7 Worst Wrestling Moments Of The Week (July 16)

2. Jinder's Journey

Jinder Mahal is in a weird spot right now. The WWE machine went all in on him for roughly three weeks. He was the focal point of SmackDown and was getting lots of love from Vince McMahon. He even had a fun celebration ceremony!

While he has remained champion, he comes out on TV, says pretty much the same thing every week in his overly raspy voice and then goes away. Not necessarily a bad thing from an entertainment standpoint, but for a title prestige point of view it’s odd. This week, Mahal took part in the middle of the show, beat Tye Dillenger—who took the day off from his job of grading ice cream shakes for fast food joints to wrestle a singles match—and it was over in a few minutes. No one really cared.

Compare that to Raw’s title scene where Brock Lesnar and Samoa Joe had a hot match at Great Balls of Fire, then took part in a great segment the following night. Orton and Mahal are inspiring apathy, and maybe even Vince is recognizing that. If he hasn't, he's done a poor job of building the champ and his title.

Considering Mahal isn't much of a talker (or a wrestler), they should be looking at outside the arena vignettes for inspiration like they did with the Million Dollar Man. Instead, he's showing up in the middle of the show to put on bland matches that are quickly forgotten. It still beats Orton holding the title, but it seems like the creative juices for this story are long gone.