Dhameystir weedha soo socota: 15-kii Agoosto ee "SmackDown Live", Baron Corbin wuxuu ku guuleystay qandaraaskiisa Lacagta Bangiga ee Mahal, oo hadda uun ku guuldareystay John Cena oo loo diiday. Si kastaba ha noqotee, Mahal wuxuu sii haystay cinwaanka isagoo ku dhejinaya Corbin oo mashquulsan oo leh duubitaan. Toddobaadyadii xigay, Mahal wuxuu bilaabay khilaaf ka dhexeeya Shinsuke Nakamura oo ku saabsan horyaalka, isagoo sii waday horyaalka isaga oo ka soo horjeeda SummerSlam bishii Ogosto 20 kadib faragelinta The Singh Brothers. Ciyaartii dib u celinta ee dhexmartay labadooda, oo ka dhacday Oktoobar 8 ee Hell in a Cell, Mahal ayaa mar kale ka adkaaday Nakamura si uu u sii haysto horyaalka. Munaasabaddii 17-kii Oktoobar ee "SmackDown Live", Mahal wuxuu ku tartamay Horyaalkii Caalamiga ahaa Brock Lesnar tartan ka dhacay Taxanaha Badbaadada, Si kastaba ha noqotee, Mahal wuxuu ka badiyay Horyaalka WWE AJ Styles munaasabaddii 7-kii Nofeembar ee "SmackDown Live", isagoo ku dhammaaday xukunkiisii 170 maalmood. Mahal ayaa kulankiisii ugu dambeeyay ee horyaalka la yeeshay Styles
Clash of Champions 17kii Diseembar, laakiin waxaa laga badiyay is dhiibid. Ka dib markii Mahal uu lumiyay kulankiisii labaad, wuxuu sii waday khilaafkiisa Styles ee ku aaddan Horyaalka WWE ee dhacdooyinka tooska ah ee Diseembar iyo Janaayo, inkasta oo aan guul laga gaarin.