On the 25th July 2008 Smackdown The Great Khali won a Battle Royal by defeating Jeff Hardy, Big Show, MVP, Umaga and Mr. Kennedy. The match was for the No. 1 contender for Triple H's WWE championship. The Great Khali has already become the World Heavyweight champion once and is now eying the WWE Championship.

After the match, The Great Khali celebrated as Runjin Singh returned to join him in his celebrations. Triple H came out shortly after and The Great Khali and Triple H looked into each others eyes. The Great Khali was at his menacing best. Khali then left the ring and made his intentions clear by signaling for Triple H's title.

This world title match is scheduled to happen at Summerslam.