Raj Dhesi (Jinder Mahal): Vince McMahon Once Changed The Finish To One Of My Matches In The Middle Of It

Raj Dhesi is glad he doesn’t have to deal with script changes all day.

While speaking with The TakeDown on SI, Raj Dhesi (FKA Jinder Mahal) described what it was like for him to work under Vince McMahon. He recalled the time when promos would change all day and the time he was told the finish to his match would be different due to McMahon making an audible.

“At that time, it was a little more hectic. Things would change last minute. Anything could change last minute. When I actually became number one contender, I won that Six Pack Challenge Match before facing Randy Orton. Originally, I had a different promo and it was written by the writer and it got approved. I had memorized it, but literally 15-20 minutes before the match, Vince changed the promo completely. I just got that promo in gorilla as I was getting pumped up — getting ready to go out there. So, I got the match going in my mind and I gotta memorize this promo that I gotta do after the match. In that era, the show was written like that afternoon and up until doors were open, or sometimes even as the show was going on, things were changing. I’ve actually been in a match in WWE where the finish changed mid-match. It was myself and the Singh Brothers versus Lucha House Party and Kalisto. We were supposed to go over and at some point the referee told us the finish switched,” Dhesi said.

Dhesi has been wrestling all over the Independent Circuit since getting his WWE release earlier this year and has spoken about potentially coming to All Elite Wrestling when the time is right for him.

H/t to Fightful for the transcription.

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