Check out the April 5 NXT Bollywood Boys have a good showing against Heavy Machinery. Fun match.

I will YT it!

^^^^^

Probably more due to the set of guests but Talking Smack wasn't that entertaining this week.

Someone needs to be e-arrested.

Lack of Bryan made it bland for me. I enjoy seeing Bryan react to Jinder.

I actually don't mind Jinder getting a title shot at all. Orton's still primarily focused on Bray, and after that it's only 3 weeks to Backlash. I don't think they'd want to rush a Corbin or Harper program, especially when Owens/Styles and Nakamura/Ziggler matches on the same PPV will clearly get more attention than the WWE Title match.

So you give Jinder a chance to work with a main eventer for a few weeks and see how it goes before moving to your big summer title program.

I agree. They have good support going into the PPV. It will be interesting to see if they can pull of an engaging main event match though. I like Jinder's intensity... I'm a fan of stiff workers so if he works stiff it could be interesting. Hopefully he just keeps smart and doesn't hurt Randy.

I must say, I do worry for WWE putting Jinder and Orton in the main event of a show at the All-State Arena... that's really... eh... odd. I mean you wouldn't put that on in MSG would you? All-State is the next best thing to MSG. Odd choice. I could see this match actually not closing the show but I don't agree with that if it's the case.

Also worried because the night before we have a Takeover and it looks like it's Itami and Roode.... and that's just not a quality main event for All-State either. Odd choices.

Fire.

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Saw Jinder won and decided to save 2 hours by not watching Smackdown.

yeah I see aj styles owens main event for us belt

I DVR'd this.... good enough to watch?

I think so. The three main matches were all good.

So, either WWE is really digging for that India market or, once again, Steroids=push.

Maybe he uses Cell Tech

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In Jinder's defense, I don't think he's any more roided out/muscularly larger than he was when he was in 3MB.

He looks the way he does now because he's dropped from about 12-15% body fat to about 6-8%, which are the type of numbers you'd expect to see from an in-season competitive bodybuilder.

It's absolutely unsustainable for any long amount of time and it's probably wrecking his kidneys.

Kidney's are temporary, glory lasts forever.

I dunno, there might not be much hype for that match but I doubt they don't have a stellar match. It's pretty much MAKE IT OR BREAK IT for Itami at this point

He already BROKE IT when referring to Dash's jaw.

But yeah, depends on Itamis rust. I always thought him and Finn came in at just the wrong time as they were converted to the WWE style which they've been doing less and less of recently. I hope they just let him go out and be KENTA again.

Jinder Mahal getting world title shots via number #1 contenders matches involving Mojo Rawley and Erick Rowan while Breezango aren't even on the show. Shame.

KENTA was starting to lose his special aura before he even came to WWE. After he tore his ACL in 2010 he was never the same. Too bad WWE didn't pick him up in 2006-2009.

Ah, I've only watched matches that have been recommended to me rather than followed his career. Didn't realise he was on a downward trend.

He was still pretty good, don't get me wrong, but he was a machine before the injuries.

Jinder in the main event is odd but I like it better than Mojo,
Eric Rowan, Ziggler, or Harper. Bringing up the Bollywood Boys to be his goons is a good move. Really just adds another jobber team to Smackdown but The Colons look like they've give up selling time shares and are serious now.

I wouldn't be opposed to Jinder winning the title if it meant Rusev is going to return as a face and destroy him. Feels like some ROH booking with a short term challenger but we'll see and I hope it works out.

Kind of crazy how 3MB breaks up and Drew becomes ripped and wins championships around the world and now Jacked Jinder is back going for the WWE World Championship. Slater still stuck in the comedy gimmick but it fits him better than the other two. Now my only hope is that some of that rubs off on Heath's Social Outcast partners and Axel and Bo get a push.

You can't just have someone being a massive jobber for years, suddenly winning a very important match at the top of the card.

It's another symptom of network land I'm afraid. No need to sell people the PPV, so throw anyone in there, little to no build, as long as they are subbing.

Network is too good a deal for the company's own good

Sorry white people, tan people are going to win Championships every now and then

I am not opposed to the former, believe it or not. I 't know if Jinder is the man for the job, butgoing for a demographic with a billion people in makes sense from a business perspective. If they made him seem like a viable threat at any point ever, it would be genius. Alas, they haven't and he already feels like the third dog in a two dog race.

Steroids=Push, on the other hand...

I want to see more of this Bollywood trio they have and I'm not against Jinder getting a push I just wish he hadn't been a joke in prior weeks with all the Gronk stuff. Had he won the ATGBR he'd have a bit more credibility to him instead of just needing help to win matches. Should bring back Kahli to manage the group.

Who is in this trio?

Mahal and The Bollywood Boyz. They are the ones who helped Hinder win the match.

I know, I keed, but for the die hard 3MB fans this is heaven right now with Drew in NXT and Jinder on SD! receiving pushes. It's only a matter of time before Heath Slater is given a run of his own. 3 Man Brand could turn out to be quite deadly if booked right. Have the stable appear throughout all 3 shows tearing people apart and collecting gold.

Jinder's post-match promo was awesome given the circumstances of his jobber past. He can go in the ring and on the mic.

Jinder is way more interesting to me than Luke Harper, whom every1 seems to "cream themselves" over

Has v good heel mic skills imo

I guess I have to check this out then.

This Jinder push is reminiscent of Bradshaw's gimmick switch/immediate push in the Main Event.

Why have him job on his way out of Raw if they planned this (or maybe they didn't plan it?) or was this the Raw writers fucking with the SDL team (didn't virtually all of the Raw talent going to SDL job?).

I thought Jinder beat Rusev on his way out?

But didn't everyone who switched do the Job? Miz, Alexa, Heath/Rhyno.

LOL @ This thread

lol Kevin Owens and Jinder Mahal randomly starting an anti-American gimmick on the same night. Weird.

Mahal going from jobber to main eventer in one night is extremely stupid. If they are serious about him, why not start small with a winning streak and eventually IC title reign. This just isn't believable at all.

I am turning on Smackdown and seeing Primo and Epico, Mojo Rawley and Jinder Mahal in key matches and segments. The ONLY one with any kind of momentum is Rawley, and it certainly isn't main event momentum. It's all happened too fast and it makes everyone's favourite brand look like jobber central to the casual viewer.

Jinder got destroyed by the likes of Roman, Big Show etc...On Raw, one jump to Smackdown and he is in the main event first time of asking. Sorry, but it makes Smackdown look like jobber central.