Stephanie McMahon Believes Jinder Mahal's WWE Championship Reign Was A Success
Wrestling fans agree that WWE's Jinder Mahal experiment was something of a (massive?) failure but Stephanie McMahon doesn't agree and her comments here may surprise you! Hit the jump for details...
Jinder Mahal was crowned WWE Champion completely out of the blue and we quickly learned that it was all down to WWE attempting to break into India. What the company didn't seem to realise is that no one there really has a lot of money, hence why WWE Network subscriptions didn't massively increase and one of the two live events scheduled there was quickly cancelled due to low ticket sales.
As a result, Mahal was stripped of the WWE Championship and AJ Styles took his place in that match against Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series. He was also booked to lose to Triple H in India, a convincing sign that Vince McMahon and company had given up on him. However, in a new interview, Stephanie McMahon has revealed that she believes the Mahal experiment was a success for the company.
"I think his Championship run was incredibly interesting and successful to our global audience and not just to India. If he became a bit of a hero in India as a result, well that is awesome too … Jinder of course is playing the antagonist here in the States. I think he was received as a homecoming hero when he performed live in India and whenever there is a local star there is significance to the audience there. Our audience is so much bigger, it is global, so we have to entertain everyone."
What do you guys think about how WWE handled Jinder Mahal's WWE title reign last year? A success of major failure? As always, share your thoughts on that in the comments section below.