Former WWE Star Says Wrestlers Need To ‘Be Honest’ Instead Of Blaming Creative

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A former WWE star has said more wrestlers need to be honest with themselves instead of blaming creative when things aren’t going well.

Back in 2014, WWE released a number of talents from the roster as part of it’s ‘black Friday’ release wave, with two of those names being 3MB members Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal.

What is notable about both men’s release is that while they were both undercard comedy wrestlers at the time of their release, they would both eventually make their way back to the company years later, with them both going on to become WWE Champion.

Jinder Mahal (Raj Dhesi) Reflects On Journey To WWE Return

Jinder Mahal returned as part of the WWE Raw roster for the 2016 brand split, with him winning the WWE Championship less than a year later from Randy Orton at Backlash in 2017.

Speaking to TMZ’s Inside the Ring, Jinder (Raj Dhesi) opened up on his journey back to WWE, and how he took control of his own destiny a month before he got the call to return.

He said:

“Coming out of WWE when you get released, for a certain period of time you’re consistently booked, and the more you’re on WWE television, the more you make on the independent scene, and there’s more of a demand. The demand for that 3MB version of Jinder Mahal was drying out really quickly. That was because of myself.

“Drew did a really good job of reinventing himself using the internet, using social media, promos, ICW in Scotland, Evolve here in the United States, he did an incredible job. I actually did the opposite, I was kind of just working indies and not posting what I was doing because I was low-key a little bit embarrassed.

“Near the end of my tenure of being unemployed, about a month out I just one day, I woke up with a hangover. I never got hangovers, I’d drink all the time and not get hangovers. This one time I got a hangover and was like ‘alright I’ll take a break’. Then I just started training again, I felt good.

“Initially I didn’t plan on quitting drinking, it’s been over a decade now, but it was just going to be a break, and then within one month WWE called me back, Mark Carrano called me back and said ‘we need two separate rosters on Raw and SmackDown, would you like to come back’. I wasn’t brought back to become WWE Champion, I was back to fill roster space essentially.

“But that was the opportunity I needed. I had so many regrets from my first run that I didn’t take it seriously. I’m a firm believer that wherever you are in life, it’s because of you. You are 100% in control of your destiny, so when I took ownership of my life, my career, that’s when I excelled.”

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Jinder Mahal Says Wrestlers Need To ‘Look At Themself’ Instead Of Blaming Creative

For as long as WWE has existed, there have always been those underutilised WWE stars that fans believe should have been given more of an opportunity to reach greater success in the company.

Jinder opened up on wrestlers that blame creative for things not going well for them, believing that they have to be honest with themselves instead of blaming other outside forces.

He added:

“When you’re in WWE, when things aren’t going well, you do everything except look at yourself. The booking, the writing team, so and so is getting a push because of X reason. We don’t look at ourselves.

“If we look at ourselves; ‘what can I improve’, ‘what am I lacking’, and be honest with ourselves. That’s what it is, we need to be honest with ourselves.”

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