Shinsuke Nakamura competed in his first WWE Pay Per View match when he fought against Dolph Ziggler in a one on one match.
Jinder Mahal became the 50th different person to have won the WWE Championship. The list of superstars is: Buddy Rodgers, Bruno Sammartino, Ivan Koloff, Pedro Morales, Stan Stasiak, Superstar Billy Graham, Bob Backlund, The Iron Sheik, Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Randy Savage, The Ultimate Warrior, Sgt Slaughter, The Undertaker, Ric Flair, Bret Hart, Yokozuna, Diesel, Shawn Michaels, Sycho Sid, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kane, The Rock, Mankind, Triple H, Mr McMahon, The Big Show, Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, Brock Lesnar, Eddie Guerrero, JBL, John Cena, Edge, Rob Van Dam, Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy, Batista, Sheamus, The Miz, CM Punk, Rey Mysterio, Alberto Del Rio, Daniel Bryan, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, AJ Styles, Bray Wyatt, Jinder Mahal.
Shinsuke Nakamura made his in-ring debut for SmackDown at WWE Backlash 2017.