TNA’s Braxton Sutter Thinks WWE Has Too Many PPV Events, Claims Jinder Mahal Won the WWE Title Because TNA Was Heading to India

– The Pancakes and Powerslams podcast recently interviewed Impact Wrestling star Braxton Sutter. Below are some highlights (transcript via Wrestlezone.com).

His thoughts on Slammiversary: “I personally like when storylines take their time and they unfold over a longer period of time. And we created a buildup [with the wedding], and now we’re still going from that with the whole thing between me and Laurel Van Ness and Allie. And now Sienna is involved, and Kongo Kong, and KM. So, Slammiversary, being Impact’s biggest pay per view of the year, for [the angle] to unfold at one time, I think it’ll be pretty good.”

Sutter on WWE having too many PPV shows: “For me, I’m still a fan too, and I hate when pay-per-view matches get announced like the week before. That’s the point of the pay-per-view, it’s supposed to be a big event, and you’re supposed to look and see what happens. If this match just got announced a week before, it’s not much to get emotionally involved in. That’s why I’m happy with our current angle and story at Impact. It’s cool, because they’ve really been taking their time with it.”

Sutter on Jinder Mahal’s title win not being a coincidence: “I’m not a big believer in coincidence, and I don’t think it was a coincidence that we just happened to go India and film, it was a first-time-ever thing for an [American] company to [televise]. Khali ran shows there, but no one has actually filmed national television there. So, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that right before we went there to go film national television, Jinder [Mahal] won the title, and now, of course, [WWE] is going to try and head over there and jump on board.”