6. “Jinder Mahal As The Next WWE Champion – This shocker might be worth a bit of consideration” – Jim Ross

During a recent blog entry on his website, WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross discussed “The Maharaja” Jinder Mahal getting a WWE Championship match at Backlash 2017 against Randy Orton.

Below is what JR had to say about this:

“The Jinder Mahal ascension on the SDLive roster including him being the #1 contender for the WWE Title seems to be being overthought to some degree by a handful of pundits. The rapid advancement up the card of Jinder has some concerned, and I get that point, but I see it as worth the chance and, fast track or not, Mahal is somewhat of a calculated risk which is essentially the same thing that most promotions deal with when advancing new talents who suddenly appear on the main event radar.

I like this booking because it involves a deserving, hard working talent who has unique skills, is fundamentally sound and has a unique, TV persona plus he provides Randy Orton with a new opponent.

Question…what if Jinder Mahal becomes the next, WWE Champion? Stranger things have happened and it’s not the worse idea that I’ve heard lately. This shocker might be worth a bit of consideration.

Jinder Mahal with the WWE Championship belt

I would merely suggest that Jinder doesn’t have to yell wall to wall on his promos to make his points because most of us organically/automatically tune people out who scream at us especially if they are an antagonist.”