10 Things That Prove 2017 Is WWE's Weirdest Year Ever

After six months of watching Jinder Mahal sit on SmackDown's highest throne, some fans have grown so despondent that they now regard Raw's three-hour champion-less marathon as the superior show.

This would have seemed unthinkable just a year ago, back when Shane McMahon's Land of Opportunity - with AJ Styles at the helm - was occasionally bettering its big brother in the ratings department, and Jinder was about to form and then dissolve his short-lived alliance with Rusev.

Most put the Modern Day Maharaja's incredible rise down to WWE's play for the wrestling-starved Indian market, but don't forget he has also undergone a remarkable physical transformation, sprouting thick, bulbous veins in places most people don't even have places.

If there's any upside, it's that it really is now impossible to predict who will next receive the opportunity to break through WWE's glass ceiling. We could looking at Sami Zayn holding the mantle of franchise player next year, or perhaps even James Ellsworth himself.

It's anyone's ball game.