10 Things Everybody Gets Wrong About Modern WWE
3. International Expansion Justifies Jinder's Push
While countless fans would love to see Jinder Mahal immediately removed from the main event scene, many others will leap to his defence, pointing to WWE's intent on targeting the untapped Indian wrestling market as justification for his push.
This would be a reasonable argument if there was any evidence to suggest that his WWE Championship run has helped drive WWE's business in the country, but there's none. On the contrary, last week's Wrestling Observer Newsletter revealed that WWE's Network subscriber count has actually fallen in India since Jinder was crowned champion. We'll likely learn more when the promotion head to the country in December, but given that Impact Wrestling literally had to pay fans to turn up for their Indian TV tapings earlier this year, the prognosis isn't good.
The experiment has produced no tangibly positive results throughout its first five months. The derivative 'foreign boogeyman' gimmick, repetitive promos, egregiously bad matches, and borderline xenophobia have thus far been for nought. Perhaps things will improve in the future, but is it really worth persisting with such negativity?
No, it isn't, and at this stage, having Mahal hand the WWE Title to Shinsuke Nakamura at Hell In A Cell is best for business.