{"id":798029,"date":"2026-07-13T00:03:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T00:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/798029\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T00:03:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T00:03:05","slug":"jinder-mahal-identifies-wwe-nxt-star-who-has-it-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/798029\/","title":{"rendered":"Jinder Mahal Identifies WWE NXT Star Who Has ‘It Factor’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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He’s big. He’s bad. He’ll bodyslam your dad. According to former WWE star Jinder Mahal, Mason Rook will also make sure fans remember him for a long time.<\/p>\n

“I personally love it. Anytime he comes on or anytime he pops up on my social media, I have to watch it,” Mahal said on “TMZ’s Inside The Ring”<\/a> referencing Rook, a recent arrival to the “WWE NXT” brand<\/a>. “I cannot turn him off. There’s just something about him. The ‘it’ factor. Now, the ‘it’ factor doesn’t mean you’re jacked and you have a tan and you dress really nice. To me, it means you just have to watch it, whatever he’s gonna do. Very agile. He hits a crazy moonsault. Even his fashion choices, it sticks out. It’s something that you remember. I love it.”<\/p>\n

Rook, formerly known as Will Kroos on the independent wrestling circuit, marked his WWE debut by landing a moonsault on NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo on the April 28 edition of “NXT.”<\/a> Weeks later, he and D’Angelo then stood on opposite sides of the ring for a tag team match.<\/p>\n

Rook’s tag team partner Kam Hendrix eventually cost him a shot at D’Angelo’s title<\/a> by distracting him amidst a number one contender’s match on June 9. In turn, Naraku won the bout and vied for the NXT Championship at the “NXT” Great American Bash.<\/p>\n

Mahal isn’t the only figure praising Rook recently. 17-time world champion John Cena<\/a> did the same when he pinpointed the “NXT” star as a future world champion himself in WWE.<\/p>\n

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit “TMZ’s Inside The Ring” with a h\/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.<\/p>\n


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