It’s time for us to hail The Maharaja, as Jinder Mahal is the new WWE Champion following a big victory over former champ Randy Orton. Ironically enough may people are hating on the Indian-Canadian’s victory when in reality we should all be celebrating the fact that The Viper himself is no longer in possession of the company’s biggest belt.
Sure he’s got the experience to hold the strap, but he always just feels like the safe option for the WWE to go with, as opposed to a guy who has earned the right to be called champion. Of course, many will still choose to complain about Mahal’s rise to the top, but those are also the same people who complain about the company not building enough future stars.
Orton is an extremely skilled competitor in the ring and we aren’t trying to detract from his achievements, but there comes a time and a place when every pro wrestler has to look in the mirror and examine what’s gone wrong. For Orton, that time has long since come and now that he’s lost the belt we can hopefully see a change.
With that being said, here are five reasons why Randy Orton deserved to lose the WWE Title.
#1 Wyatt justice
To say Bray Wyatt deserves better is an understatement, with his loss to Randy Orton at WrestleMania 33 being nothing short of a travesty. Don’t get us wrong, the car crash that was the House of Horrors match certainly made for some entertaining viewing, but was it really worth burying the Eater of Worlds for a fourth Mania in a row?
No, is the right answer. In case you’ve been living under a rock, Wyatt was all set to retain his belt against Orton when one RKO shifted the momentum of the WWE entirely. Oh, and then he waited 5-6 seconds before actually pinning him. What goes around comes around in this business Randy, and you certainly had this loss coming.
Once again, hail the Maharaja.
#2 Mahal’s momentum
Whether you love him or you hate him, nobody can deny that Jinder Mahal has been on a phenomenal run as of late. The former 3MB member started his slow rise to the top last year with a short run in a tag team alongside Rusev, before taking Mojo Rawley to the limit in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal in Orlando.
To have Randy RKO the life out of Jinder at Backlash would’ve been a grand injustice, if only because of how well the latter has been doing in his new role as of late. When you give these undervalued talents a chance to shine they’ll come through with the goods nine times out of ten, and Mahal deserves that WWE Championship.
Oh, Randall..
#3 Carelessness
A few years back, Randy Orton got mad at Kofi Kingston for messing up a spot and subsequently shouted at him in the middle of the ring. Then, he pretty much got Mr Kennedy fired for botching a back body drop during an episode of Monday Night Raw. All sounds like fairly normal Randy behaviour so far, right?
Well, things took another turn at the weekend when Orton, in the midst of beating up the Singh Brothers, flipped one of them onto the announcer’s table with such force that he landed on his head. Of course, instead of being punished for this, he simply winced into the camera and laughed the whole thing off. Despicable.
Please let it end.
#4 Boring
There really isn’t another way to put this – Randy Orton as WWE Champion was boring. His attitude was boring, his matches were boring, and even though it only lasted for about six weeks it still felt like an eternity. He just didn’t bring anything different to the table, and that was extremely disappointing following his great work with The Wyatt Family.
During that storyline, he felt like an entirely new performer with a brand new purpose in the business, but the moment he hit that RKO at the Citrus Bowl, everything changed. He seemed to revert back to the status quo that we’ve seen for so many years now, and we’d bet good money on him doing that because it’s the easy thing to do.
#5 Promos
During his tenure as champion Randy had a lot of poor promos, but perhaps the worst portion of it all was when he kept saying the same thing over and over again to describe his House of Horrors match with Bray Wyatt. “Now, I don’t exactly know what a HOH match is, but..” before proceeding to detail how he was going to beat Bray and end him once and for all.
Blah blah blah, same old same old.
It wasn’t fresh, it wasn’t original and we’d put good money on someone handing Randy a script to read point by point with no threat of him altering it. Why? Because it’s Randy Orton, and most of the time it’s easier to sit back and do what the company wants as opposed to making a real impact.
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