Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Hanuere 17, 2017 episode o "SmackDown Live", I hoki mai a James ma te awhina i a Alexa Bliss ki te pupuri i tana Toa Wahine SmackDown ki a Becky Lynch i roto i te tukinga Steel Cage, e whakaatu ana i a ia ano hei wahine i raro i te "La Luchadora" gimmick me te whakatuu i a ia ano hei tangata takirua, i te wa e hono ana ki a Bliss i roto i te mahinga. I whakataetae ia i tana tukinga tuatahi i roto i te tata ki te whitu tau i roto i te mowhiti WWE i te Hanuere 29, 2017, i te
Royal Rumble pay<unk>per<unk>view, e mahi tahi ana me Bliss me Natalya ki a Lynch, Naomi, me Nikki Bella i roto i te kaha ngaro. I haere a James ki te aro atu ki a Lynch i te Elimination Chamber pay<unk>per<unk>view i tetahi atu mahi ngaro. Ka hinga ia i a Lynch i roto i te tukinga ano i te putanga o te Hui-tanguru 14 o "SmackDown", engari ka ngaro ia i te tukinga e rua-o-te-toru Falls e rua wiki i muri mai hei mutu i te korero. I te Poutu-te-rangi, ka huri a James i muri i tana whiu i a Bliss me te Mick Kick, ka mutu ta raua hononga poto ka arahi ki tetahi tukinga kore-taitara i waenga i te tokorua i te putanga o te Poutu-te-rangi 14 o "SmackDown", i wikitoria ai a James. I WrestleMania 33, i uru a James ki tetahi wero e ono mo te Bliss SmackDown Women's Championship, i kite i a Naomi e wikitoria ana i te taitara.