Jinder Mahal isnt holding back anymore.
In an interview with Inside The Ropes, the former WWE Champion finally addressed one of the biggest narratives about his title reignthat it was all part of WWEs strategy to break into the Indian market. According to Mahal, that couldnt be further from the truth.
Mahal explained that his WWE Championship win had nothing to do with his heritage or WWEs expansion goals. Instead, it was a personal reward from Vince McMahon himself after Mahal transformed his body and career.
He then went even deeper, revealing that WWE actually made no profit at all from the Indian wrestling tour during his reignsomething that should silence critics who labeled his title win as a business move.
Jinder also laid out the structure of WWEs TV deal in India at the time, clarifying that the company wasnt even allowed to push WWE Network subscriptions in the region due to contractual obligations.
Mahal made it clearhis run at the top wasnt bought by marketing strategy, it was earned through personal transformation and effort. This is one of the most direct debunks of the India push theory fans and insiders have circulated for years. For Mahal, it wasnt about hypeit was about hustle.
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