Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te waahanga o te Paenga-whāwhā 18 o "SmackDown Live", Jinder Mahal, i nekehia ki te waitohu SmackDown na te Superstar Shake-up, i wikitoria i te wero e ono-pack kia noho ko ia te kaitono tuatahi mo te WWE Championship, whai muri i te aukati mai i nga Singh Brothers. I te wiki e whai ake nei i runga i te "SmackDown Live", i hinga a Orton i a Erick Rowan i roto i te tukinga kore kore, a, i muri mai ka whakaekehia e Mahal me The Singh Brothers; I muri mai ka tahaetia e Mahal te whitiki WWE Championship. I te Payback, i hinga a Orton ki a Wyatt i muri i te whakaekenga a Mahal ki a ia me te whitiki taitara. I muri mai ka whakahokia e te Komihana SmackDown a Shane McMahon te whitiki ki a Orton. I te 21 o Mei i te
I muri mai, ka ngaro a Orton i te WWE Championship ki a Mahal i muri i te aukati mai i nga Singh Brothers, a kaore i taea te whakahoki mai i te marama e whai ake nei i te Moni i te Peeke i muri i te raru ano a nga Singh Brothers. I te wahanga 27 o Pipiri o "SmackDown Live", i tono a Orton i tetahi tukinga mo te taitara, ka whakawhiwhia e McMahon ki a ia i Battleground, engari me te whakaaetanga a Mahal ki te kowhiri i te whakaritenga (i puta mai a Mahal ka kowhiri i tetahi tukinga Punjabi Prison). I te pakanga, i hinga ano a Orton e Mahal i te hokinga mai o The Great Khali ka whakaeke i a Orton, ka ahei a Mahal ki te mawhiti i te whare herehere Punjabi kia wikitoria.