Jinder Mahal was recently a guest on ‘Talk is Jericho’ hosted by Chris Jericho. During the podcast Jinder spoke on a wide variety of topics. One of the most intriguing parts was when he spoke about the recent push that he is receiving on Smackdown Live.

Jinder revealed that the original plans for his character were much different than his current anti-American shtick.

Right before he won the six-pack challenge to become number one contender for the WWE Championship, Vince McMahon changed his mind for the direction of his character:

“So when I finished calling the match, one of the writers was like ‘hey Vince changed your promo’ and I was like ‘okay, bring it to me’ so they brought it to me and I had read the America comment and all that and I was like ‘ugh I like the old promo better.’ Like it was something like, ‘I tried being peaceful but nobody was listening but now I have all you guys’ attention, I just beat five of SmackDown’s very best and I did it all alone.’ Something like that, it was just a regular heel promo but the new one was like: ‘You Americans, this and that’ — I was like ugh I don’t like it, but Vince wrote it, it’s okay. But I did it and the reaction that I got I was like ‘ah man, Vince is a genius.’ He knows exactly what draws the most heat”

He continued, sharing his interaction with Vince after:

“It’s weird, he knows what’s going to draw the most heat. I didn’t see it at first but as soon as I heard the reaction — actually when I came back to I sat with Vince and he was like, because we went over time already and he was like, ‘forget about the time, let them boo even more before you start talking’ so I was like, okay.”

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Let us know what you think in the comment section below. Did Vince make the right decision?

You can listen to the full podcast here. h/t to Still Real to Us.