Raj Dhesi on Making the Most of his WWE Raw Day 1 Segment With The Rock

– During a recent interview with PWInsider Elite, former WWE Champion Raj Dhesi (aka Jinder Mahal) spoke about making the most of his opportunity to have a segment with The Rock on WWE Raw Day 1. According to Dhesi, there wasn’t a plan for him to wrestle Seth Rollins for the WWE Championship at the time. Below are some highlights (via WrestlingInc.com):

Raj Dhesi on how he viewed his WWE Raw Day 1 segment with The Rock: “You make the best of what you’re given and that’s exactly how I looked at that segment with The Rock. I wasn’t even actually returning. I was managing Indus Sher on Main Event. At that point, it wasn’t a plan for me to wrestle Seth [Rollins] a few weeks after that in a title match. It was just going to be a one-off promo, which went well and got a lot of love from the internet, Twitter, everywhere, and then [we] just carried that momentum into that championship match.”

On returning to wrestle on the independent scene: “I started from the independents and I’ll probably finish my career, whenever that is, not anytime soon, on the independents.”

Jinder Mahal was released by WWE earlier in April.

Raj Dhesi on Making the Most of his WWE Raw Day 1 Segment With The Rock

Raj Dhesi on Making the Most of his WWE Raw Day 1 Segment With The Rock

Raj Dhesi on Making the Most of his WWE Raw Day 1 Segment With The Rock

Raj Dhesi on Making the Most of his WWE Raw Day 1 Segment With The Rock

Raj Dhesi on Making the Most of his WWE Raw Day 1 Segment With The Rock