Former WWE star Jinder Mahal recalls an incident where Vince McMahon threatened to fire him
During an appearance on TMZ’s Inside The Ring podcast, former WWE star Jinder Mahal recalled an incident where Vince McMahon threatened to fire him in 2017…
“It was one week before getting drafted to SmackDown, before I became WWE Champion. It was myself and Finn Balor in a singles match on RAW, and I accidentally gave him a concussion.
He was coming off the ropes, and I gave him a forearm. We would do this spot every night on the live events as a hope spot. He would come off the ropes, I would give him a forearm, but it was just mistiming.
Wrestling is a game of millimeters. If you’re a millimeter off, you could end your career. You could have a broken neck, or anything can happen—a serious injury. I gave Finn Balor that concussion and felt terrible.
When I came into Gorilla, Vince told me himself, ‘I should fire you.’
That would have changed the trajectory of my life because a week later I went to SmackDown, a week after that I was the number one contender, and a month later I was WWE Champion.
Everything could have ended had I come back to Gorilla and he had said, ‘You’re fired.’ It was very possible.”