10 Candidates For WWE’s Bizarre Post-WrestleMania 35 Push

9. Jinder Mahal Again

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And why not?

If you're still expecting a Vince McMahon-controlled WWE to answer our long-held wishes - narrative consistency, pushes built and maintained with conviction, a more freeform approach to in-ring action that mirrors NXT's creativity - you are about as f*cked as Mike Kanellis. This hasn't happened two months or so removed from the big, sweeping changes promised by the McMahons on the December 17 RAW.

We are the Authority now, and so far, we have booked the odd qualification match ahead of the Women's Tag Team Title Elimination Chamber match, and just sort of let some other teams in. We have also stuck Mojo Rawley in front of a mirror, booked countless number one contender matches because they are the opposite of automatic rematches, and diluted everything about EC3 before he even committed to a brand. "RAW or SmackDown?" Alexa Bliss asked him on RAW.

"C," he replied internally.

We're also perverts, so of course we fanfic'd Bliss and Mandy Rose into states of undress.

McMahon, desperate, is merchant of shock value. It is his default mode. If he pisses us off, he thinks, we'll slam the door just as we open it to leave.

"And another thing," we'll seethe. "Why are you putting the belt on Jinder again?!"

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