10 Lamest WWE Title Changes

10. Randy Orton To Jinder Mahal (Backlash 2017)

Look, I know everyone’s moved on. I know now Jinder Mahal is wasting away as cannon fodder on RAW, and AJ Styles has been WWE Champion for close to a year now to get the taste out of our mouths. But I’m sorry, the wound is still fresh! Jinder Mahal was pushed out of nowhere as WWE Champion, and we must never forget this. We must always hold this up as a shining example of WWE making the most backward booking decisions for cynical, eye-rolling reasons.

And even beyond that, the way he won it was incredibly lame.

After not winning a match in nearly a year, Jinder Mahal appeared on SmackDown and was slotted into a #1 contender’s match (because Land of Opportunity, I guess). With help from the newly repacked Bollywood Boys, Jinder won his first opportunity at the WWE title. It was very clear that he was only able to win matches thanks to interference from the Singh brothers. You’d think Randy Orton, then WWE Champion, would adequately prepare for this. He did not, and as he was distracted nearly killing Sunil Singh on the announce table, Jinder Mahal was able to hit his finisher for the win. This began the long, tiresome streak of title matches that had the Exact. Same. Finish.

*Sigh*… I still wake up screaming, sometimes. That is if I let myself sleep. But after that reign… I don’t think I’ll dream anymore.