Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Hanuere 3, 2018, i panuitia a Roode ki te roopu me te toa wahine o SmackDown a Charlotte Flair (i tapaina ko The Robe Warriors) i te whakataetae "Mixed Match Challenge". Whai muri i te wehenga o Ziggler i te United States Championship i te wahanga o te Tihema 19 o "SmackDown Live", i whakatuhia he whakataetae tokowaru-tangata hei karauna i tetahi toa hou. I hinga a Roode i a Baron Corbin i te rauna tuatahi me Mojo Rawley i te haurua whakamutunga. I te waahanga o te Hanuere 16 o "SmackDown Live", i hinga a Roode i a Jinder Mahal i te whiringa toa kia wikitoria i tana toa tuatahi mai i tana urunga ki te raarangi matua. Ka tiakina e Roode te taitara mo nga ra 54, ka pupuri ki a Rawley i te wa o te
Royal Rumble kick-off whakaatu i roto i te wero tuwhera me Rusev i runga i te Hui-tanguru 6 wāhanga o "SmackDown Live", tae noa ki te ngaro ia ki Randy Orton i Fastlane, meinga Roode ki te whakaeke Orton i roto i o te riri i muri i te whakaora ia ia i Mahal. I ngana a Roode ki te whakahoki mai i te taitara i WrestleMania 34 i roto i te tukinga 4-ara kino ki a Orton, Mahal me Rusev, i wikitoria e Mahal. I tenei wa, i roto i te "Whakamutu Whakataetae Whakataetae", ko Flair (i mate ki te whakaeke i te niho iti) i whakakapihia e Becky Lynch ma te pooti a te kaiwhaiwhai i runga i nga papaaho pāpori, a ka hinga a Roode me Lynch i a Finn Bálor me Sasha Banks. I hoki mai a Flair mo te whiringa toa o te "Mixed Match Challenge", i ngaro a Roode raua ko Flair ki te roopu o The Miz raua ko Asuka.