Jinder Mahal Calls Vince McMahon an “Evil Genius”

WWE superstar Jinder Mahal was a recent guest on “Talk is Jericho” and discussed a number of topics. Most notably were his current Anti-America character and his relationship with Vince McMahon.

After Mahal became the No. 1 contender for the WWE Championship, he began cutting promos that were anti-American in nature. He said that he didn’t like the idea at first, but after hearing that McMahon wrote the initial promo and then executing it, the idea grew on him.

“He had rewritten my promo. The original promo was something totally different, so when I finished calling the match, one of the writers was like, ‘hey, Vince changed your promo.’ I was like, ‘okay, bring it to me. Please bring it to me.’ So they [brought] it to me and I had read the American comment and I was like, ‘ah, I like the old promo better.’ Like, it was like something like, ‘I tried being peaceful, but nobody was listening. But now I have all you guys’, everyone’s, attention. I beat five of SmackDown’s very best and I did it all alone.’ Something like that.

It was just like a regular heel promo, but the new one was like, ‘you Americans this and that.’ And I was like, ‘argh, man, I don’t think we should go [there]. Like, but I’m like, ‘but whatever. Vince wrote it. It’s okay.’ But I did it and the reaction I got, I was like, ‘oh man, Vince is a genius!’ He knows exactly what’s going to draw the most heat.”

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Speaking of McMahon, Mahal says that he now has a great relationship with the boss.

“I’ve become closer with Vince. It was weird, during my first run, and even when I was on 3MB, I would kind of like avoid Vince. Not avoid him, but he’s intimidating. Now, I have like a good relationship with him.”

“It’s weird. He’s like an evil genius. Is there anyone who has watched more [pro] wrestling than Vince McMahon?” Mahal added, “Vince knows what he’s doing.”

[h/t to WrestlingInc for the translation]

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