Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Hanuere 17, 2017, ka hoki mai a Lawler ki "SmackDown Live" ki te manaaki i te hokinga mai o te Kooti o te Kingi mai i tona taone nui o Memphis, Tennessee. I a ia e uiui ana ki a Dolph Ziggler, i whakawhiwhia e Ziggler te whiu mo te mate ngakau o Lawler i te marama o Hepetema 2012 i mua i te whiu i a ia i te uma me te wehe atu i te mowhiti. I muri mai i taua pō i runga i "Talking Smack", ka whakapuaki a Renee Young ka waiho a Lawler, Cole me Corey Graves hei kapa kōrero mō te whakataetae Royal Rumble i te
Ko te Royal Rumble 2017. I te Akuhata 28, i whakakiia e Lawler mo Booker T i runga i te "Raw" korero mai i tona taone nui o Memphis. I puta a Lawler, Ross me etahi atu WWE Legends i runga i Raw 25 i te Hanuere 22, 2018. I te Hanuere 26, i whakaatuhia kua hainatia e Lawler tetahi kirimana kotahi tau hou me WWE. I te Royal Rumble 2018, i te whakataetae a nga taane, ko Lawler te kaikorero manuhiri motuhake i tika ai tana matapae ka wikitoria a Shinsuke Nakamura.