The WWE Is Ruining... Jinder Mahal

As a pro wrestling fan, it is a part of our identity to always know how to utilize wrestlers better than the WWE. If WWE would just give me, random WWE fan, a job a the company, ratings would immediately rise to the levels of the Monday Night Wars, despite how television ratings have changed as a whole over the last 20 years. But until that happens, WWE will continue ruining our favorite wrestlers, and that is why it is time to point out the error in their ways. Because of WWE's incompetence, I am literally going to pick a wrestler at random and point out how they could be better utilized, because WWE is ruining everyone in one way or another.

Today may be my toughest test yet as I study the Modern-Day Maharaja, Jinder Mahal.

Mahal actually has a fascinating story with the WWE. He was a midcard bad guy when he debuted, but then turned into a jobber comedy act with 3MB, and then he got fired, likely to never be seen again. Although some WWE wrestlers thrive in the independent environment, raise their stock, and have the WWE come crawling back (see Drew Galloway), Mahal really didn't do that. Instead he took some bookings in Canada, Puerto Rico, and India against some pretty nondescript talent.

Instead, he got his job back by appealing to Vince McMahon and got as jacked as humanly possible. Was he enhanced by supplements? There is visual evidence to suggest that he was, but in the Wellness Policy, we trust, and maybe he's just got incredible genetics.

Still, even though he came back comically jacked, it did not lead to victories. After winning his big comeback match against Heath Slater. He went 2-34 the rest of 2016.

Did he catch fire to start off 2017? You bet your ass he did, through May 11th, he went an incredible 9-47 as the man was on an incredible hot streak. This of course led to him beating AJ Styles on Smackdown before taking out Randy Orton to become the WWE Champion.

Surely, he would start winning at this point. In his next 25 matches, he was an incredible 6-19. The most hilarious part of this was that he was somehow STILL the WWE Champion.

He managed to hold onto his belt until November 7th before finally relinquishing the title to AJ Styles and going back to his old ways with a streak of 2-19.

Inexplicably, he won the US Title in 2018 before losing it a week later. As of this writing, his last two wins were against Braun Strowman, because the WWE doesn't care so why should I?

Clearly, Jinder is a victim of the Peter Principle. He was promoted beyond his abilities as a WWE Champion and the results were disastrous. He was still promoted beyond his abilities as US Champion, but at least it only took a week to end that experiment. So how should the WWE best utilize Jinder Mahal?

Here's the thing with Mahal: He has a great look. I know hardcore wrestling fans have steered towards the importance of that, but it does still matter. If somebody looks like they can kick ass, it's a lot easier to believe them kicking ass. The problem is that Mahal isn't all that good at wrestling. Like, he's very good, but in the WWE, which is the best of the best, he's one of the worst. So it's not like the guy is worthless, it's just he's worth less than the position the WWE has put him in.

So let's use him to help enhance other talent on the roster. I don't think a win over Mahal should lead someone to a World Title shot, really, not even a US Title Shot, and you could give him a partner, but them losing wouldn't propel a team to a tag title shot. So instead of boosting guys to title shots, he boosts guys to a new level in a different way. I want Jinder Mahal to take his skills to 205 Live and start challenging the Cruiserweight division.

Now I don't expect him to drop down to 205, although that would be hilarious. Instead, I see him acting as a bridge to get 205 Live talent on the main roster. Half of that roster is bigger than Finn Balor and Daniel Bryan, so it's not like they don't have the size to succeed on Raw or Smackdown; it more seems like the WWE hasn't figured out a way to make that transition.

Wouldn't it be awesome if Jinder Mahal comes to 205 Live, maybe to avenge a beating that was delivered to one of the Singh brothers. He could come out as the Big Bad Wolf, but get his shit blown up by Cedric Alexander, Mustafa Ali, or Hideo Itami, and instantly, you have a reason to bring those guys to the main show and start competing as a heavyweight. I mean, you could start him off by having him smash guys like Jack Gallagher. He could have a match scheduled with Tony Nese, but they decide not to fight and just want to flex in front of mirrors together. The possibilities are limitless and incredibly exciting.

So yeah, Jinder Mahal should probably be a jobber, but make him a 205 Live jobber and really make it count.

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