10 Most Disappointing WWE Champions

#7 Jinder Mahal

Jinder Mahal's six-month reign was painful to sit through

The Modern Day Maharaja's run as WWE Champion in 2017 might have been one of the strangest decisions the company has made in quite some time. Most of Jinder Mahal's career was spent as a jobber. Initially brought in to work with The Great Khali, Jinder's career quickly took a nosedive, and by the end of his first run with the company, he was best known for the jobber group 3MB along with Heath Slater and Drew McIntyre.

When he returned back in 2016, nothing changed. Though he won his first match back, pinning Slater to earn another contract with the company, he returned to his former status in the company, mainly being the warm-up match for those higher on the card.

However, a change in physique led to a change in attitude regarding Mahal. He began teaming with Rusev, demanding respect from the Raw locker room. He took part in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 33, losing thanks in part to Rob Gronkowski, and it looked like he would yet again be turned into a loser on the Smackdown brand.

However, seemingly out of nowhere, the WWE began taking Mahal seriously, and he wound up winning the WWE Championship from Randy Orton. The reign of the Maharaja began, much to the surprise of the WWE Universe. No one quite knew how to take it. On one hand, it was a surprise, and someone we never expected to win the title managed to rise to the top of the card and cement himself in history as a WWE Champion. On the other hand...there were stars that fans believe deserved the title more.

Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, and Shinsuke Nakamura had just joined Smackdown Live, and it was interesting to see none of them get the gold. Nakamura, in fact, was one of the men that Mahal successfully defended his title against!

While a new look, new theme song, and a new entourage in the Singh Brothers made Mahal seem legit, he never had any clean wins. In fact, it seemed that every single win came about through the same exact way.

Challenger dominated Mahal.

Challenger got distracted by the Singhs.

Challenger destroyed the Singhs.

Mahal hits the Khallas while they're distracted to win.

It happened repeatedly, and though Mahal held wins over guys like Randy Orton, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Baron Corbin, his title matches all ended in the exact same fashion.