After it was revealed that Jinder Mahal would be going up against Seth Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship on this upcoming Monday’s WWE RAW, Tony Khan took a jab at the person in charge of the USA Network account.
Raj Giri mentioned that Rollins and Mahal have a history, as Rollins defeated Mahal to become the first NXT Champion. The USA Network account responded by asking, “What was the cagematch rating?”.
Many on social media took that as a shot at AEW’s Tony Khan, who has previously cited Cagematch.net user ratings when discussing great AEW matches. The USA Network account is believed to be run by a USA Network employee, but it is clear that the person in charge is very aware of what is going on in the wrestling Twitter/X-verse.
Khan saw the tweet and wrote:
“A moral victory for USA is one win more than their World Title challenger Jinder Mahal has in the past 364 days… because it’s been literally a full year since he won a match. You really put AEW in our place getting Jinder Mahal in a big match on your tv show. Do it more often.”
Khan followed-up with another post.
“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[?].”
A moral victory for USA is one win more than their World Title challenger Jinder Mahal has in the past 364 days… because it's been literally a full year since he won a match.
You really put AEW in our place getting Jinder Mahal in a big match on your tv show. Do it more often https://t.co/0kpuUsvkm1— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) January 9, 2024
