Brock Lesnar (left) almost faced AJ Styles twice at Survivor Series. Whereas, Drew McIntyre was a last-minute entry into this year's PPV
#2 AJ Styles ends Jinder Mahal's reign to set up a clash with The Beast - WWE Survivor Series 2017
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Jinder Mahal's one and only WWE Championship reign felt iconic. Often met with criticism, Mahal did his absolute best to perform at the top level. More often than not, The Modern Day Maharaja delivered.
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As WWE Champion, Mahal cemented his place as a dominating titleholder by securing a few notable wins. In the lead-up to Survivor Series, WWE had already started advertising a match between Jinder Mahal and Brock Lesnar.
Mahal had claimed that he had beaten every worthy contender on SmackDown, but Styles didn't take the former champ's words too kindly.
On the November 7th episode of SmackDown, Styles, much to many fans' shock and rejoice, won the WWE Championship for the second time. In doing so, not only did Styles become a two-time WWE Champion, but he also replaced Mahal on the Survivor Series card. Thus, setting up AJ Styles vs. Brock Lesnar.
In a first-time-ever clash between the two world champions, Styles and Lesnar took each other to the limit. While the favorite, Lesnar, walked out as the winner, The Phenomenal One proved that even in his 40s, he was capable of being labeled as one of the most athletically-gifted Superstars on the planet.
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