How much did WWE sacrifice for Jinder’s title run?
Apr 14, 2020 22:32:26 GMT -5
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Post by cordless2016 on Apr 14, 2020 22:32:26 GMT -5
Now this is on WWE booking and not Jinder himself, but how much did the WWE sacrifice to try and push what ultimately ended up being a failure; Jinder’s title run? I can think of numerous stars off the top of my head that are still suffering today, as well as some that took years to rebound from.
Randy Orton - one of the faces of the WWE for nearly two decades, Randy was still seen as a top star in 2017 despite coming off his brutal loss to Brock the year prior. Since putting Jinder over at 3 (!!!!) straight PPVs, Orton has mostly been toiling in the midcard for the better part of three years. Yes he’s towards the end of his career and should be putting over new stars, but three losses to a jobber seemed to kill his main event credibility.
Shinsuke Nakamura - once seen as a future face of the company, Nak has been a victim of bad booking as well as underwhelming matches (not all his fault IMO but that’s another story). However, there’s no denying that 2 PPV losses to Jinder within 6 months of debuting on the main roster killed the momentum he had following his strong showing at MITB. The royal rumble victory seemed to fix this temporarily, but the failure to beat Jinder twice for the title still stings 3 years later, especially considering where Nak is now.
Corbin - Love him or hate him, the guy generates heel heat like few do today. He’s certainly rebounded into a solid upper midcarder today, but who knows where he’d be had he been allowed to successfully cash in his MITB in 2017. Now rumor is that Cena felt he wasn’t ready at the time (which explains the squash at SummerSlam 2017), but had the WWE allowed Nak to beat Jinder for the title, or skipped Jinder and kept the title on Orton, perhaps Corbin wins the WWE Title and is a main event heel today. His heel world suggests he’d have made a strong heel champ at the time.
Bray Wyatt - After years of terrible booking, Bray finally got his due by winning the WWE Title in the elimination chamber, and pinned both AJ Styles and Cena in consecutive weeks to cement him as a top guy...only to drop the title to Orton weeks later...who dropped it to Jinder less than 2 months later. All the work Cena and AJ did to make Bray look legit went down the toilet in weeks. Bray was moved the Raw, toiled in the midcard and tag division, and was close to being released if it hadn’t been for his re-creation of his character. He’s doing great now, but for two years it looked like he was a future endever candidate.
And while guys like AJ and KO were not directly hurt by the Jinder booking, they did spend the better part of 2017 fighting over a midcard title when it can be argued that they should have been fighting over the WWE Title. Put them in the main event and give Jinder the US Title and maybe things don’t turn out as bad as they did.
Anyone else annoyed with how much the WWE seemed to throw away just to try and push Jinder, who failed so bad that the super show they were building towards in India had to be condensed from two nights to one due to poor ticket sales. I understand the want to expand in the Indian market, but from the get go so many people blasted the WWE for putting a title on a career jobber and predicted the outcome of this mess. And in the end superstars seem to still be suffering from that booking period.
Randy Orton - one of the faces of the WWE for nearly two decades, Randy was still seen as a top star in 2017 despite coming off his brutal loss to Brock the year prior. Since putting Jinder over at 3 (!!!!) straight PPVs, Orton has mostly been toiling in the midcard for the better part of three years. Yes he’s towards the end of his career and should be putting over new stars, but three losses to a jobber seemed to kill his main event credibility.
Shinsuke Nakamura - once seen as a future face of the company, Nak has been a victim of bad booking as well as underwhelming matches (not all his fault IMO but that’s another story). However, there’s no denying that 2 PPV losses to Jinder within 6 months of debuting on the main roster killed the momentum he had following his strong showing at MITB. The royal rumble victory seemed to fix this temporarily, but the failure to beat Jinder twice for the title still stings 3 years later, especially considering where Nak is now.
Corbin - Love him or hate him, the guy generates heel heat like few do today. He’s certainly rebounded into a solid upper midcarder today, but who knows where he’d be had he been allowed to successfully cash in his MITB in 2017. Now rumor is that Cena felt he wasn’t ready at the time (which explains the squash at SummerSlam 2017), but had the WWE allowed Nak to beat Jinder for the title, or skipped Jinder and kept the title on Orton, perhaps Corbin wins the WWE Title and is a main event heel today. His heel world suggests he’d have made a strong heel champ at the time.
Bray Wyatt - After years of terrible booking, Bray finally got his due by winning the WWE Title in the elimination chamber, and pinned both AJ Styles and Cena in consecutive weeks to cement him as a top guy...only to drop the title to Orton weeks later...who dropped it to Jinder less than 2 months later. All the work Cena and AJ did to make Bray look legit went down the toilet in weeks. Bray was moved the Raw, toiled in the midcard and tag division, and was close to being released if it hadn’t been for his re-creation of his character. He’s doing great now, but for two years it looked like he was a future endever candidate.
And while guys like AJ and KO were not directly hurt by the Jinder booking, they did spend the better part of 2017 fighting over a midcard title when it can be argued that they should have been fighting over the WWE Title. Put them in the main event and give Jinder the US Title and maybe things don’t turn out as bad as they did.
Anyone else annoyed with how much the WWE seemed to throw away just to try and push Jinder, who failed so bad that the super show they were building towards in India had to be condensed from two nights to one due to poor ticket sales. I understand the want to expand in the Indian market, but from the get go so many people blasted the WWE for putting a title on a career jobber and predicted the outcome of this mess. And in the end superstars seem to still be suffering from that booking period.