5 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (September 24)

By Scott Carlson / September 25, 2018

4. Jinder’s Hindered Development

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Watching a Jinder Mahal match is a lesson in patience.

Body slam. Chinlock. Kick to back. Headlock. Shoulderblock. Headlock. All of it methodical and uninspired.

And this guy was WWE Champion for something like five months a year ago. Finn Bálor, on the other hand, nailed Jinder with an array of moves – dropkicks, flip dive, Slingblade, in a matter of seconds. No one is expecting Mahal to become a wrestling savant, but when you can’t transition from one move to another without resorting to a headlock of sorts multiple times, you’ve got problems.

It’s just embarrassing when the announcers refer to him as a former WWE Champion, and you have to remember that he beat Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura in defending his title.

Authored by Scott Carlson

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.

Posted On: 25th Sep 2018

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