Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wahanga o te 20 o Tihema o "SmackDown", ka pa atu a Corbin ki a Dolph Ziggler, i whiwhi noa i te taitara taitara ki te WWE Champion AJ Styles. He tukinga i waenga i te tokorua, me te whai waahi taitara a Ziggler i runga i te raina, ka mutu i te tatauranga takirua; hei hua, ka tapirihia a Corbin ki te whakataetae taitara, ka hoatu ki a Corbin tana whai waahi taitara tuatahi o te ao i WWE. I te wahanga o te Tihema 27, i wikitoria a Styles i te tukinga ma te whakaeke i a Ziggler. I te
I te huihuinga Royal Rumble i te Hanuere 29, i uru a Corbin ki te tukinga Royal Rumble i te nama 13, i te whakakore i a Braun Strowman me te roa atu i te 32 meneti i mua i te whakakorea e te Undertaker. I te Elimination Chamber, i whakataetae a Corbin i te whakataetae ingoa mo te WWE Championship. I muri tonu i te whakakorea e te Toa Intercontinental a Dean Ambrose, ka whakaeke a Corbin ki a Ambrose, na te whakakore o te whakamutunga. I whakaekehia a Corbin ki a Ambrose i te wahanga o te Poutu-te-rangi 7 o "SmackDown" me te paipa whakarewa me te forklift. I te 21 o Poutu-te-rangi, i whakautu a Ambrose ma te whakawehi i a Corbin i te tukinga ki a Randy Orton. Kaore a Corbin i angitu ki te wero i a Ambrose mo te Whakataetae Intercontinental i te WrestleMania 33 i mua i te whakaaturanga engari i hinga a Ambrose i roto i te Whawhai Rori kore-taitara i runga i te "SmackDown". I te wahanga o te Paenga-whawha 17, kaore a Corbin i wikitoria i te taitara taitara mo te United States Championship i roto i te tukinga whakawehi tuatoru ki a AJ Styles me Sami Zayn. Whai muri i te whakaaturanga, i whakaekea e Corbin a Zayn, i pana hoki i tetahi kaitohutohu, na te mea i whakamutua ia, i whiua hoki e te Komihana SmackDown a Shane McMahon. I te Hokinga, i hinga a Corbin i a Zayn.