Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 18 ga Afrilu na "SmackDown Live", Jinder Mahal, wanda aka tura shi zuwa alamar SmackDown sakamakon Superstar Shake-up, ya lashe kalubale na shida don zama mai neman lamba ɗaya don WWE Championship, bayan tsangwama daga The Singh Brothers. Makon da ya biyo baya a kan "SmackDown Live", Orton ya ci Erick Rowan a wasan da ba shi da cancanta kuma daga baya Mahal da The Singh Brothers suka kai masa hari; Mahal daga baya ya saci belin WWE Championship. A Payback, Orton ya rasa Wyatt bayan da Mahal ya kai masa hari da bel din. Kwamishinan SmackDown Shane McMahon daga baya ya mayar da belin zuwa Orton. A ranar 21 ga watan Mayu a
A sakamakon haka, Orton ya rasa WWE Championship zuwa Mahal bayan tsangwama daga Singh Brothers kuma ya kasa dawo da shi a watan da ya gabata a Money in the Bank bayan da Singh Brothers ya sake tsoma baki. A ranar 27 ga Yuni a cikin shirin "SmackDown Live", Orton ya bukaci a sake yin wasan don taken, wanda McMahon zai ba shi a filin wasa, amma tare da Mahal da aka ba shi damar zaɓar sharadin (Mahal ya fito ya zaɓi wasan kurkukun Punjabi). A fagen yaƙi, Mahal ya sake kayar da Orton lokacin da Babban Khali ya dawo ya kai wa Orton hari, ya ba da damar Mahal ya tsere daga Kurkukun Punjabi don cin nasara.