25 Worst Wrestling Moments Of 2024
22. Seth Rollins Vs Jinder Mahal (WWE Raw, January 15th)
Triple H knows his way around a dig or two in his role as one of the creative generals in the current mainstream North American wrestling war, but he seemingly took a break from his careful plotting and took a leave of his senses when he booked Seth Rollins Vs Jinder Mahal as a major Raw match due to some petty online beefing.
To recap here (because the match certainly offered nothing narratively of interest to talk about), Tony Khan used Mahal getting a World Heavyweight Title shot at Seth Rollins as an example of WWE's shortcut booking not receiving what he believed to be similar "rage" to what he'd noticed when Hook was booked to wrestle AEW Champion Samoa Joe. This inadvertently elevated the stakes of the entire thing from being a throwaway TV match to contest in which some genuinely believed WWE may spite-book Mahal to have a second reign atop WWE.
It didn't happen of course, but the match suddenly took on an entirely different, pointless and dangerous shape. Rollins got injured, almost ruling him out of a crucial role he played at WrestleMania. It was a lame self-own at a minimum and a near-disaster at its worst.