Jinder Mahal Reveals How WWE Botched His Injury and Made Things Worse

Jinder Mahalâ€s time in WWE was marred by a lot of untimely injuries, especially during his second run. In light of that, Mahal has now revealed how WWE actually botched an injury and made him miss even more time.

While speaking on Inside the Ropes, Jinder Mahal told a crazy story about how he got hurt. He said injuries often seem to happen in threes, like deaths or accidents. First, Mickie James tore her ACL. The next week, Lars Sullivan did the same. Then, the third week, during a live show in Denver, Jinder was wrestling Mustafa Ali in their first singles match.

“Man, you want to hear a crazy story? So, how I got injured — itâ€s wild. They say things come in threes, right? Injuries, deaths… even knee injuries.

So first, Mickie James tears her ACL. The next week, Lars Sullivan tears his ACL. Then, the third week, weâ€re in Denver for a live event. Iâ€m wrestling Mustafa Ali — weâ€re about to have this awesome match, our first singles together. Some of the boys are talking about Lars, saying heâ€d only been back two weeks and already tore his ACL.â€

Before the match, some wrestlers were talking about how Lars had just come back and already got hurt again. Jinder had been in WWE for almost ten years and had never been injured.

Joking around, he said he had tried to get hurt but never could. Then he realized what he said and tried to knock on wood, but the only thing near him was a plastic table. He knocked on it, and that same night, he tore his patella tendon. He said it felt like the universe was teaching him a lesson for being too confident and thinking he couldnâ€t get injured.

“At that time, Iâ€d never been injured. Iâ€d been in WWE maybe ten years without a single major injury. So, I jokingly said, ‘Man, Iâ€ve been trying to get hurt and I donâ€t get hurt!†Then I realized what I said and thought, ‘Oh, I need to knock on wood.†But there was no wood — just a plastic table. So I knocked on that. And that night, I ruptured my patella tendon. True story. Isnâ€t that crazy? I basically put it out in the universe, and the universe humbled me — like it always does. You get too cocky, and you get humbled.

I think this is the first time Iâ€ve even shared that, but yeah, I brought it on myself. I got too confident, thinking I was untouchable. I used to believe I could never get hurt — ten years of matches, every live event, no issues. I said, ‘Iâ€m trying to get hurt, and I canâ€t get hurt.†Knock on wood. Man, if only that table had been wooden.â€

Toward the end of his rehab, his knee started filling up with fluid, which made it sore. When he came back to the Performance Center, he wrestled Akira Tozawa and did a promo where he acted like a good guy. Some people online said he was turning face, but he said that wasnâ€t true, the story was that he would think he was a good guy but still be booed.

The next week, his knee was swollen again, so he asked the doctor to drain it. After the doctor did, Jinder stood up and found his knee completely stuck. The doctor figured out that a piece of torn cartilage had been floating inside, and once the fluid was gone, it jammed in the joint. An MRI confirmed the cartilage tear.

“During the last few weeks of my rehab, my knee started swelling up with fluid. It bothered me a bit, but I came back and wrestled at the Performance Center — I had a match with Akira Tozawa and even did a babyface promo. Because there was no crowd, the so-called ‘dirt sheets†started saying I was turning face, but the real story was I was supposed to think I was a babyface while still being booed — kind of a self-righteous heel.

Anyway, the next week, I go to TV and tell the doctor, ‘Hey doc, my kneeâ€s really full of fluid, can you drain it?†Itâ€s a normal thing — happens all the time. So he drains it and says, ‘Okay, stand up, you should be good as new.†I stand up, and my knee locks completely. I look at him like, ‘What did you do?†I tell him, ‘Bro, my kneeâ€s locked, it doesnâ€t move!†Turns out, I had a torn piece of cartilage in there I didnâ€t know about. The fluid had been keeping it loose, but once he drained it, that piece jammed into my knee joint. So, I couldnâ€t move it. We were doing multiple tapings in a row at the time, and then had two-week isolation breaks. The next day, the doctor sends me for an MRI. He watches the images as they come up and immediately says, ‘Youâ€ve got a torn cartilage in your knee.â€â€

Jinder said he had already been out for about nine or ten months, came back for only two weeks, and then got hurt again, which put him out for almost another year.

“So after being out for nine or ten months, Iâ€d just come back for two weeks — and then I was out again for another nine or ten months.â€

Jinder Mahalâ€s story shows that no matter how experienced or careful an athlete is, injuries can happen at any time and even healing from them can bring new problems. So, fans just feel itâ€s a shame WWE ended up botching his injury in such a way.

What are your thoughts on how WWE handled Jinder Mahalâ€s injury situation?
Do you think the companyâ€s medical team could have done more to prevent his setback? Sound off in the comments.

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