Why Raj Dhesi (Jinder Mahal) Isn't Resentful After WWE Release | Wednesday Hang #01

Welcome back to the inaugural run of The Wednesday Hang! This week, I am incredibly excited to sit down with my good friend and the 50th WWE Heavyweight Champion of all time, Raj Dhesi (who you might know as the Modern Day Maharaja, Jinder Mahal). We have known each other since our days in FCW, and it was great to finally catch up. We get very real about the business side of professional wrestling. Raj shares his incredibly positive mindset on surviving a WWE release, taking ownership of your career, and doing the hard work to reinvent yourself. We also dive deep into topics that wrestlers almost never talk about publicly, including financial literacy, life after wrestling, and the actual mechanics of WWE contracts and 90 day paid non-competes. We also share our thoughts on the current state of the business, the rise of AEW, Brock Lesnar's retirement status, and of course, some hilarious backstage stories involving Vince McMahon and The Great Khali. Grab a drink, hang out with us, and let me know in the comments what you think about our take on Brock Lesnar's last match! 0:00 The Wednesday Hang #01 Raj Dhesia (aka Jinder Mahal) 0:05 INTRO 1:45 What to do if you've been released by the WWE 6:10 Feedback from WWE? 11:40 How your life changed post WWE 17:47 teaching financial literacy 22:14 "No cut" Contracts 23:20 WWE Unreal 27:30 Downside Guarantees explained 31:00 AEW vs WWE 33:00 Celebrity Involvement 40:00? Why aren't you Resentful? 48:51 Fellow Wrestlers who are good with money 51:35 The New Day Released/ 50% pay cuts PRESS RELEASE 57:30 Positive Spirit 1:00:11 Otunga lived in the Yacht Club 1:03:50 Becoming WWE champion PRESS RELEASE 1:10:25 Working with Randy Orton 1:12:38 Otunga in 4MB 1:14:16 Drew McIntyre 1:16:18 "I needed the Release" 1:18:35 WXM 1:21:31 Is Otunga retired? PRESS RELEASE 1:26:00? IS Brock Lesnar retired? 1:30:24 what does retirement mean? 1:37:00? Non compete 1:44:20? Treating talent well 1:50:00 Botching 1:54:00? WWE Security 1:50:00? The Great Khali 2:02:00 Seeing old friends 2:07:01 OUTRO