Mumbai, July 23: Recently, the WWE vice-president of talent relations and the 14-time World Champion, Triple H sent a present to the IPl Champion, Mumbai Indians team.
It was a custom made WWE Championship belt which was later shown by the captain, Rohit Sharma.
. @JinderMahal has a special message for @mipaltan. #CricketMeriJaan pic.twitter.com/AX4hX2w5lN
— WWE (@WWEIndia) July 20, 2017
WWE also noted the happening on the official website of the company by posting the following where the praised the victory of Mumbai Indians in this year's IPL:
“Champions recognize champions. The Mumbai Indians, who defeated Rising Pune Supergiant last May to become three-time Indian Premier League champions, sent a custom jersey to reigning WWE Champion Jinder Mahal. Upon receiving the gift, The Maharaja responded with a recorded shout-out to his countrymen."
.@MIPaltan @ImRo45 as promised, the @WWE Title is on its way... Congratulations! @WWEIndia pic.twitter.com/Zkq3bSmPah
— Triple H (@TripleH) July 13, 2017
The initiative adopted by Triple H was a brilliant move to garner the mainstream attention of the Indian fans since they worship cricket. Since, Jinder has already earned quite a reputation as the second Indian WWE Champion this altercation might improve the tv ratings for the Battleground PPV, tonight. The WWE Network-exclusive event will take place in Philadelphia.
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