The wrestling world is still in shock following Jinder Mahal’s WWE Championship win at Backlash on Sunday night. Mahal defeated Randy Orton to become the WWE Champion for the first time in his career, and he has big goals moving forward.
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Jinder has spent most of his career with WWE working in the midcard, but over the past few weeks he’s been on the receiving end of a monster push. Sportskeeda spoke to Jinder shortly after his main event match at Backlash, and he said that Vince McMahon was very happy when he got backstage.
“The backstage reaction has been very good. Vince was very happy. He was really proud of me because Vince knows how much work I’ve put in. And, I told Vince, ‘Hey Vince, my goal is to come back every week and improve. Every time you see me perform I’m going to get better on the mic, going to get better in the ring and I’ll be in better shape every week.’ I think Vince really appreciates that and WWE is a place where they reward hard work and I’m an example of that.”
Jinder was also asked when he found out he was going to be wining the belt, and he says he found out on the day of the pay-per-view. One has to imagine it was a nice surprise when he found out.
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