10 WWE Experiments That Completely Failed

It's difficult to put your finger on exactly what last year's Jinder Mahal experiment was supposed to prove. Did WWE really expect to conquer the elusive Asian market by putting their biggest prize on the arm of a wrestler of Indian heritage?

If so, it seems a touch naive. Sure, Chicago fans love CM Punk. And the Brits got a kick out of Bulldog's victory at SummerSlam '92. But few are drawn to professional wrestling in the first place simply because "one of their own" is headlining the show.

Shoehorning a relative jobber into the main event after virtually no build-up is also an obvious recipe for disaster. Jinder was unfairly burdened with the unenviable task of having to win round sceptical die-hards - a situation that could have been easily avoided had they held fire just a couple of months.

And that's a massive shame, because the guy could have become a really interesting heel if they first allowed him the room to grow. Instead, he faces going through the rest of his career with an albatross around his neck.