Observer speculating the WWE might legit be considering giving Jinder the WWE title as part of a bigger focus for the India market.
Like with the UK, WWE is supposedly worried about more wrestling companies making a strong push into India and/or eating their market share. Also like with most things, its something they recently made decisions for and not something that's been planned for a while.
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On the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave said that Jinder Mahal's title shot was because WWE views India as an important country due to India's high population (it's the country with the most WWE social media followers), and they want to push an Indian (even though he's actually Canadian) star in Jinder and the Bollywood Boyz. Several other companies have been making movements towards India, including Impact, and WWE doesn't want to be pushed out of the market. Dave doesn't entirely dismiss the possibility that Jinder could beat Randy Orton, but notes that whether they win or lose, WWE has a lot planned on the horizon for the Indian stable. He also said that this push towards India was a recent development, because otherwise they would have been protecting Jinder more and given him more than two singles wins in the past 8 months.
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