He was like the ultimate generic wrestler. Then it got me thinking. I also wanted to see a heel wrestler that won matches no matter what by blatantly cheating all the time. I haven't seen that in a long time and right now with Jinder Mahal being accompanied by the Singh brothers puts him in that exact position. It's perfect. I just wish there was a fresher spin on his character than the usual tried-and-tired foreign heel shtick. Anyway, it's interesting and has made the WWE less predictable.

 

[Papa Pillman]

I don't think that any one that is whining is doing so because "they pushed a new guy, but not my guy". They're whining because the company just put the biggest prize in the sport on a two star worker; a guy who has been a career bottom-carder because he can't wrestle well enough to be anything else; a guy who has spent the year proving that no matter what they give him to work with, he couldn't even get an average match out of the likes of Cesaro, Styles, or Orton. And why? Because his (not even really) home country has a billion-plus people and just got the network, and because he mainlined enough steroids in his year out of the company to make an 80s WWE star look straight edge? It's a ridiculously bad decision wasted on an even more ridiculously bad pro wrestler. I give a fuck about putting the strap on someone "new". Hell I wouldn't even have batted much of an eye if they had put a midcard belt on Mahal(even though that would have also been an objectively wrong decision), but as it stands, you have Styles, Owens, Zayn, Corbin, Nakamura, etc.- if you're gonna have Orton drop it, put the big belt on someone who is actually good at wrestling. Fans of quality in-ring action should be rightfully perturbed by this move.

Creating heat by putting the belt on a guy who is so bad in the ring that he should barely be getting paid a hot dog to show up and be one of the first guys dumped out of the ring during a card opening battle royal in a run-down armory in middle America somewhere is not the kind of heat a company like WWE should be attempting to capitalize on. Frankly its pathetic, and zero different than if they had put the belt on Ellsworth late last year.

 

[Psykohurricane55]

The one thing i don't get is why some fans are so concern about workrate and five star classic matches when it comes to the wwe champion. I've they look at the histor of the championship, 75% of the guys that one the championship weren'T great workers. Their characters were over but they could give you a five star classic matches if their live depended on it.

I think some fans need to get out of the wrestling bubble and see that their more to be a wrestler then have great matches.

 

[shafe_41]

Personally, I hope it's not a quick one month reign and then getting lowered to other things. We can argue all day if he "deserves" the title or not, but he's got it and there's nothing you can do about it. Jinder being champion does two major things...
1.) Pushes someone new. Like someone previously said... people (mostly IWC) beg for new people to be pushed. It happens and people are immediately overreacting and saying "well no not HIM!" Tough.

2.) It has people talking. People are going to tune into Smackdown to see what kind of reaction he gets. People are going to react themselves. If Smackdown was close by, I'd buy a ticket just to see Jinder. And I doubt I'm the only one. It peaks a lot of interests. I want to see where it goes. I'm along for the ride with Jinder and hope it's not a short ride.

 

[FromGlasgow]

I never seen that one coming and to be honest I never thought he could have truly recovered from the 3MB group, He did seem to have a noticable improvement upon his return so it will be interesting to see how his title reigns works out, Just learned his uncle is Gama Singh which I did not know.

 

[The Life Of Pablo Ren]

The crowd reaction to his win last night was really great. It's rare we get one of those reactions. The last time I remember anything similar was the initial reaction to the streak ending. No cheering, no booing, just a loud, collective, confused, shrieking noise. It was brilliant.

 

[ShinChan]

I don't think that any one that is whining is doing so because "they pushed a new guy, but not my guy". They're whining because the company just put the biggest prize in the sport on a two star worker; a guy who has been a career bottom-carder because he can't wrestle well enough to be anything else; a guy who has spent the year proving that no matter what they give him to work with, he couldn't even get an average match out of the likes of Cesaro, Styles, or Orton. And why? Because his (not even really) home country has a billion-plus people and just got the network, and because he mainlined enough steroids in his year out of the company to make an 80s WWE star look straight edge? It's a ridiculously bad decision wasted on an even more ridiculously bad pro wrestler. I give a fuck about putting the strap on someone "new". Hell I wouldn't even have batted much of an eye if they had put a midcard belt on Mahal(even though that would have also been an objectively wrong decision), but as it stands, you have Styles, Owens, Zayn, Corbin, Nakamura, etc.- if you're gonna have Orton drop it, put the big belt on someone who is actually good at wrestling. Fans of quality in-ring action should be rightfully perturbed by this move.

Creating heat by putting the belt on a guy who is so bad in the ring that he should barely be getting paid a hot dog to show up and be one of the first guys dumped out of the ring during a card opening battle royal in a run-down armory in middle America somewhere is not the kind of heat a company like WWE should be attempting to capitalize on. Frankly its pathetic, and zero different than if they had put the belt on Ellsworth late last year.

This. So much of this.

People saying that it's the same "Push someone new but only my favorite" is ridiculous. When I say that someone new needs to be pushed, I'm talking about a talented wrestler with some credibility. Heck, Even Heath Slater has had a couple of good promos to his name. I wonder what Jinder had to get this push. Was he having good matches? Was he selling merchandise? Was there any movement to push him? Or it was just for his so-called home country, India. Ironically, he can't even talk like a Punjabi. Then how can he relate with a Punjabi or an Indian? People saying that he had paid his dues. Damn, I didn't know thay you need to pay your dues while being a jobber. The ones that have paid the dues are those that have done some good work while being in midcard and never got the opportunity to enter the main event scene. Someone like Cesaro. Heck, The Miz would've been a lot better than Jinder. Some people just want to show themselves superior over IWC. When in reality, we all are IWC.

The one thing i don't get is why some fans are so concern about workrate and five star classic matches when it comes to the wwe champion. I've they look at the histor of the championship, 75% of the guys that one the championship weren'T great workers. Their characters were over but they could give you a five star classic matches if their live depended on it.

I think some fans need to get out of the wrestling bubble and see that their more to be a wrestler then have great matches.

Yeah, it's not all about workrate or five star classic matches. Bray Wyatt wasn't a five star worker. Randy Orton wasn't. The bubble is for you who is ignoring the mentions of Jinder being mediocre in both in-ring skills and mic skills. Where's the good promo or good match that made Vince push Jinder. SPOILER. There isn't.

Still, it's Vince. You can't expect much from him. The likes of Cesaro bore him and Jinder is World Champion.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

Personally, I hope it's not a quick one month reign and then getting lowered to other things. We can argue all day if he "deserves" the title or not, but he's got it and there's nothing you can do about it. Jinder being champion does two major things...
1.) Pushes someone new. Like someone previously said... people (mostly IWC) beg for new people to be pushed. It happens and people are immediately overreacting and saying "well no not HIM!" Tough.

I think so too. I couldn't count the number of posts I've read over the last 8 years in which someone complains about the lack of fresh faces getting pushed or the lack of something genuinely unexpected happening. When it happens, however, there's usually as much complaining as before. A lot of internet fans only want "fresh faces" and "unpredictability" if it involves someone that they've embraced as a favorite. I propose this little what if scenario: Jinder Mahal is in the midst of celebrating his championship win last night when Shinsuke Nakamura's music suddenly hits. He comes down the aisle doing his various mannerisms and all that, gets a microphone and addresses Jinder while Jinder is standing on top of one of the commentator's tables; he addresses Jinder and challenges him to a match right then and there for the WWE Championship by goading him into it. Jinder, drunk on the euphoria of being champion, accepts the challenge, the match starts and Nakamura comes out of nowhere with the Kinshasa 30 seconds in, makes the cover, gets the three count and is new WWE Champion.

Would that have been unexpected? Absolutely. Would it have made sense? Absolutely not, but legions of internet fans wouldn't have cared one iota if it was insanely stupid, many wouldn't have cared if they reenacted the Fingerpoke of Doom so long as Nakamura walked out with the title. The internet and social media would've friggin' blown up with net fans practically scrambling all over each other to praise what a good idea it'd been, praising WWE for putting one over on them, pouring love all over the blue brand for pushing newer talent, etc. and all because someone that net fans have rallied around for a long time made good. I like Nakamura as much as the next guy, not saying I don't, but my point is that it could've been AJ Styles, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, or any other wrestler on the roster as long as he's a former indy guy or an internet favorite.

Jinder may well suck as champion, I think he needs to kick it into a higher gear if he's got it or his run will be a flop. I get that some people just aren't fans of the guy, I think that's different, however, than just automatically declaring he'll be a flop without even giving him a shot.

 

[LoudClearVoice]

The one thing i don't get is why some fans are so concern about workrate and five star classic matches when it comes to the wwe champion. I've they look at the histor of the championship, 75% of the guys that one the championship weren'T great workers. Their characters were over but they could give you a five star classic matches if their live depended on it.

I think some fans need to get out of the wrestling bubble and see that their more to be a wrestler then have great matches.

Agreed, but not only does Juicer Mahal suck in the ring, he sucks on the mic and his character is generic and overdone. The foreign heel with the "you hate me because I'm different" or "you Americans suck" or whatever is waaaaaaaay played out.

 

[FunKay the Inevitable]

The whole point in this is for WWE to break into the Indian market. In order to make a big play in that region they need a star to market as a major deal and representing that specific market. They had Khali but obviously he left and Mahal is the right guy in the right place at the right time. You throw in the body and personality aspect, apparently well liked and respected if the rumour mill is to be believed, and it's as bit of a no brainer for WWE.

I completely agree that the 180 on his character from generic evil foreign jobber to world beater in six weeks is very jarring and the fact he's only just plain decent in most aspects (promos, matches, charisma etc...) doesn't make him the ideal candidate, but frankly that's not what's important here. They've got someone who is bilingual, got a fantastic look and is immensely marketable in a region with, as JBL kept pointing out last night, 1.3 billion people.

This is a very cynical decision because it's a market play driven by the notion of growth (and effectively greed), that cannot be denied, but it's WWE. Linda McMahon is in Donald Trump's cabinet for crying out loud - they're a machine driven in large part by money, not audience satisfaction. How many times have we been told by Triple H or another higher up in WWE that you can't please everyone all the time. So while several million American's grumble about this, they think they'll be raking in the cash from the potential billion plus in India.

 

[Psykohurricane55]

This. So much of this.

People saying that it's the same "Push someone new but only my favorite" is ridiculous. When I say that someone new needs to be pushed, I'm talking about a talented wrestler with some credibility. Heck, Even Heath Slater has had a couple of good promos to his name. I wonder what Jinder had to get this push. Was he having good matches? Was he selling merchandise? Was there any movement to push him? Or it was just for his so-called home country, India. Ironically, he can't even talk like a Punjabi. Then how can he relate with a Punjabi or an Indian? People saying that he had paid his dues. Damn, I didn't know thay you need to pay your dues while being a jobber. The ones that have paid the dues are those that have done some good work while being in midcard and never got the opportunity to enter the main event scene. Someone like Cesaro. Heck, The Miz would've been a lot better than Jinder. Some people just want to show themselves superior over IWC. When in reality, we all are IWC.


Yeah, it's not all about workrate or five star classic matches. Bray Wyatt wasn't a five star worker. Randy Orton wasn't. The bubble is for you who is ignoring the mentions of Jinder being mediocre in both in-ring skills and mic skills. Where's the good promo or good match that made Vince push Jinder. SPOILER. There isn't.

Still, it's Vince. You can't expect much from him. The likes of Cesaro bore him and Jinder is World Champion.

First of all, I'm not ignoring anything, I know that some fans think that jinder is a mediocre performer. But I think the guy is as been a really good promo, I really loved is promo at backlash and the crowd seem to really get into mahal because while not getting owens style heat, he still getting good heel heat so they must be doing something right with him.

Sure, the guy is the workrate horse that aj styles or kevin owens is, but he's a good wrestler. The guy has had some good match in the past with guy like seth rollins in nxt and lately aj styles and even orton at backlash. So o.k., I agree that he might not be able to get a 5 stars match like aj styles but he able to have an entertaining match. I've enjoy his latest run and I'm ready to geive him a shot.

On a side note, I'm with vince on the cesaro stuff, the guy is just boring as a single wrestler, all the thing that fans are pointing out about jinder can be use for cesaro. Cesaro is a tag wrestler and it works better for him because he doesn't need to carry a promo, he got somebody to help him on this portion of his game.

 

[ShinChan]

First of all, I'm not ignoring anything, I know that some fans think that jinder is a mediocre performer. But I think the guy is as been a really good promo, I really loved is promo at backlash and the crowd seem to really get into mahal because while not getting owens style heat, he still getting good heel heat so they must be doing something right with him.

Sure, the guy is the workrate horse that aj styles or kevin owens is, but he's a good wrestler. The guy has had some good match in the past with guy like seth rollins in nxt and lately aj styles and even orton at backlash. So o.k., I agree that he might not be able to get a 5 stars match like aj styles but he able to have an entertaining match. I've enjoy his latest run and I'm ready to geive him a shot.

On a side note, I'm with vince on the cesaro stuff, the guy is just boring as a single wrestler, all the thing that fans are pointing out about jinder can be use for cesaro. Cesaro is a tag wrestler and it works better for him because he doesn't need to carry a promo, he got somebody to help him on this portion of his game.

The thing is that i don't expect a 5 star worker to be the World Champion. But you've to have some consistency in your booking. One week, Person A is defeated by not even a midcard wrestler and next werk that Person A is No. 1 contender for the World Championship. I would've had less problem if it was for the midcard title.

I don't see how he's a good wrestler. Yet to see a good match outta him. Yet to see a good promo outta him. I'll give him some chance to impress me but you can't say much when he couldn't have a memorable match with AJ Styles. Or Randy Orton.

About Cesaro, he's at least million times better than Jinder Mahal. People criticize Cesaro for lack of mic skills but where are the good promos by Jinder Mahal who's the World Champion? Even Heath Slater has had couple of good promos. And Jinder is least talented out of 3MB and yet the World Champion.

 

[Psykohurricane55]

The thing is that i don't expect a 5 star worker to be the World Champion. But you've to have some consistency in your booking. One week, Person A is defeated by not even a midcard wrestler and next werk that Person A is No. 1 contender for the World Championship. I would've had less problem if it was for the midcard title.

I don't see how he's a good wrestler. Yet to see a good match outta him. Yet to see a good promo outta him. I'll give him some chance to impress me but you can't say much when he couldn't have a memorable match with AJ Styles. Or Randy Orton.

About Cesaro, he's at least million times better than Jinder Mahal. People criticize Cesaro for lack of mic skills but where are the good promos by Jinder Mahal who's the World Champion? Even Heath Slater has had couple of good promos. And Jinder is least talented out of 3MB and yet the World Champion.

That's your opinion and I respect it, but I for one really did enjoy his current run, sure it came up out of nowhere but sometimes you need to go to that extreme to create a new stars. If you look at wwe history since vince bought it, it's not the first time tha something like this happenned and most of the time, it turned out great for them. O.k. so jinder has been position as a glorified jobber for a while now and if you look at his past maybe he was the worst part of 3mb, I'm not arguing with you on this but to be fair, everybody in 3mb was bad and was phoning it in because it was a bad gimmick.
But jinder as improve alot in the past few months and while some think that his match with aj styles and orton weren't good, I thought he had really strong matches with both guys and just because he's not a great technical wrestler, doesn't means that his match aren't good,

 

[ShinChan]

That's your opinion and I respect it, but I for one really did enjoy his current run, sure it came up out of nowhere but sometimes you need to go to that extreme to create a new stars. If you look at wwe history since vince bought it, it's not the first time tha something like this happenned and most of the time, it turned out great for them. O.k. so jinder has been position as a glorified jobber for a while now and if you look at his past maybe he was the worst part of 3mb, I'm not arguing with you on this but to be fair, everybody in 3mb was bad and was phoning it in because it was a bad gimmick.
But jinder as improve alot in the past few months and while some think that his match with aj styles and orton weren't good, I thought he had really strong matches with both guys and just because he's not a great technical wrestler, doesn't means that his match aren't good,

I have no problem if you enjoyed Jinder's match. Different tastes, I think. I respect your opinion as well.

For having a great match, the wrestler could be a high flyer, technical or even power guys. I don't have any problems with the style. I need that wrestler to make me interested in him. The matches are good if they make you invest in them. Regardless of the wrestlers being technical or not.

 

[Navi]

The thing is that i don't expect a 5 star worker to be the World Champion. But you've to have some consistency in your booking. One week, Person A is defeated by not even a midcard wrestler and next werk that Person A is No. 1 contender for the World Championship. I would've had less problem if it was for the midcard title.

I don't see how he's a good wrestler. Yet to see a good match outta him. Yet to see a good promo outta him. I'll give him some chance to impress me but you can't say much when he couldn't have a memorable match with AJ Styles. Or Randy Orton.

About Cesaro, he's at least million times better than Jinder Mahal. People criticize Cesaro for lack of mic skills but where are the good promos by Jinder Mahal who's the World Champion? Even Heath Slater has had couple of good promos. And Jinder is least talented out of 3MB and yet the World Champion.

You have very few 5 star workers on the roster today. Also have yet to see a good promo out of Roman Reigns but hell he's been world champion 3 times now and is gunning for a 4th. Never got a good promo from Lesnar who is Universal champion, he has Heyman speaking for him.

Mahal at least is passable on the mic. I don't know if his Punjabi is correct as I don't speak the language, but he is intense got to give him that, and he shows up each week, unlike the other guy. Listen I don't mind him as champ right now. I mean who else where they going to put the belt on.

Orton was phoning it in each week, although he carried more than his fair share of the match on Sunday. Owens and Styles have the US title thing going, Nakamura just debuted and is stuck in a dead end feud with Ziggler of all people, I can't think of anyone else. Mahal will drop the title when he has served his purpose, probably when Cena returns later this summer.

I said it on the LD thread last night, RAW is boring right now, it's a year long build to Reigns/Lesnar in New Orleans. At least SD is giving us some swerve's along the way. I like surprises every once in awhile, especially when watching the flagship show is like watching paint dry.

 

[Psykohurricane55]

I have no problem if you enjoyed Jinder's match. Different tastes, I think. I respect your opinion as well.

For having a great match, the wrestler could be a high flyer, technical or even power guys. I don't have any problems with the style. I need that wrestler to make me interested in him. The matches are good if they make you invest in them. Regardless of the wrestlers being technical or not.

i completly agree with you on this, i'm the same way. Personally, i'm not a huge fans of finn balor and Shinsuke nakamura, they don't really connect with me as wrestlers but for some fans they do. Same thing with Jinder, he's doesn't connect with everybody and that's o.k. some fans will like him, some won't, it's what the WWE is all about.

 

[jazzua]

I don't post much but I felt this necessary. If you are ok with Jinder's push and think it's cool WWE is pushing someone new then you best love Roman Reigns because this is even worse then Roman. Jinder has been a pile of trash his entire time in the E but was given a hot shot to the title because India is a chance for them to make money. I have no opinion either way but if you hate Roman because he was pushed you have no right to like Jinder's push...period.

 

[CyberPunk]

I don't post much but I felt this necessary. If you are ok with Jinder's push and think it's cool WWE is pushing someone new then you best love Roman Reigns because this is even worse then Roman. Jinder has been a pile of trash his entire time in the E but was given a hot shot to the title because India is a chance for them to make money. I have no opinion either way but if you hate Roman because he was pushed you have no right to like Jinder's push...period.

That's a very flawed logic. Jinder's push may have come out of the blue, but there's almost no similarity between Roman's and Jinder's push. Jinder is not being presented as a Superman, nor is he invincible. In fact, he has two lackeys doing his bidding. He's a classical heel. He hasn't been left, right and center of WWE or Smackdown Live programming like Roman. He hasn't been pushed to the moon and given rubs after rubs for 3-4 years, and I say this as someone who's not a Roman hater. Their pushes are nothing alike.

I'm interested in seeing what he does with this push. He hasn't exactly blown me away with his performances, but he hasn't been a complete dud either. It remains to be seen how it all pans out.

 

[Navi]

I don't post much but I felt this necessary. If you are ok with Jinder's push and think it's cool WWE is pushing someone new then you best love Roman Reigns because this is even worse then Roman. Jinder has been a pile of trash his entire time in the E but was given a hot shot to the title because India is a chance for them to make money. I have no opinion either way but if you hate Roman because he was pushed you have no right to like Jinder's push...period.

I don't know how you can even say that with a straight face. Jinder Mahal and Roman Reigns couldn't be any more different in the way they've been handled. Reigns is in the middle of a 3 year push, been given the main event at Wrestlemania 3 years in a row, had 3 Royal Rumbles based around him and was given the rub of retiring the Undertaker. If the rumours are true, he will again main event next year's Mania beating Brock Lesnar.

Mahal up until the last couple of months was a lower mid card jobber. He spent some time in a tag team with Rusev, but did really nothing of note after that. Sure the WWE is expanding into India, but as others who come from that country have posted Mahal isn't seen in a favourable light over there, they don't care about him. I mean hell this is a guy who had to beat Heath Slater for a contract on SD.

No they are as different as apples and oranges and it will always be that way.