When was the last time a new champion created this much buzz?

[Wrasslemaniac]

So the topic for the IWC today seems to be surrounding Jinder's title win last night. The WWE universe appears to be divided over whether or not this is a good thing. Here are a few points i've seen people speak about on twitter:

- WWE can really expand in India
- Gives someone new a chance in the title picture (even if it is for a short reign)
- Shows Smackdown really is the land of opportunity &anyone can be a champion
- It's Jinder Mahal [foul language used thereafter]

Now these aren't my thoughts as I've not got round to watching Backlash just yet as I'm working on the UK special and Takeover first but I'm interested to guage how people feel about this, so simply poll are you happy with Jinder being given the title?

In addition, given how much this is being talked about, when was the last time a new (1st time) champion created this much buzz, be it good or bad?

 

[trumanblack]

I'm only happy because then superstars like Sami, Corbin and Ziggler can get the chances and hopefully win

 

[Smg]

I'm iffy about this. At first I wasn't a fan but I realized with something like this, it's best to wait out a few weeks to see how he's doing. I'm optimistic though, surprisingly.
As to the buzz, I'm really unsure about that one. Maybe Seth back in 2015 or Aj last year?

 

[Grievous 3D]

David Arquette would be the answer to the thread title...lol

 

[Wrasslemaniac]

Wow. Did not expect arquette to be mentioned! The way im seeing people talk you would think it was him that won last night!

 

[¡Tranquilo!]

Part of me is happy because it's fresh. The other part of me is happy because this is the power of memes.

 

[Zardnaar]

5 champions in 5 months (AJ, Cena, Bray, Randy, Jinder)

The crowd was booing him though and seemed into it and Jinder has cut some good promos. They rushed the build towards it, he looks and sounds the part and is far from the worse skill wise to have the title.

 

[Closed]

I mean, now I just want Rusev to become WWE champion, and I believe he has a better chance beating Jinder than Randy Orton.

 

[InSaNe]

The crowd was booing him though and seemed into it and Jinder has cut some good promos. They rushed the build towards it, he looks and sounds the part and is far from the worse skill wise to have the title.

The push was not that quick. Jinder spent months building up the heat the way it is now. This is the kind of buzz the WWE and Vince wanted for Roman Reigns.

They tried many times to create heat on Jinder through the years via him joining jobber stables. Nothing seemed to work, well, now it worked. Now, Jinder's got everyone's attention. That's what this is about.

 

[Zardnaar]

The push was not that quick. Jinder spent months building up the heat the way it is now. This is the kind of buzz the WWE and Vince wanted for Roman Reigns.

They tried many times to create heat on Jinder through the years via him joining jobber stables. Nothing seemed to work, well, now it worked. Now, Jinder's got everyone's attention. That's what this is about.

The internet might be laughing at it but the crowd bought into it. Jinder seems to be doing his job, hell he might be the best heel atm. KO is to popular.

Whatever you may think of it Jinder has pulled something off.

 

[Mustafar Reginald]

I wrote a semi-tirade on this in the Rate Backlash thread so I'll try to restrict myself to my base points. I'm not particularly happy about this because outside of like the first promo he did, Jinder hasn't really impressed me. His title match with Orton was sleep inducing outside of the very beginning and the very end, while the rest of his promos have been a generic jingoistic bore. Like it works obviously, and it's cool that so many people are digging it but it's not something I've been enjoying, and I've been actively paying less and less attention to his segments. I skimmed through his four minute celebration clip they posted on youtube for example. It won't be before I just skip them.

But, even though I wouldn't really mind if WWE committed to the build and Jinder's history instead of gloss over it. That had all the ingredients for a compelling narrative here but, from what I've seen at least, they opted instead to basically gloss over (minus one line from Randy) his jobber status, instead only incorporating it when they need to push the Land of Opportunity epitaph. Because they rushed his advancement up the cards and didn't really play his record into the story, his title victory just feels like a business decision to me. And it is, they all are but I want to be invested in the story of the match, the financial reasoning behind the result. Makes me too apathetic to really get too upset about, which is why I said I'm not 'particularly' happy. Because I don't entirely care, but that doesn't make for interesting discourse.

Good for Jinder though. Hopefully they won't just have him drop it at the next PPV like WWE has done all year so far.

 

[MrEdzhuks]

I was not happy that they gave him the title as it happened, but now I'm realizing he's already a better champion than Orton was.

 

[irish_stu]

At first i really was struggling with this, from jobber to champ in 6 weeks is a record for WWE. In the end though its new and frankly they product needs something new because this entire period since the Rumble with Orton has in my opinion been garbage.

 

[Solidus1]

Orton has in my opinion been garbage.

I've felt like that almost his entire career.

 

[irish_stu]

I've felt like that almost his entire career.

I really cant argue that, stuff with Mick Foley and as Rated RKO was ok but thats really about it for me.