10 Ways WWE Are Misreading What Their Fans Want From The Product
5. Jinder Mahal's Push
WWE are now four months into the Jinder Mahal project, and while the initial shock subsided a long time ago, his main event run hasn't gotten any easier to watch. He's moderately over with the crowd, but not to a level befitting a WWE Champion, and he's not getting any better in the ring either.
Jinder's matches are comprised almost entirely of smoke and mirrors (courtesy of The Singh Brothers) because WWE know that he's not good enough to carry a pay-per-view main event on skill alone. The guy's a hard worker, but in terms of in-ring ability, he's in the lowest 10% on the WWE roster.
His run hasn't been as awful as some might have you believe (to his credit, Jinder actually feels like a big star before the bell rings), but it has helped kill SmackDown's main event scene, and thus, the WWE Championship. Mahal has been thrust into a position he wasn't at all prepared for, and has been dragging everything down around him.
This was all done to boost WWE's strength in the untapped Indian market, but is it really worth the problems caused domestically? On current evidence, the answer is a resounding "no."