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Post by ________ has left the building on Dec 19, 2014 7:33:35 GMT -5
Seriously.
I feel it was one of biggest missed opportunities in WWE. He had movie star good looks when clean shaven. Imagine him making his ring entrance with a group of Indian dancers gyrating while Jinder dances along with them. Or him cutting promos and a big Bollywood song and dance number broke out. He could had one of the many very attractive Bollywood actress as his valet. The Great Khali and Ranjin Singh could had been his sidekicks/comedy relief. Anything would had been better than him being Curry Del Rio. Him joining the Band finally showed that promise he was said to have while in FCW.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Dec 19, 2014 7:37:19 GMT -5
Didn't he come in as a Bollywood movie star? Like he didn't do anything just Khali and Rajin Singh saying "oh look it's Bollywood's biggest star Jinder Mahal
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Post by ________ has left the building on Dec 19, 2014 7:43:09 GMT -5
Didn't he come in as a Bollywood movie star? Like he didn't do anything just Khali and Rajin Singh saying "oh look it's Bollywood's biggest star Jinder Mahal They got excited over seeing him randomly appear backstage and said "It's Jinder Mahal!!". Which of course the crowd and people at home watching went "Who the f*** is Jinder Mahal??". Jinder was basically the Indian version of Alberto Del Rio. His character was said to be very rich, influential, and married to Khali's sister.
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 19, 2014 7:43:14 GMT -5
I think they originally intended for him to do that, but he was sadly godawful until he kind of got into the groove with 3MB.
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Post by bestthateverdidit on Dec 19, 2014 8:21:07 GMT -5
Bring him back in this gimmick. India loves this sort of stuff.
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 19, 2014 8:56:32 GMT -5
Only if the dance routines break out at random in the middle of matches.
I'd love to see him and Bray wrestling in a cage and suddenly the music hits, a bunch of dancers come twirling down the ramp, the cage lifts and they do a 3 minute choreographed spectacular... and as Bray bows to the crowd Jinder wraps a bunch of dancer jewelry around his fist and clubs Bray for the 1-2-3
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Dec 19, 2014 8:58:19 GMT -5
Meh. Bring in the Bollywood Boys, they were fun in Ring Ka King.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Dec 19, 2014 9:15:45 GMT -5
Is that not just as bad as only having black guys be angry white-hating militants?
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Post by ________ has left the building on Dec 19, 2014 9:29:25 GMT -5
Is that not just as bad as only having black guys be angry white-hating militants? WWE never done a Bollywood gimmick. Tiger Ali Singh was an Indian Million Dollar Man. If anything, WWE makes Indian wrestlers rich assholes. Jinder suffered the same fate and just like Tiger, he never got over with that gimmick.
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 19, 2014 9:43:07 GMT -5
Is that not just as bad as only having black guys be angry white-hating militants? WWE never done a Bollywood gimmick. Tiger Ali Singh was an Indian Million Dollar Man. If anything, WWE makes Indian wrestlers rich assholes. Jinder suffered the same fate and just like Tiger, he never got over with that gimmick. I wonder if Tiger Jeet Singh's gimmick was anything like that. Limited information here.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Dec 19, 2014 9:53:02 GMT -5
I'm not sure that the Dunn produced WWE is versatile enough to do what's needed to make a Bollywood gimmick work, the choreography and camerawork would likely suck and they'd saddle him with inappropriate music to keep him either a stereotype, or to keep him in line with everyone else. Also, the WWE-fied version of a Bollywood storyline would verge on insulting to the intended audience because they love showing the middle finger to the international audience.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Dec 19, 2014 10:03:07 GMT -5
WWE never done a Bollywood gimmick. Tiger Ali Singh was an Indian Million Dollar Man. If anything, WWE makes Indian wrestlers rich assholes. Jinder suffered the same fate and just like Tiger, he never got over with that gimmick. I wonder if Tiger Jeet Singh's gimmick was anything like that. Limited information here. Tiger Jeet Singh's gimmick was that of a sword welding madman. He was big in Japan and one of their go to evil gaijins next to Abdullah, Brody, and Hansen.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Dec 19, 2014 10:47:14 GMT -5
Can Jinder even sing?
*Not going to make a Ranjin Singh pun*
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Post by ________ has left the building on Dec 19, 2014 10:58:46 GMT -5
Can Jinder even sing? *Not going to make a Ranjin Singh pun* Don't know but he can lip sync like they do in Bollywood musicals if he can't carry a tune.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2014 11:07:59 GMT -5
He's from Calgary. Should of gone an angle he wants in The Hart Family cause he's Brets illegitimate son. Vince McMahons final revenge to Bret
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Post by Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal on Dec 19, 2014 11:28:35 GMT -5
Seriously. I feel it was one of biggest missed opportunities in WWE. He had movie star good looks when clean shaven. Imagine him making his ring entrance with a group of Indian dancers gyrating while Jinder dances along with them. Or him cutting promos and a big Bollywood song and dance number broke out. He could had one of the many very attractive Bollywood actress as his valet. The Great Khali and Ranjin Singh could had been his sidekicks/comedy relief. Anything would had been better than him being Curry Del Rio. Him joining the Band finally showed that promise he was said to have while in FCW. Haha it's funny how this is such a funny idea and yet you absolutely know that if Vince did this, the vast majority of FAN would call it racist and "Vince just saw Slumdog Millionaire."
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Post by ________ has left the building on Dec 19, 2014 11:32:39 GMT -5
Seriously. I feel it was one of biggest missed opportunities in WWE. He had movie star good looks when clean shaven. Imagine him making his ring entrance with a group of Indian dancers gyrating while Jinder dances along with them. Or him cutting promos and a big Bollywood song and dance number broke out. He could had one of the many very attractive Bollywood actress as his valet. The Great Khali and Ranjin Singh could had been his sidekicks/comedy relief. Anything would had been better than him being Curry Del Rio. Him joining the Band finally showed that promise he was said to have while in FCW. Haha it's funny how this is such a funny idea and yet you absolutely know that if Vince did this, the vast majority of FAN would call it racist and "Vince just saw Slumdog Millionaire." It's sad that the FAN can be predictable just as WWE programming.
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Post by Evil Homer on Dec 19, 2014 11:57:10 GMT -5
He needed a Singh is King gimmick. He needed an entourage like Adam Roses's. Perfect theme song www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T-msGHkZowjust too bad his ring skills were mediocre - he certainly he had the build/look
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Post by ________ has left the building on Dec 19, 2014 12:03:51 GMT -5
He needed a Singh is King gimmick. He needed an entourage like Adam Roses's. Perfect theme song www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T-msGHkZowjust too bad his ring skills were mediocre - he certainly he had the build/look Even better.
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Post by chazraps on Dec 19, 2014 12:06:53 GMT -5
Is that not just as bad as only having black guys be angry white-hating militants? There's a big difference between a character celebrating a particular cultural heritage and a character being a divisive antagonist solely based on other characters' cultural heritage.
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