Paul Heyman Buries Jinder Mahal on WWE Raw, Says Mahal Is a “Consolation Prize Champion”

As seen on WWE Raw tonight, Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman made their returns to WWE TV, and responded to Jinder Mahal’s Survivor Series match challenge issued on Smackdown Live last week.

During the segment on WWE Raw tonight, Paul Heyman cut a scathing promo burying Jinder Mahal and his match challenge. Heyman said we live in a time when everyone likes to talk smack, but he did not smack talk talents like Samoa Joe and Braun Strowman when they challenged Lesnar for the Universal Title – instead he praised them. Heyman said Mahal is different, however, and is not worthy of the praise Heyman offered Joe and Strowman. Heyman said Mahal is not Brock Lesnar’s equal, not his contemporary, and not his counterpart Champion on WWE Smackdown.

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Heyman went on to say that Mahal is not worthy of being a pretend WWE Champion, and that when Heyman and Lesnar think of WWE Champions, they think of people like Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, John Cena, Triple H, Shawn Michaels and Brock Lesnar. They don’t think of Jinder Mahal.

Heyman then closed the promo by saying Lesnar accepts Mahal’s WWE Survivor Series challenge, making Lesnar vs Mahal official for the PPV next month.

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