Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Oketopa 25 episode o "SmackDown", Natalya ngaro ki Nikki Bella i roto i te whakataetae ki te whakatau i te rangatira o te kapa wahine SmackDown i te Survivor Series utu-i-tirohanga. Heoi, i muri i te whakaekenga o Nikki i muri i te tukinga i mua i te tukinga, ka whakakapi a Natalya i a Nikki engari i arahi i tana roopu ki te hinga. I te utu-i-te-tirohanga, i whakapae a Carmella i a Natalya mo te whakaeke i a Nikki i te Survivor Series; I whakakahoretia e Natalya tenei mo nga wiki i mua i tana whakaeke i a Carmella i te wahanga o te 20 o Tihema o "SmackDown" ka whakaae kua whakaeke ia ki a Nikki, e whakaatu ana i tana hae ki te angitu o Bella i roto i nga tau. I whakaritea a Natalya raua ko Nikki ki te whakataetae i te Hanuere 10, 2017, i te waahanga o "SmackDown", engari kaore i tiimata te whakataetae na te whawhai i waenga i te tokorua, i tae mai ai nga kaiwhakawa ki te wehe i a raatau. I te Royal Rumble pay-per-view i te Hanuere 29, i whakataetae a Natalya i roto i te tukinga takirua takirua tokorima-wahine i te taha o Alexa Bliss me Mickie James ki a Nikki, Naomi, me Becky Lynch, i hinga ai tana roopu i muri i te whiunga a Naomi ki a Bliss. I te Hui-tanguru 12 i te
Elimination Chamber pay-per-view, i tutaki a Natalya ki a Nikki i te whakataetae takitahi, i mutu i te tatau takirua. I mutu te riri i roto i te whakataetae Falls Count Anywhere i te waahanga o te Hui-tanguru 21 o "SmackDown", i wikitoria ai a Natalya i muri i te aukati a Maryse. I te Pipiri 18 i te Moni i te Peeke, i whakataetae a Natalya i te whakataetae tuwhera a nga waahine i te Moni i te Peeke, i wikitoria e Carmella whai muri i te aukati a James Ellsworth.