10 Wrestlers That Don’t Deserve To Be Hated
5. Jinder Mahal
This could be a controversial pick.
Was Jinder Mahal a great WWE Champion and on par with greats like Steve Austin, John Cena or others? No, not at all. Was he the "worst World Champion in company history" though? No, not at all x2. That's such a lazy way of describing him, and (full disclosure) this fan has fallen into the same trap before.
It's hard not to get swept up in that kind of sensationalist negativity, to be honest. Back in 2016, fans were stunned that Vince McMahon decided to put his top prize on a career midcarder who hadn't worked even one outstanding match across multiple runs in the promotion.
That's fine, but lazily proclaiming him "the worst" just because it sounds good isn't. What made Jinder's title reign worse than other experimental World Champs like Jack Swagger or The Great Khali, for example? In fact, compared to Khali, Mahal was Bret Hart.