#10 Is there anyone on the SmackDown roster less deserving of the WWE Championship?
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Just to hammer this point home, I found myself thinking about the SmackDown roster after Backlash went off the air, and who I would classify as less deserving of the WWE Championship than Jinder Mahal. Take Sami Zayn, for example. I wouldn’t personally have him as my WWE Champion, right now, but I would at least recognise that the fans are behind him, and he’s had a wrestling career to rival most of the main eventers in WWE today. Or Baron Corbin, a guy that is currently being moulded into a main eventer after winning the Andre the Giant Battle Royal. Sure, he isn’t ready for the gold right now, but I would have put any amount of money on him getting there before Jinder.
Speaking of the Andre the Giant battle royal, how about Mojo Rawley? This is a guy the WWE believed to be more worthy of winning the match than their current WWE Champion. Why wasn’t Mojo considered for this spot? And what about Fandango or Tyler Breeze? Presumably, the WWE believe having either of them as tag-team champions is too far-fetched right now, but when it comes to Mahal as champion, that’s seemingly ok. At least Fandango can boast about a debut victory over Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania a few years back.
I’m not trying to say that any of the aforementioned superstars are ready for the belt yet, but at least their stories are more believable. In their own ways, they’ve all built themselves up to where they are, and most importantly are making the fans care about them – whether as heels or babyfaces. Mahal, sadly, would be at the bottom of the pile if I had my way.
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