Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wahanga o te Hanuere 23 o "Raw", i hinga a Zayn i a Seth Rollins ki te wikitoria i te tupono a Rollins i te whakataetae Royal Rumble i muri i te whakawehe a Rollins e Triple H. I te Royal Rumble 2017, i uru a Zayn ki te nama 8 ka roa atu i te 47 meneti i mua i te whakakorea e te Undertaker. I te waahanga o te Hanuere 30 o "Raw", i hinga a Zayn i te Toa o te United States a Chris Jericho i roto i te tukinga kore-taitara, engari kaore i wikitoria i te taitara i te wiki e whai ake nei. I te wahanga 13 o Hui-tanguru o "Raw", i hinga a Zayn i a Rusev. Whai muri i te tukinga, ka whakautu a Zayn ki nga korero a Samoa Joe i roto i te uiui o muri. I tapahia a Zayn e te puoro a Joe, ana ka whakaekehia ia e te whakamutunga, ka whakaeke i a Zayn i mua i te whakamahi i te Coquina Clutch ki a ia. I tūtaki a Zayn ki a Joe i
I ngaro a Fastlane i tana mahi, ka haere tonu tana whawhai ki a Joe i te po i muri mai. I te Raw e whai ake nei, i hinga a Zayn raua ko Jericho i a Owens raua ko Joe na te whakakore i muri i te whakaekenga a Owens raua ko Joe ki a Jericho. I te wahanga o te Maehe 20 o "Raw", i te wa i peia ai te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o Raw a Mick Foley e Stephanie McMahon, ka tu a Zayn mo Foley ka kii ko McMahon me whakama ia ia ano, ka akiaki ia ia ki te tuhi i a Zayn i roto i te tukinga me Joe, i ngaro a Zayn na te tuku. I te wahanga o te Maehe 27 o "Raw", i hinga a Zayn i a Owens i roto i te whakataetae kore-kore hei whakamutu i to raatau riri, i whakaora i tana mahi me te tohu mo te Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal i WrestleMania 33, kaore ia i wikitoria.