On a recent edition of the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, former WWE Champion Raj Dhesi (Jinder Mahal) discussed his departure from WWE and his excitement for touring the independent circuit this year.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On his last run in WWE: “It was a long time with WWE. This last run was 8 years…Now I’m excited to go back to the independents and pick my own schedule, be my own boss, do whatever I want to do, present myself however I want to be presented.”
On his excitement to tour the indies: “There’s much more excitement this time around. … [I’m now] a former WWE champion and the last [indie] run was — it was right after 3MB … the bookings weren’t exactly pouring in. This time around, it’s a different story. Getting a lot of interest, a lot of independent promotions wanting to book me. Schedule is getting full, which is amazing. These last 2 years, I wasn’t that active in WWE. They weren’t using me to wrestle. And they had pretty much, almost in a way, retired me. Told me that I was just going to be a manager for Indus Sher.”
