In an interview with The Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast, WWE SmackDown Live superstar Jinder Mahal commented on dropping the WWE Title last year, his thoughts on AJ Styles and why he believes he will be WWE Champion again one day.

“When I lost the WWE Title to AJ Styles right before Survivor Series I wasn’t worried at all. A lot of people say it’s disappointing you got the push, I say I didn’t get the push, I made the push. I believe 100% that every superstar is in charge of their destiny. I lost the Title yeah but I lost it to AJ Styles, one of the greatest wrestlers to ever step in a ring. I feel I really did win in the end. I had an awesome outing, came back and got a hug from Vince McMahon.

I was wrestling Darren Young like every week on Superstars or Main Event, I wasn’t even on Raw or Smackdown every week. Now I’m in the US Title picture, that’s not a demotion from my perspective. I’m still on Smackdown, I’m still wrestling on live events. It’s up to me to maintain on that level of performance. If I fall down the card it’s on me. 100% on me. If I’m staying at this level I will be WWE Champion again. I firmly believe that.”

The podcast is available in full at this link.