It has been one heck of a rollercoaster for Jinder Mahal over the past year. At last year’s Summerslam, Jinder was holding the WWE Championship at the event. Fast-forward to a year later and Jinder was not even on the Summerslam card.
Jinder was asked about being left off the Summerslam card in a recent interview with Gorilla Position.
Here is what Jinder said (h/t to Wrestling Inc):
“I see it as motivating to me. It’s motivation to me because I see where I was last year I was WWE Champion. Unfortunately this year [I didn’t] have a match. I could be disappointed. I could play the blame game. Or I could look deep into myself. What am I doing that I could make sure to do better to make sure I was on this card? I gotta go back to what made me WWE Champion so next year I can be Universal Champion or WWE Champion and main event SummerSlam again.”
He was also asked if he thinks that he will become WWE Champion again:
“I did it before, I shocked the WWE Universe. I beat Randy Orton, one of the all-time greats, you know. Why can’t I beat a Brock Lesnar? Why can’t I beat AJ Styles? I beat AJ Styles in the past before. You know as soon I figure out why Kurt Angle keeps putting me in situations that I’m not ready for like making me defend the United States Championship on my first night on Raw. You know, I think I’m gonna be champion again. I think I’m going to be successful in WWE.”
In other news, here is the latest rumor on the plans for Roman Reigns’ Universal Title reign.