History YMMV / JinderMahal

** Since the initial push however he has fallen much more soundly into TheScrappy territory again with his poor performances, bad booking as a heel (being unable to beat even lower-midcard Faces cleanly) and incredibly dull feud with RandyOrton (himself a base breaker).

** Juicy Jinder. [[labelnote:Explanation]]After his return to WWE in 2016, Jinder started looking... a little more vascular than before, with fans attributing this change to his implied use of steroids, even though the Wellness Policy is intact, but Jinder has fallen foul of it before. The fact that he also has gynecomastia, the most obvious side effect of anabolic steroid use, makes it harder to deny.[[/labelnote]]

* ReplacementScrappy: Many detractors consider Jinder to be an inferior Wrestling/MuhammadHassan, since, like Hassan, he's being pushed to the moon out of nowhere (Hassan would have won the world championship if not for the incident that destroyed his career) and his gimmick is basically "[[MistakenForRacist I hate Americans because they're all racist!]]" Time will tell if Jinder can subvert this.

* ReplacementScrappy: Many detractors consider Jinder to be an inferior Wrestling/MuhammadHassan, since, like Hassan, he's being pushed to the moon out of nowhere (Hassan would have won the world championship if not for the incident that destroyed his career) and his gimmick is basically "[[EverythingIsRacist I hate Americans because they're all racist!]]" Time will tell if Jinder can subvert this.

* ReplacementScrappy: Many detractors consider Jinder to be an inferior Wrestling/MuhammadHassan, since, like Hassan, he's being pushed to the moon out of nowhere (Hassan would have won the world championship if not for the incident that destroyed his career) and his gimmick is basically "I hate Americans because they're all racist!" Time will tell if Jinder can subvert this.

** Can't Hinder Jinder. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A easy play on words that was around since his 3MB days (mostly on an ironic sense), but that gained a lot of traction with both his ironic and non-ironic supporters after his 2017 world title push.[[/labelnote]]

** Juicy Jinder. [[labelnote:Explanation]]After his return to WWE in 2016, Jinder started looking... a little more vascular than before, with fans attribute to his implied use of steroids, even though the Wellness Policy is intact, but Jinder has fallen foul of it before. The fact that he also has gynecomastia, the most obvious side effect of anabolic steroid use, makes it more clear.[[/labelnote]]

** Juicy Jinder. [[labelnote:Explanation]]After his return to WWE in 2016, Jinder started looking... a little more vascular than before, with fans attribute to his implied use of steroids, even though the Wellness Policy is intact, but Jinder has fallen foul of it before. The fact that he also has gynecomastia, the most obvious side effect of anabolic steroids, makes it more obvious.[[/labelnote]]

** Juicy Jinder. [[labelnote:Explanation]]After his return to WWE in 2016, Jinder started looking... a little more vascular than before, with fans attribute to his implied use of steroids, even though the Wellness Policy is intact, but Jinder has fallen foul of it.[[/labelnote]]

* BaseBreakingCharacter: His completely out of nowhere push after ''[=WrestleMania 33=]'' in 2017 certainly rubbed a lot of fans in different ways. On one hand, detractors cited his perceived lack of in-ring skill, suspicion of steroid use, boring character and his utter void of creative attention beyond jobbing prior to the sudden push. On the other hand, his opponent was Randy Orton, who has his own sizable contingent of anti-fans who accuse him of many of the same things. Not to mention Orton was just winding down a pretty one sided feud in which he had totally destroyed and ruined the momentum of popular heel Bray Wyatt, had put on a series of disappointing matches, and rarely if ever lost, leaving many hungry to see someone humiliate him.
** There's also a growing contingent of fans who think that he does make an effective heel and that he can do well if given the right push.
** Demonstrated at ''Wrestling/{{Backlash}} 2017'', in his world title match with Orton where half the crowd was clearly behind him and the other half behind Randy. There were actually people cheering when he won, though the camera's quickly cut to those faces who were visibly shocked, presumably to preserve his heel status.

** Can't Hinder Jinder. A easy play on words that was around since his 3MB days (mostly on an ironic sense), but that gained a lot of traction with both his ironic and non-ironic supporters after his 2017 world title push.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: His completely out of nowhere push after ''[=WrestleMania 33=]'' in 2017 certainly rubbed a lot of fans in different ways. On one hand, detractors cited his perceived lack of in-ring skill, suspicion of steroid use as noted above, boring character and his utter void of creative attention beyond jobbing prior to the sudden push. On the other hand, his opponent was Randy Orton, who has his own sizable contingent of anti-fans who accuse him of many of the same things. Not to mention Orton was just winding down a pretty one sided feud in which he had totally destroyed and ruined the momentum of popular heel Bray Wyatt, had put on a series of disappointing matches, and rarely if ever lost, leaving many hungry to see someone humiliate him.

** There's also a growing contingent of fans who want think that he does make an effective heel and that he can do well if given the right push.

** Demonstrated at Backlash 2017, in his world title match with Orton where half the crowd was clearly behind him and the other half behind Randy. There were actually people cheering when he won, though the camera's quickly cut to those faces who were visibly shocked, presumably to preserve his heel status.

* HolyShitQuotient: Jinder Mahal winning the WWE Championship at Backlash. Your Mileage May Vary on whether it was insanity or genius, but it was certainly unexpected.
* MemeticMutation: Juicy Jinder. [[labelnote:Explanation]]After his return to WWE in 2016, Jinder started looking... a little more vascular than before, with fans attribute to his implied use of steroids, even though the Wellness Policy is intact, but Jinder has fallen foul of it.[[/labelnote]]
** Can't Hinder Jinder. A easy play on words that gained a lot of traction with both his ironic and non-ironic supporters.
* TheScrappy / CreatorsPet: His completely out of nowhere push at the beginning of 2017 rubbed a lot of fans the wrong way. Reasons varied from his lack of in-ring skill, suspicion of steroid use as noted above, boring character and his utter void of creative attention beyond jobbing prior to the sudden push. The reveal that Vince was personally writing a lot of Jinder's promos and material have made a lot of fans perceive Jinder as being an overpushed pet project of Vince's, once again being forced down the throats of fans.
** On the other hand it helped a lot that his opponent was Randy Orton, who has his own sizable contingent of anti-fans who accuse him of many of the same things. Not to mention Orton was just winding down a pretty one sided feud in which he had totally destroyed and ruined the life of popular heel Bray Wyatt, had put on a series of disappointing matches, and rarely if ever lost, leaving many hungry to see someone humiliate him.
* EthnicScrappy: Many accused WWE of pushing Jinder only to try and appeal to the Indian market (where the WWE Network recently launched).

* EnsembleDarkhorse : Got pretty popular with Smarks during 2017, simply by being a jobber from the lower mid-card, feuding against CreatorsPet and [[CurbStompBattle squash machine]] Randy Orton for the WWE championship. For many fans bored with being able to call the winners of matches by their position in the company, a no-hoper like Mahal was easy to cheer for.

** Can't Hinder Jinder. A easy play on words that gained a lot of traction with his supporters.

* TheScrappy / CreatorsPet: Suffice to say, fans weren't thrilled at his becoming the number one contender to the WWE championship. Reasons varied from his lack of in-ring skill, suspicion of steroid use as noted above, boring character, utter void of creative attention beyond jobbing prior to the sudden push, but whatever their reasons most fans were far from pleased. The reveal that Vince was personally writing a lot of Jinder's promos and material have made a lot of fans perceive Jinder as being an overpushed pet project of Vince's, once again being forced down the throats of fans.
** EthnicScrappy: Many accused WWE of pushing Jinder only to try and appeal to the Indian market (where the WWE Network recently launched).

* HolyShitQuotient: Jinder Mahal winning the WWE Championship at Backlash. YourMileageMayVary on whether it was insanity or genius, but it was certainly unexpected.

* HolyShitQuotient: Jinder Mahal winning the WWE Championship at Backlash and [[TropesAreNotGood not in a way that engaged fans.]]

* HolyShitQuotient: Jinder Mahal winning the WWE Championship at Backlash.

* TheScrappy / CreatorsPet: Suffice to say, fans weren't thrilled at his becoming the number one contender to the WWE championship. Reasons varied from his lack of in-ring skill, suspicion of steroid use as noted above, boring character, utter void of creative attention beyond jobbing prior to the sudden push, but whatever their reasons most fans were far from pleased. The reveal that Vince was personally writing a lot of Jinder's promos and material have made a lot of fans see Jinder as being an overpushed pet project of Vince's, once again being forced down the throats of fans.

* TheScrappy / CreatorsPet: Suffice to say, fans weren't thrilled at his becoming the number one contender to the WWE championship. Reasons varied from his lack of in-ring skill, suspicion of steroid use as noted above, boring character, utter void of creative attention beyond jobbing prior to the sudden push, but whatever their reasons most fans were far from pleased. The reveal that Vince McMahon was personally writing a lot of Jinder's promos and material have made a lot of fans see Jinder as being an overpushed pet project of Vince's, once again being forced down the throats of fans.

* TheScrappy / CreatorsPet: Suffice to say, fans weren't thrilled at his becoming the number one contender to the WWE championship. Reasons varied from his lack of in-ring skill, suspicion of steroid use as noted above, boring character, utter void of creative attention beyond jobbing prior to the sudden push, but whatever their reasons most fans were far from satisfied and many accused WWE of pushing Jinder only to try and appeal to the Indian market (where the WWE Network recently launched).

* TheScrappy / CreatorsPet: Suffice to say, fans weren't thrilled at his becoming the number one contender to the WWE championship. Reasons varied from his lack of in-ring skill, suspicion of steroid use as noted above, boring character but whatever their reasons most fans were far from satisfied and many accused WWE of pushing Jinder only to try and appeal to the Indian market (where the WWE Network recently launched).

* TheScrappy / CreatorsPet: Suffice to say, fans weren't thrilled at his becoming the number one contender to the WWE championship. Reasons varied from his lack of in-ring presence, suspicion of steroid use as noted above, boring character but whatever their reasons most fans were far from satisfied.

* TheScrappy/CreatorsPet: Suffice to say, fans weren't thrilled at his becoming the number one contender to the WWE championship. Reasons varied from his lack of in-ring presence, suspicion of steroid use as noted above, boring character but whatever their reasons most fans were far from satisfied.

* MemeticMutation: Juicy Jinder. [[labelnote:Explanation]]After his return to WWE in 2016, Jinder started looking... a little more vascular than before, with fans attribute to his implied use of steroids, even though the Wellness Policy is intact, but Jinder has fallen foul of it.[[/labelnote]]