#4 Apparently, Jinder Mahal is now able to hang with AJ Styles
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The problem with suddenly giving one of your superstars an unexpected push is that it really distorts our ability to buy into the kayfabe storylines of WWE. Jinder Mahal has come from pre-Wrestlemania obscurity, but at the time of writing this, is getting ready to take on Randy Orton for the WWE Championship on Sunday. It still feels very strange and hard to swallow, and none of this is Jinder’s fault.
This week, the realisation of what is happening with Jinder really hit home. It’s fair enough to have the Singh Brothers help him to pin Randy Orton and steal the WWE Championship for a couple of weeks. But what really stood out on Tuesday night was the fact that a guy who had a drink thrown in his face in the middle of a Wrestlemania pre-show battle royal, is now able to hang for nearly 15 minutes against AJ Styles.
Styles has a reputation as being one of the greatest wrestlers alive today and we’ve seen him beat John Cena on multiple occasions. Just a few months ago, if you’d have seen this match being billed on an episode of Smackdown, you’d just assume it was a squash match.
The problem wasn’t that Jinder won, as thankfully he needed help from the Singhs, as well as Kevin Owens. But sitting there watching the two of them exchanging near falls just struck me as a step too far in the fantasy land of professional wrestling. If Jinder does win on Sunday, the WWE have their work cut out to make it palatable.
