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He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Jinder Mahal and is a former 1-time WWE Champion, WWE United States Champion, and 2-time WWE 24/7 Champion. Having started his career on the independent circuit , Dhesi joined WWE in 2010 and made his debut as Jinder Mahal on the company's main roster the following year.
They made their main roster debut on SmackDown in April 2017, repackaged as The Singh Brothers and the managers of Jinder Mahal. They managed Mahal to his reign as WWE Champion and continued to accompany him until 2019, when the duo began wrestling on 205 Live. In October 2020, both men reverted to The Bollywood Boyz team name and gimmick.
Mahal chose a Punjabi Prison match, made famous by The Great Khali, marking the third Punjabi Prison match in WWE history and the first since 2007. [11] On the July 4 episode, Orton said that he would punish Mahal in the Punjabi Prison. [12] Mahal responded and said that he would be bringing the Punjabi Prison to SmackDown the following week. [13]
On the January 24 episode of NXT, after The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed) won their match, they were confronted by Indus Sher (Jinder Mahal, Veer, and Sanga), leading to a match between the two teams for the following week, [14] where Indus Sher (Sanga and Veer) were victorious. [15]
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WWE also recognizes Mahal as the 50th WWE Champion. In the main event, Randy Orton defended the WWE Championship against Jinder Mahal. Orton performed an "RKO" on Mahal but The Singh Brothers (Samir and Sunil Singh), pulled Mahal out of the ring. Orton performed Belly-to-Back Suplexes onto the announce tables and an Elevated DDT on the Singh ...
In the main event, AJ Styles defeated Jinder Mahal to retain the WWE Championship. Of the four SmackDown-exclusive championships, only the United States Championship changed hands, with Dolph Ziggler defeating defending champion Baron Corbin and Bobby Roode in a triple threat match in the opening bout.
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