Jinder Mahal winning the WWE title
The main event of Backlash 2017 produced one of the most infamous shockers in the entire history of the company. Jinder Mahal who was not even considered to be a mid-card level superstar back then ended up becoming the number one contender for the WWE Championship. He faced Randy Orton for the title at Backlash on May 21st where the two Singh Brothers provided distractions to The Viper.
But nobody thought that Mahal would eventually capitalize on that and hit the Khallas to earn a clean pinfall win over the thirteen-time world champion. As a result, the Modern Day Maharaja was born on that night who went to enjoy a title run that lasted for more than 150 days.
