Jinder Mahal on Tony Khan tweet: It caused a lot of buzz, I appreciate the competition

Last month, AEW owner Tony Khan caused a social media controversy with a tweet mentioning WWE wrestler Jinder Mahal.

Khan claimed there was a “double standard” in how people on X/Twitter reacted to Hook and Mahal getting their respective World title shots. He wrote:

A double standard:

[Hook] 28-1 career record, on winning streak calls out the Champ, a logical challenge sparks online outrage

Jinder has literally lost every single match he’s in for the past year, immediately gets title shot, where is the rage

Seth Rollins retained his World Heavyweight Championship against Mahal on the January 15 edition of WWE Raw. Two weeks before that, Mahal took part in a promo segment with The Rock on Raw’s Day 1 episode.

In an interview with Gorilla Position, Mahal was asked for his honest thoughts on Khan’s tweet:

I think Tony Khan’s forgetting I’m the Modern Day Maharaja, former WWE Champion. And being a former WWE Champion, I should be number one contender anytime I want. The Royal Rumble happened a week after that, and if you notice, I wasn’t in it because I didn’t feel there was a need. The Modern Day Maharaja wants a title match, he can just get one. But it’s ok. Overall, it’s great. It caused a lot of buzz. And I appreciate everything, I appreciate the competition because it makes everybody better.

Mahal’s only televised match since facing Rollins was a victory over Apollo Crews on WWE Main Event.

Mahal was recently in Saudi Arabia as part of the opening for the WWE Experience exhibit in Riyadh.