Jinder Mahal Says He Hit Rock Bottom Before WWE Brought Him Back

Jinder Mahal, who will challenge Randy Orton for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship this coming Sunday night at Backlash, appeared on Chris Jericho’s podcast — Talk is Jericho — on Wednesday, where he talked about being re-signed by WWE, and he also revealed that he hit rock bottom just a couple of months before he was brought back.

Mahal, who might have the best physique in the entire company right now, said that he was grossly overweight just a few months before WWE reached out to him. But, one day he just decided to get back into shape, and just two months later, WWE contacted him about a return.

“When I came back I didn’t come back in as good of shape as I am now,” said Mahal on Talk is Jericho. “So, just to backtrack a little bit, maybe about two months before I came back, like, I had hit rock bottom. I mean, I was drinking all the time, and I was not watching what I eat. I was actually 260 pounds, just like fat, just working the indies and not caring. And then one day I just decided to get in shape. I stopped drinking, and I got the meal prep from Nutrition Solutions, and I just started dieting and training hard. And literally after two months of me doing this, that’s when WWE called me.”