The WWE Future Endeavors Thread

[Evil Vito]

The Jinder Mahal title run remains one of the strangest things ever. Jinder returns in 2016 to help flesh out the brand split, works as an undercard guy filling out Raw, gets drafted to SmackDown, wins a #1 contenders match with zero build, then beats Orton and ends up holding the title for ages.

I wasn't averse to pushing somebody new or whatever, but they so rarely have an organic rise to the top in WWE. It's usually somebody being rocket strapped, and in this case it was blithely obvious he only got his push because they wanted Indian expansion. Nothing against Jinder as by all accounts he's a nice dude, but it certainly felt unearned.

[#1-norm-fan]

Originally Posted by Evil Vito The Jinder Mahal title run remains one of the strangest things ever. Jinder returns in 2016 to help flesh out the brand split, works as an undercard guy filling out Raw, gets drafted to SmackDown, wins a #1 contenders match with zero build, then beats Orton and ends up holding the title for ages.

I’ll never forget how amazingly nonsensical it was that they had a 6 man match on Smackdown to decide the #1 contender for the IC title and then the next week, the losers of that match had a 5 way match to decide the #1 contender for the WORLD title. Lol

That has always stood out to me as a notably clear statement by WWE saying “lol None of this shit matters, it’s hilarious that you’re tuning in as if it does.”