Jinder Mahal's push came out of nowhere but he's since done a surprisingly good job as SmackDown Live's top heel and WWE Champion. However, things haven't been heading in the best direction over the past couple of weeks as his promos have taken on a rather uncomfortable flavour due to him making a series of, well, racist remarks about Hell in a Cell opponent Shinsuke Nakamura.
Despite that, many fans haven't been on board with Mahal as champion for a while now as they believe that he's simply not a good enough performer to warrant such a high spot on the card.
Well, consider John Cena's father among them as he's most definitely not a fan of Mahal!
"I don’t think he’s a good champion, I don’t think he’s a worthy champion. I think they need to get somebody in there that can get people involved in the championship matches … I don’t think he’s the man for the job. I’m not impressed. There are other people I can see holding that belt. The fans are gonna get pretty tired, pretty fast. They don’t like Mahal to start with, and not because he’s a good heel, it’s because he can’t wrestle.
"He’s not even close to being a JBL. Mahal is in there for one reason: they want the Indian market. What better way to get it than to have the champion into the country you’re going? And he’s gonna hold that when he comes out of India, he’s gonna hold that for a while for whatever reason. To upset the fans, maybe? Perhaps. But he certainly is not the same caliber of JBL. He doesn’t have the arrogance, the ability, nor the characterization, nor the wrestling ability!"
There's no denying that Cena Sr.'s comments reflect how many fans feel about Mahal and his reigns as WWE Champion and we're now all forced to wait and see when and if he loses that title.