#6 Jinder Mahal (+2 Spots)
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“The Maharaja” has made quite the name for himself over the past few weeks since winning a match to become the #1 contender to Randy Orton and his WWE Title. His recent tear, and the help of The Singh Brothers, has landed Jinder Mahal at spot #6 in our Rankings.Brothers, has landed Jinder Mahal at spot #6 in our Rankings.
This past Sunday at Payback, Mahal cost Randy Orton his “House of Horrors” match against Bray Wyatt by first sending his new allies, The Singh brothers, to attack Orton during the match.
When that didn’t get the job done, Mahal took matters into his own hands and nailed Orton with the WWE Title that Mahal had stolen from “The Viper” on Smackdown Live the week before.
Two nights later on Smackdown Live, however, Shane McMahon took the stolen title away from Mahal and returned it to its owner and informed Jinder that he’d square off later that night against Sami Zayn. The match itself started slow but saw Sami get into his patented offence and had Mahal reeling.offence and had Mahal reeling.
Right on time, The Singh brothers made their impact felt by distracting Zayn long enough to allow Jinder Mahal to sneak up on him, hit him with his finisher, and pick up the win. Mahal has done well with his recent push into the main event scene, however, we do not expect him to become the new WWE Champion at Backlash.
