Earlier this year, AEW President Tony Khan took issue with WWE booking Jinder Mahal into a World Championship match despite his less-than-stellar win/loss record, which led to backlash among fans.
Mahal lost his scheduled title challenge to WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins on the January 15th edition of Monday Night RAW. The Modern Day Maharaja quickly bounced back by beating Apollo Crews on WWE Main Event.
On a recent edition of the “Gorilla Position” podcast, Mahal weighed in on Khan’s tweet last month regarding a double standard among fans complaining about HOOK receiving an AEW World Title shot against Samoa Joe on Dynamite.
Mahal said, “I think Tony Khan is forgetting I’m the Modern Day Maharaja, former WWE Champion, and being a former WWE Champion, I should be number one contender anytime I want. The Royal Rumble happened a week after that. If you notice, I wasn’t in it because I didn’t feel there was a need. The Modern Day Maharaja wants a title match, he can just get one. It’s okay. Overall, it’s great. It caused a lot of buzz, and I appreciate the competition because it makes everybody better.”
