Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te po e whai ake nei i runga i te "Raw", i whakaae a Owens ki te wero a Jericho mo te tukinga i WrestleMania 33 i te Paenga-whawha 2, i te mea ka tiakina e Jericho te United States Championship, ka wikitoria e Owens mo te wa tuatahi i roto i tana mahi. I te Paenga-whāwhā 11 o te "SmackDown Live", i hokona a Owens ki te waitohu SmackDown hei waahanga o te 2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up. Ko Owens, e tiaki tonu ana i tana taitara hou ki a Jericho i Payback me te toa e haere ana ki SmackDown hoki, ka tiimata te korero ki a ia ano ko te "Nga kanohi o Amerika" ana ka tiimata ano hoki te ahua rereke, i te mea kua oti te tapahi i tana pahau me ona makawe, i a ia e mau ana i te koti. I te Payback i te Paenga-whawha 30, i ngaro a Owens i te taitara ki a Heriko, na reira ka mutu tana kingitanga i nga ra 28. Heoi, ka whakahoki a Owens i te taitara i te waahanga o te Mei 2 o "SmackDown Live" ma te patu i a Jericho, ka whakaeke ka whara i a ia i muri o te tukinga. I te
Ko te whakahekenga, i hinga a Owens i a AJ Styles ma te tatau atu ki te pupuri i te Taakaro o te United States. I muri mai ka panuitia a Owens hei tetahi o nga kaiuru i te whakataetae arawhata Moni i te Peeke i te Peeke, me Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura, Styles, Dolph Ziggler me Baron Corbin, i puta ai a Corbin hei toa.