Jinder Mahal Discusses the Significance of His Championship Victory

New WWE Champion Jinder Mahal spoke with The Times of India, following his victory over Randy Orton at WWE “Backlash.” He spoke at length about what winning the championship means to him, as well as his goals with the title.

Not only is this Mahal’s first WWE Championship reign, but his first title in the company at all. He commented on his feelings after the match.

“This is honestly the best day of my life,” said Mahal, right after winning the title. “I feel proud, very proud to be representing India in the WWE universe. Obviously, India is a huge part of WWE and I am happy to bring the title back home and will continue to defend the title and make everybody proud.”

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Now that he is on top of the mountain, what are the Maharaja’s goals in WWE?

“I want to make everybody proud, just like everybody is proud of The Great Khali. I want to represent India in a good way and put on good matches. I just defeated Randy Orton, who is a legend in the business; I want to beat guys like John Cena and establish my name as one of the top names of all time in wrestling,” added Mahal.

At the end of the day, he is incredibly proud of his heritage and what this means for his country.

He went on to add: “It is a very big moment for me. There has not been a WWE champion from India after Khali. This is big moment for the fans in India. They are very passionate and hopefully more fans start to support when they see me as champion. I want to say thank you to the fans and without their support I would not have reached this level, so please keep on supporting and keep on watching WWE programming.”

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