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#3 Triple H - Booked himself to beat Jinder Mahal in a WWE Live Event in India
This is perhaps the least outrageous instance of a WWE legend booking himself to win. In 2017, Jinder Mahal received the biggest push of his career and went from enhancement talent to main event superstar within a week.
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This led to a shocking upset as Mahal dethroned Randy Orton to become the WWE Champion. While the decision was criticized by many, the company was planning its expansion into the Indian market and needed a superstar to represent the country.
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During that run, Jinder Mahal was booked similarly to Bret Hart in 1997 - where he was a heel in the United States but a babyface in Canada (and everywhere else as well). However, this didn't have the same impact on Jinder Mahal because he wasn't The Hitman.
For one, WWE made the mistake of putting in no effort into Jinder Mahal's initial push. Rather than gradually building him as a main event superstar for over a year or two, WWE decided that a month was enough for the Indian-Canadian star to get over as a top heel.
A month after Jinder Mahal lost the WWE Championship, he was set to headline a Live Event in New Delhi, India. It was supposed to be a big homecoming, so WWE booked a big match between Mahal and Triple H. While many felt that the Modern Day Maharaja would beat Triple H because it was in India, but that wasn't the case.
Triple H defeated Jinder Mahal and stood tall in the end. The Game admitted to booking himself to win the match, justifying it with a reasonable response.
"It’s not to say Jinder wasn’t ‘over’ there. He was! You have to understand the market. It’s not like everyone just went, ‘Oh my God he’s Indian! He looks like us so we love him.’ They are a savvy market. They understand that he’s [playing] a bad guy [on television]. Even though he got a massive reaction, he still needs to earn their respect. He’s still growing and still new. You know what I mean?”
This is perhaps the only decision on this list that WWE fans won't necessarily disagree with.
