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@TimLoyalToWifeHaterFreeZoneA

28 күн бұрын

Love It CVVCLIPS Bro.

I think the problem was less with Jinder as a wrestler and a character, but more to do with his booking up until he won the title. They made no attempt to make him feel like a potential champion before he became one, so there was no real journey for people to buy into. That is very much a problem with WWE's short-sighted booking, not the man himself.

@Hardvengence

Ай бұрын

Jinder was the biggest joke to holding that belt, dude is the master of botching, absolutely horrible

@pacmanrespector9552

Ай бұрын

Exactly. Contrast him with someone like LA Knight or Cody Rhodes, who were built for months as a legitimate competitor

@AveLukas42

Ай бұрын

And that's cool, people complain when WWE is predictable, but when it's not they also complain ! Jinder Mahal winning the WWE Title, Leon Ruff winning the NA Championship, these are cool moments that remind ourselves that anything can happen in wrestling

@paulconnor689

Ай бұрын

Well said.

@dante93nero

Ай бұрын

@@AveLukas42 Anything can happen yes, but it also depends on if the match actually happens. Cody Rhodes fought Roman Reigns for the title twice in two years. He lost once and won the second. You can say this is an extreme example and that it was predictable, sure, but it also rewarding because the audience was invested. A good example of something unexpected is Damien Priest winning the world tittle at WM. I sure wasn't expecting it, yet it works because Damien Priest is booked to look like someone that's deserving of at least fighting for the title if that happens and now with promos he has a chance to show whether he's good or not.

The problem was he had won one match before he won the #1 Contender match. The push from jobber to World Champion in one month was insulting to the audience.

@livewithjay8235

Ай бұрын

Simple as that. The built up was weird and made no sense. An I do believe he was given it because of the India stuff because he was never champion again nor a main event talent

@Davehhhh

Ай бұрын

Ya the booking made no sense

@Disneymagic24

Ай бұрын

So there was no way that someone could win a match unexpectedly?

@donniejefferson9554

Ай бұрын

I disagree. Snackdown was billing itself as "the land of opportunity" at the time where anyone could rise to the top at any time. Hsving a jobber suddenly become the top champ was a great way of doing that

@tonileo9849

Ай бұрын

@@livewithjay8235yeah, wwe wanted to tap into the middle eastern market or something

He never was booked as a monster heel. Just as a coward.

@7tleg67

Ай бұрын

True

@thomasbaker532

Ай бұрын

Agreed. Dude has the look of a monster.

@ITSHIM1294

Ай бұрын

Monster heels are boring

@Centaurus07

Ай бұрын

​@@thomasbaker532Vince only looked after the money and not the original character that the person has to show only Vince has to be blamed for rushing the character and he ruined many great characters before Jinder

@niladrighosh3269

Ай бұрын

Roman was also never booked as a monster heel he was a coward as well Only lesnars universal run was monster heel

Bro deserves another shot, BUT as a normal character and not as a stereotype or caricature.

@comatrip1ify

Ай бұрын

For real

@brenb70

Ай бұрын

Let him cook?

@Centaurus07

Ай бұрын

If WWE made a good storyline from the us or intercontinental title that would have been an amazing heel against Randy but they just had to rush f**k Vince for that shit they made us watch that and ruin another character

@ass640

Ай бұрын

All of the greatest gimmicks have been stereotypes though... The Texas Rattlesnake was a stereotype. The american badass, Sabu. The Samoan Tribal gimmick is a total stereotype, and look how well that got over. Jinder just isn't very good in general, he was pushed by Vince because he's a big guy with big muscles, that's all it was.

@antg113

Ай бұрын

I agree completely💯

"Nobody Hinders Jinder" That Should Have Been His Catchphrase.

Jinder seems like a really cool dude but I hated every moment of his WWE Championship run. It was just the generic foreign heel thing and it did not work for me at all. Aj Styles was my freaking hero when he ended Jinders reign. All that aside though hope he does well for himself on the indies.

@JShadow6661

Ай бұрын

Yeah definitely. Probably would’ve been more successful in the 80’s but modern day it put a sour ass taste in the fanbases mouths.

I like Jinder but he shouldn't have become champion. WWE used him as a jobber for years. If WWE wanted to make him champion they needed to book him that way for a year or two. Since they didn't build up to his championship run the audience rejected it.

@painvillegaming4119

Ай бұрын

The audience rejects everything

@devil1994

Ай бұрын

​@@painvillegaming4119look at recent examples. Did they reject Seth's reign? Did they reject Gunther's reign? Did they reject Rhea's reign? No right? So audience doesn't reject everything. It's mostly undeserving titles they hate like Austin Theory as us champ etc.

@jailer2033

Ай бұрын

Cody & drew were also jobber 😂😂😂

@welowee7610

Ай бұрын

He’s a Heel, no need an acceptance from the audience

This brother seems humble asf i love him. #DontHinderTheJinder

Loved his run ❤ I had just gotten back into WWE, and didn't follow Jinder, but the shock of his win lead me to a lot of WWE reaction channels like Wrestling Daze, In the Clutch, etc. I wish his loss was at least televised, and not a dark match.

I remember an interview with Jinder where he said he was adamant that he never wanted to cut a racist promo. And then when he became champion, WWE had him make that AWFUL promo where he made racist remarks about Shinsuke, and I know that had to hurt his pride as a man

The Modern Day Maharaja entrance was fire.

After seeing his early days as a local indie guy in the Calgary and Edmonton area, his progression and experience over the years is undeniable. He worked hard, improved and showed that he could be a top guy. Good on him. I hope he gets another shot.

Was this interview done before or after he was released?

I mean no disrespect but him winning the championship and from Orten .. that was too much the timing was wrong he was a jubber few weekes prior to that they should've builded him up like they did with drew not winning the big one out of the blue

@LINKMASTERX

Ай бұрын

Exactly, we don't forget. He made the most of it, but it definitely was random

@azizouamane4331

Ай бұрын

@@LINKMASTERX that what made it bad it was random

Its simple. He literally was a jobber like a month before, then all of a sudden, he was the champion.

You can't take a character that's the lowest of the low on the card, that the majority didn't care about and thrust them into the main event overnight. It just doesn't work. It'd be one thing if he was an excellent worker or had insane levels of charisma but he was always pretty average unfortunately.

To me the problem with his reign is that it didn't have any build. He was a lower card wrester up until the point that he won it, and then again after he lost it he went back to the same spot in the card that he was in beforehand. The reign itself was real good and the two guys he had with him really helped making it seem important.

I met him for that media tour that he touched on in the end!!!! And yeah of course attended WWE event as well :)

I liked his comeback this year and I'm sad I missed his original run

I think they could of done more with him and a character

I wonder if Jinder has seen Adam Blampied's video on how he would book his WWE title run, I think the video was really good and had that been what actually happened I think Jinder would never had been disrespected as champ at all

The man wasn’t build to win the right, it was destined to fail. He had the tools, but he could work and he could talk. If he were to come back next year get into a feud with someone big mess them, then win the belt after that feud he’d be a monster heel champion.

It was like when they shoved Roman Reigns down people's throats. It was not necessarily his fault, but he didn't have the edge to maintain it - he is too much of a generic wrestler. It did have potential, but WWE booked it badly. Even the build up to the title could've have been done better to protect him at least and make him look good. It was too quick for people to enjoy it.

Everyone knew they did it to break into Indian market cause they were doing a bunch of shows and events in India at the time. They failed and took the belt off him two weeks before Survivor Series and he lost it overseas, which never happens. Nothing against Jinder as a person, but his title reign was just garbage. Some of the worst feuds and matches.

It just happened way too quickly for him. He could have been easily built up as a credible heel with the Singh brothers by his side. But he was rushed into the title scene, and that is what I feel made the hardcore fans hate his title reign. But the guy had potential. Serious potential.

Jinder giving a shout out to Chile 💜 I saw him beating Shinsuke here

I'm sorry cause he seems like a nice guy but like, his WWE title run was shit. He had bad matches, bad promos, he looked terrible (cause he had the back acne from the roids) and ultimately most people just wanted to see him get beat cause they didn't want to watch him on TV.

@SSGKoop

Ай бұрын

Finally somebody who saw the same thing I saw, Jinder was horrible television

@chataclysm2112

Ай бұрын

@@SSGKoop yeah at the end of the day smackdown was just fucking terrible post mania 2017

@SSGKoop

Ай бұрын

@@chataclysm2112 man you ain't lying

A lot of people already pointed out the sudden push feeling inauthentic which I agree with. The other thing that nagged at me was how it felt like a desperate attempt to appeal to the Indian market. He is of Indian descent, but having grown up in Calgary it felt a bit cheap and with the sudden push it felt all the more forced which as we've seen with people like Roman Reigns does not go over well with the fanbase I still appreciate his time and dedication to improve on his second chance, that's to be respected. I only wish WWE had handled him better so the title reign would be looked on for more than AJ Styles ending that botched experiment

I really liked the idea of a Jinder run, I think there was a bit of a miss the way it was implemented but I still felt like when he came out to that music he had the look of a massive "bad guy" the smile that says I am arrogant, sneaky and up to no good. Loved the bros with him too. I got a lot of laughs out of watching the brothers take chokeslams, superkicks and RKOs. They gave me mean street posse vibes.

Indian was there before him, but he was never fit for the position. Once he built himself up and came back, then he was put in the position for that market. It's unfortunate to relate it down to that, but it was evident. For crying out loud they did the Punjabi prison match, brought back Khali, and as soon as the mission was accomplished took the title and he fell down the card. The truth is the truth, but he can still say what many can't. And that's theat he was WWE champion.

He went from jobber to champion basically overnight. And when u see the market wwe werr stepping in it made it worse. It was just stupid

His championship run essentially came out of nowhere. A last minute decision made by Vince. Just like the last minute decision to have Goldberg defeat Bray Wyatt for the Universal Championship. Had they built Jinder up a bit more, he may have had more respect as champion. It wasn't his fault, though. The higher ups are the ones who made the call.

Jinders very likable. They shoulda pushed a dont hinder Jinder baby face run with R truth

Lol. It’s a prop in a fiction show. Whoever gets it “deserves” it, because the writers wrote it that way.

@pawanrohidas1163

Ай бұрын

he was given a bad script the stereotypical Indian character they had since Khali was around

Chile mentioned 🗣🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱

“You all have shown me nothing but…misrespect.”

Nah, I loved Jinder as champ. The whole presentation was so well done.

I tuned out for his title run. Like others have said, it's creatives/vinces fault. He wasn't built into a top contender and made to be a believable champ. Physically, he got jacked and looked the part, but you had him jobbing for years at this point. Once again, it's not his fault. Should have given him a mid card title run for a year or two and put him in some multiman matches with the top contenders to ween him in not having him win, but have people get used to seeing him along side your rollins and ortons and reigns.. but clearly, that didn't happen.

The push was just very sudden. Be like the Brooklyn Brawler being WWE champion in the 80s or his latter year cameos. Sometimes sudden pushes work like JBL and this one didn't. Jinder was made to be an 80s foreign heel instead of something more compelling. For Jinder, he can always say he was WWE champion.

I wasn't biggest fan of his run at the time but glad he at least got a run and achieved that goal

No Draw Mahal sucked as champion, that's why Brock Lesnar didn't want work with him at Survivor Series. AJ Styles was way better!

I feel like if they wouldve built him up before giving him the title it wouldve been great instead of him winning the #1 contenders match as his second match back but instead book him as a monstrously strong heel for a month or two and then give him the title

Thing is, you have to seperate the man from the character. You have to remember that wrestling is in some ways just like any other fictional TV show: for it to be GOOD, it needs to make sense within its own internal logic. The story has to be consistent. Whatever nice things you can say about Yuvraj Singh Dhesi, and how hard HE worked, his CHARACTER - Jinder Mahal, had lost 97% (that's not an exageration, that's the litteral number) of his matches before winning the title. And to be clear, it wasn't "he lost big when he came in, then he got good, went on a streak and got the title" no, he lost 97% the time, and then one night he was champ. Out of nowhere. He lost the last several matches before winning the belt. And then suddenly he's just the champ. And then when he DID win, he was a chicken-shit heel the entire time. Ever title defense he had he wond due to interference. It went Jobber, Jobber, Jobber, Champion who can't ever beat anyone clean, jobber jobber. Just awful.

It was a few different things: - Jobber to Champion too quickly which made it seem like it was only due to the push into India, even if that's not the case. - Dated evil foreigner gimmick. - Pretty much the same promo every week, which I guess falls under bad booking.

I absolutely loved the Maharaja era

Jinder, you deserved it brother! And I LOVED IT!!!!! My favorite wrestler from WWE! THE MODERN DAY MAAAHHHHAAAAAARRRRRRRAAAAAAAJJJJJJJAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! They screwed up letting him go. He should have remained a constant heel mega force!

I hated his gimmick ....the role he was.playing.....but the dude always looked shredded and impresssive😊great guy

Jinder had a top-ten entrance as champ. Maybe top five. Seriously underrated wrestler

They could honestly book him as a serious threat and give the character a small change of attitude.

Jinder Mahal was a top tier heel

I don't think he wasn't deserving of it, but like others said, he never was booked like a future champion until WWE tried to expand into another market, which in this case was India and I think it was the first time they tried. So the timing of it all does indicate that they saw huge dollar signs in pushing a Indian wrestler they have to capitalize on the Indian market they try to reach, coupled with his transformation was making it even more likely, because we all know Vince loves that type of physique. His push just came way to sudden and it was very obvious why it was done. But I do have to disagree with Jinder on one thing, yes the Indian market was there before he was champion and when he debut but WWE wasn't trying to market themselfs outside before until it became apparent that it could work. They mostely stuck to the US for the most part and India does have quite a number of people there that happen to be wrestling fans. So I think that WWE caught on, took Jinder since they had no other Indian wrestler on the main roster and put him on top for that. Yes, he did hold the title for 6 months but I think WWE had to follow through a bit longer with him as champion to not make it completely obvious what the purpose was for. He still deserved a shot at it but would it have been with proper build up and not so obvious circumstances, nobody would've been that mad at it, other than the people not liking his character but he's a bad guy so it serves it's purpose that they would still be mad in some way.

I think the main problem with his run as champion was just very sudden. He was treated as a jobber prior to his first release and treated as a jobber coming back. So there was little to no build for his character to make him a believable contender. I think he had a good character and not a bad wrestler either, but there wasn't a lot of development. If anything, he was a better champion than the Great Khali. If Jinder Mahal somehow won the match against Seth Rollins back in January, with the quick build he had, I don't think a lot of people would bat an eye about it just because other parties got involved with that one-off feud that made people believe that Mahal had a legit shot.

He is not Indian but as a person it feels bad to be out of a company

He deserves…BETTER

When they saw he didn’t move the needle, eyeballs wise, his cynical marketing driven push was stopped

If he was booked like a top guy for like 6 months before he won it wouldn’t have been bad. The issue is he went from a jobber who never had competitive or exciting matches to WWE champion super suddenly and every match he had was boring and formulaic. Saying his run was bad isn’t disrespectful because nothing positive came out of it and was back to being a jobber in like a year after he lost

I feel this is another example of someone not being able to separate the person from the character/storyline on tv. I'm sure he worked hard, good guy, etc, that has nothing to do with what's presented on our tv. The character was never treated as anything but a joke, he all of a sudden is made wwe champion with no rebuilding, no chase, nothing, wasnt that exciting in the ring, reign was awful to watch, and we are to just accept it. Then they do these interviews and are surprised for the negative feedback. It was 100% a business move for entering India market with a stronger push, thats it. Its on Vince, as usual, not giving a damn to tell a story, just wants it done and demands audience to accept it. Just say. yes, I was given the spot for the India tv situation, I understand why fans viewing it weren't into the lack of story. I just tried my best and hope people saw did all I could given situation. This I am a hard worker so " I DESERVE IT 👏👏 " is just lack of awareness. Steve Lombardi was a hard worker, where was his world title run? One has nothing to do with the other and alot never seem to just accept their characters werent presented well or werent over with fans, instead say i dont get it, why the negativity??

He should be a incredible heel. The eyes ooze evil when he does his thing. Pathetic that the writers can't come up with a great storyline for him....

It was more of a booking problem. Bad buildup to the championship reign.

I think there were many reasons for this bad aura regarding Jinder's title run. I'll list a few: -Of course there were many problems with his buildup and his proper run. -He's Indian. Indians have been taking over the Internet. Some of them have been perceived as deeply obnoxious, and let's face it, it is a reality. Problem is, not all Indians are like that, but we've made fun of them just because and Jinder was part of it, much like Khali. I'm guilty of this too, not gonna lie. -Much of the hate came from British people. Indians are the largest migrant group in the UK, and the British like to treat them in a similar manner that Americans do to us Mexicans (I'm Mexican myself and I noticed certain patterns)

The run is disrespected because of the booking, not because of Jinder. I think they hot-shotted him into the role and it was clear it wasn't going to be a sustained push. I did love the entrance and the small stable he had during the run. He definitely acted the part! If they were going to hot-shot him, they should have done it via the MitB route.

His run was some bs with how he won em and tried to make his Finisher seem unbeatable from someone that was a Jobber a week ago. His last match before he got this push was against Finn who got a concussion as well. His heel tactics were way too basic to be made as the way to keep hit belt that long. His feud with Shinsuke did no favors for neither of them especially with that segment bashing Shinsuke's race. There were better ways I feel they could've done better but was prolly getting changed by Vince. I get the push for the Indian part of their plan, but it aint have to put the Title up for hostage. AJ winning that and having his year reign was the only pro from this. He tried to make it work at least, but they didn't make it worth the time because he's not a bad dude and worked hard.

Can't hinder the GOAT

He actually was a great heel champion and could of been a us champion his character suits heel us champion the problem was he went from jobber to world champion overnight

Jinder deserved it but WWE didn't build him up at all before throwing the belt on him it felt too random as they didn't even try to make him a legit threat before making him the champion. Definitely a Vince thing if Triple H had made the choice to make him champion he'd definitely dedicate a couple months for Jinder to get built up as a decent threat before having him dethrone Randy. I honsestly enjoyed his title reign, but that was a glaring detail.

"I had the title for 6 months not 1 week". OK and that somehow disproved that you weren't a play for the Indian market... how? What a complete non-argument

It came out of nowhere from him being a jobber and it was apparently done to hype up a Middle East show. And he still didn't go in a the champ. And then you think of all of the deserving guys that never won it or the guys who did win but had to have this long build-up or heroes journey/villainous epiphany. Roman's booking pre-Bloodline made a ton more sense.

No it was because of India. That was clearly the reason. The fact that the arenas he mentioned where he was in the main event were all international markets, while specifically mentioning he was never in the main even at MSG, is rather telling.

I think the WWE did this guy dirty. He has a lot of potential as a heel. He also sounds like a great guy to me.

But, Brock Lesnar didn't respect it. Ha.

I saw him at a house show in 2017 when he was still champ. Retained in a street fight with Randy Orton

All due respect if a heel manages to make you hate him, it means he’s a good heel wrestler. Every match of Jinder with the title from Orton to Nakamura to Styles I genuinely hated Jinder and wanted him to lose until the end personally. He was a good heel champion in my opinion.

The main problem is that he and veer and sangha belongs to India😢

Jinder being champion was a business decision and that’s it. No one ever thought him being champion at the time was going to make the product better. The WWE saw an opportunity to make money internationally and they sacrificed months of their t.v to get it.

Man I loved his title reign!!

Had they built him up before hand it could've been better.

Jinder should’ve won the Andre battle royal and have a push in the midcard to have character development to establish credibility to see if he is ready for the world title.

His push came out of nowhere and was too fast - that's it. And speaking as a fan in India, it didn't make much of an impact here.

He deserved it 100% The rise was pretty fast but that's a good heel run. For a face, he would have had to chase a heel who slumdogged him, so to say

@Amazingmashups75

Ай бұрын

Fuck no

Simple he should won as a Babyface and as not as heel when he was number one contender on Smackdown on talking Smack, that was a Babyface promo not heel.

His match with Seth Rollins was better then Drew’s wrestlemania match

Insert Tony khan tweet here …

And then HHH buried him in India. The end...

Besides the monster push that he got did WWE ever promoted him in India as the champion? but properly because by the time he wrestled there he was no longer the champion.

No offense, but almost every match was the same, with the Singh brother's interference.

I like Jinder but that push came out of nowhere, from 3MB to WWE champ with no build. It was random AF and made no sense.

Jinder Mahal Is Deserving. Dude Went From 3MB, To WWE Champion.

What's disrespectful is that they gave it to you because you're Indian and the market was booming.

I think if he had more buildup to winning the belt, it would’ve been remembered more fondly. The actual run itself wasn’t bad

Its just the fact that wwe soely handed him the title to bring in the indian market to get more money. He was a jobber until winning the title and it was way to unbelievable and hard to watch at the time. The ratings is the proof of any opinions people have. They were lower at the time

Jinder’s problem as WWE champion was two-fold: WWE didnt acknowledge at all how much of a loser he was, even though the audience has known for years, and then WWE tried to make him a generic foreign heel, trying to making us forget he was a jobber. Second, Jinder only knew how to work as a jobber: short matches, bumping a lot, make your opponent look strong. Then WWE made him have competitive matches with main event guys, and they ALL SUCKED. Seriously, go back and watch any of them. They were a snore to sit through

I thought Jinder’s run was awesome personally. Regardless of the build up, he looked the part and had that champion persona imo.

He was great❤

They just wanted to get into the Indian market so they gave him the title even though he from Canada if I remember correctly

Anybody who takes bumps is worthy of being champion imo. The problem I had was the problem I always have with WWE it was done the worst way possible. A.They didn’t build him up from being a jobber B.He went right back to being a jobber after he lost

I always respected The Maharajah

India India India India ... BUT Jinder is Canadian born and raised! just saying... is funny in many levels.

He didn't deserve it, we all know his title reign was a political move so WWE would get in good graces with Arabia so they could do those mid level ass shows, Jinder made smackdown down right terrible as champion. Orton had to put him over which is bullshit, then the burial of Nakamura who still hasnt recovered from that. Nothing good came from him being WWE champion, look how quickly they took the title off him when survivor series was coming around, Brock Lesnar didnt even wanna work with him, that should say enough.

@TribalChief9000

Ай бұрын

He is indian not arabic so how good graces with arabs ??? Like wtf

I don't MIND Jinder but like...don't just give him the belt and say "have fun". MAKE him into a champion. If he's meant to carry the title then build a chase for him that actually sells him as a threat. WE didn't forget he was a jobber prior to his title run. That kind of credibility gulf is going to stick with the audience and make the whole thing feel arbitrary.