UPDATE: During a recent interview with Sports Matters TV, Drew McIntyre said that he’d be interested in a match with Jinder Mahal. We reported earlier today that Mahal had been in line for a big push and a match with McIntyre before he had to undergo another surgery. McIntyre said,
“I think there should be a showdown, be it at WrestleMania or any PPV as long as there’s the appropriate build and appropriate story told for the fans to invest. It’s not so much that we were both in 3MB. There’s so much more to it than that. There’s what happened in the ring and especially happened out the ring that people don’t know about in our personal and private lives and what was going on at the time especially with me. He was there the whole time, both getting fired and me trying to go out there in the independents and make my name. He went off and really kind of gave up, stopped working out and turned his life around, got back to WWE and became WWE Champion before me. Wasn’t exactly as universally praised as when I finally won the WWE Championship, so there’s so many possible layers to this story that the world has seen on television and have not seen that could really make for one of the most memorable feuds of all time. We have so much material.”
ORIGINAL: Former WWE World champion Jinder Mahal recently revealed that he’s set to undergo another surgery, this time on his knee, which will put him out of action again. According to a report by WrestleTalk.com, Mahal was actually in line for another big push and was scheduled to be booked in a world title feud against the current champion and Mahal’s former 3MB stablemate, Drew McIntyre, before he was sidelined again with this latest injury.
According to sources, RAW Executive Director Paul Heyman had “big plans” for Jinder Mahal on Raw, which included booking him in a feud with McIntyre over the title later on. The rumor states that it wasn’t set to be a long-standing feud, but it would start a “significant push” for Mahal and put him in the title mix again.
Mahal had recently just returned to WWE programming in April. He had his last match on a May 22 episode of Main Event where he defeated Akira Tozawa. He later wrote on Instagram on his knee injury, “Unfortunately I had to go under the knife again to fix some knee issues. The journey has hit a speed bump, but I will be back stronger than ever.”
