10 Big Questions About Jinder Mahal As WWE Champion
2. Will It Ultimately Turn Him Babyface?
Unless you're from India (or really, Canada) Jinder Mahal is not from the same place as you and subsequently deserves your scorn.
Of course this is thankfully not the case, but WWE are determined to hammer this through as his main agenda working as a topline heel. However, if anything has become clear in recent years about the company's core audience, it's that for the most part they will loudly reject anything they believe to be forced upon them.
Roman Reigns will forever perform in atmospheres of toxicity John Cena hasn't experienced on his very worst days, and AJ Styles was forcibly turned babyface earlier this year in response to a flat refusal to boo the best wrestler in the world allegedly struggling to compete with Shane McMahon. Most fans don't wish to be patronised, and know they have a the voice to say as much.
It would mark the latest and arguably greatest rebellion from the WWE audiences (especially those in America) to protest the fundamental laziness of his anti-USA rhetoric by cheering every hate-filled word much in the way they did when teflon Kurt Angle cut a tongue-in-cheek promo in which he pretended not to like 'the black people' and threatened to go back in time and make Jesus tap out.