7 baffling booking decisions from WrestleMania 34

#5 Why did Jinder Mahal win another championship?

How have they not yet realized that the Jinder Mahal experiment is not working?

WWE hasn't done much to make the United States Championship interesting over the past few months. As such, this match was doomed to be this year's "bathroom break match"; a wholly forgettable affair that fails to excite anyone, from the live crowd to the millions watching at home.

So naturally, WWE gave the victory to the least-interesting, least-talented guy in the match. How have they not realized how much of a failure Jinder Mahal was as a title holder? When he was WWE Champion, audiences for SmackDown deteriorated as his in-ring and promo work never improved.

Yes, he gets heat, but it's not heel heat - it's "get off my television" heat, a la X-Pac in the early 2000's or the Bella twins during their rivalry. So why would they let him devalue yet another championship?

Furthermore, why would they not give the fans what they want and let Rusev win it? He earned his way into the match after it had already been made, so it would have been an easy narrative for them to build. But they didn't, Jinder won. Even worse, he pinned Rusev to win.

If the rumors are true, I definitely understand why Rusev asked to be released.