Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Paenga-whāwhā 16, i te wa o te Superstar Shake-up, i hokona a Miz ki te waitohu SmackDown. I muri mai i taua po i tana tukinga whakamutunga mo Raw, ka uru atu a Miz ki The Miztourage, Kevin Owens me Sami Zayn ki a Seth Rollins, Finn Bálor, Braun Strowman, Bobby Roode me Bobby Lashley i roto i te tukinga roopu tekau-tangata; i hinga tana roopu i muri i te haerenga a The Miztourage ki a ia, ka mutu ta raatau hononga. Ka kore a Miz e riro i a Rollins te Tohu Whakataetae a-Rohe i roto i te tukinga arawhata e uru ana hoki a Finn Bálor me Samoa Joe i te
Ko te huihuinga Royal Rumble nui rawa atu, ana i muri mai i te whakataetae takitahi i Backlash. I te waahanga 8 o Mei o "SmackDown Live", i hinga a Miz i te Toa o te United States a Jeff Hardy kia eke ki te whakataetae arawhata a nga taane i te Moni i te Peeke i te huihuinga ingoa. I te huihuinga, kaore a Miz i wikitoria i te whakataetae arawhata.