Raj Dhesi Recalls Vince McMahon Saying He Should Fire Him After Finn Balor Concussion

Raj Dhesi recently looked back at Vince McMahon threatening to fire him after he gave Finn Balor a concussion. Dhesi was in the midst of his second run in the company as Jinder Mahal in 2017 when he and Balor had a match on the April 10th, 2017 episode of WWE Raw. The match saw Balor win but suffer a concussion, and Dhesi said on TMZ Inside the Ring that McMahon said when Dhesi got to the back that he should fire him.

Of course, that didn’t happen and it wasn’t long after that Mahal won the WWE Championship, one of his top three career moments. You can see the highlights below:

On Vince McMahon Saying He Should Fire Him:

“So, actually when I got drafted — sorry, it was one week before getting drafted to Smackdown before I became WWE Champion. It was myself and Finn Balor in a singles match on Raw, and I accidentally gave him a concussion. He was coming off the ropes; I gave him a forearm. And we would do this spot every night on the live events as a hope spot. He would come off the ropes; I would give him a forearm. But just mistiming and — wrestling is a game of millimeters. If you’re a millimeter off, you could end your career. You could have a broken neck, or anything can happen. A serious injury.

“I gave Finn Balor that concussion — felt terrible. When I came into gorilla, Vince said himself like, ‘I should fire you.’ That would have — again, change the trajectory of my life. Because a week later I went to Smackdown, and a week after that I was #1 contender. And a month after I was WWE Champion. Everything could have ended had I came back to gorilla and Vince said, ‘You’re fired.’ Like, it was very possible.”

On How He Dealt With That:

“It’s tough… yeah, anxiety for the whole week. And I remember, I came to TV the next week and Road Dogg — I had [been] drafted to Smackdown, and I had told Road Dogg that, “Hey Dogg, if I’m in the doghouse and I got to learn to eat [s**t], you know what? I’m going to learn to love it. It’s all good.’ I was just willing to whatever the punishment was, I was going to ride it out.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit TMZ Inside The Ring with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.