Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 15 ga watan Agusta na "SmackDown Live", Baron Corbin ya biya kuɗin da yake da shi a cikin kwangilar banki a kan Mahal, wanda ya rasa John Cena ta hanyar rashin cancanta. Duk da haka, Mahal ya riƙe taken ta hanyar yin amfani da Corbin mai hankali tare da juyawa. A cikin makonni masu zuwa, Mahal ya fara rikici da Shinsuke Nakamura a kan gasar, yana riƙe da taken a kansa a SummerSlam
a ranar 20 ga watan Agusta bayan tsangwama daga Singh Brothers. A cikin sakewa tsakanin su biyun, wanda ya faru a ranar 8 ga Oktoba a Jahannama a cikin Cell, Mahal ya sake kayar da Nakamura don riƙe taken. A ranar 17 ga Oktoba na "SmackDown Live", Mahal ya kalubalanci Gwarzon Duniya Brock Lesnar zuwa wasa a Survivor Series, Duk da haka, Mahal ya rasa WWE Championship zuwa AJ Styles a ranar 7 ga Nuwamba na "SmackDown Live", yana kawo karshen mulkinsa a kwanaki 170. Mahal ya karbi wasan sakewa don taken da Styles a Clash of Champions a ranar 17 ga Disamba, amma ya yi rashin nasara ta hanyar mika wuya. Bayan da Mahal ya rasa wasan sakewa, ya ci gaba da rikici da Styles don Gasar WWE a abubuwan da suka faru a cikin Disamba da Janairu, kodayake ba tare da nasara ba.