Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I uru a Strowman i muri mai ki te pakanga a The Miz me te uara hou a The Shield, e arahi ana ki te tukinga TLC e rima-ki-toru i te Hui-tanguru, me Strowman e mahi tahi ana me The Miz, Cesaro me Sheamus me Kane ki a Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins me Kurt Angle. I te wa o te tukinga, ka huri nga hoa o Strowman ki a ia, ka maka ia ki muri o te taraka ururua, na reira ka huri a Strowman hei kanohi i roto i te mahinga. Ka ngaro hoki tana kapa i te tukinga. Ka hoki a Strowman ki "Raw" i te wiki e whai ake nei, ka whakaeke i te Miz me te Miztourage (Curtis Axel me Bo Dallas). I te Raupapa Ora i te marama o Noema, i puta a Strowman hei waahanga o te Roopu Raw, i hinga i te Roopu SmackDown i te mea ko Strowman me Triple H anake nga mea ora o te roopu. I te wahanga o te Tihema 11 o "Raw", i whawhai a Strowman ki a Kane ki te tatau takirua i roto i te tukinga hei whakatau i te kaitono tuatahi ki te Whakataetae Ao i te Hanuere 28, 2018 i te Royal Rumble i arahi ai te tukinga ki te tukinga whakawehi tuatoru e pa ana ki a Kane me Lesnar. I te Royal Rumble, kaore a Strowman i angitu ki te wikitoria. I te pō i muri mai i runga i "Raw", ka hinga a Strowman i a Kane i te whakataetae Last Man Standing kia eke ai ki te whakataetae Elimination Chamber i te
he utu-i-te-tirohanga hei whakatau i te kaitono tuatahi mo te Whakataetae o te Ao. I te Elimination Chamber i te Hui-tanguru 25, i whakakorea e Strowman a The Miz, Elias, John Cena, Finn Bálor me Seth Rollins (te whakatakoto i te rekoata hou mo te nuinga o nga whakakore i roto i te tukinga Elimination Chamber kotahi), engari i te mutunga ka whakakorea ia e Roman Reigns.