Jinder Mahal initially wasn't a fan of his theme song, but Vince McMahon was.
Jinder Mahal had a memorable run in WWE after he returned to the company in 2016. He won the WWE Championship, but he was rarely used near the end of his time with the company. Mahal was released by WWE in April 2024.
Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Mahal responded when Van Vliet said that he had a great theme song.
“I get that a lot. A lot of people tell me that, like, ‘Your theme’s a banger.’ Even a lot of the boys. Actually, Tamina told me one time my entrance music was playing, and Vince was dancing in Gorilla Position. Yeah [laughs]. I said the same thing. ‘What?’ So yeah, he was dancing in Gorilla, like Indian dancing [laughs]," Mahal said.
Mahal was then asked whether he remembered the first time that he heard his theme song. He admitted that he initially did not like it, as he had submitted samples that were quite different.
“Yeah, I didn’t actually like it that much. Because based off of what I had given them as inspiration, it was nothing like that. [I gave them] other Punjabi songs. There’s an artist called Diljit [Dosanjh], I gave them some of his songs as a sample. But I love it. It’s good. I love it now. It grew on me," Mahal said.
Mahal then reiterated that his expectations had been different, but it was all good, and he grew to love the theme song.
“It’s a dope song, perfect for me. My music got switched temporarily when I was with Shanky, but likely it got brought back. When I was in NXT, they brought it back," Mahal said.
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