Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te raumati o te tau 2014, ka uru a Phillips ki tetahi korero poto me Alicia Fox, i te wa i aru ai ia, i whakamamaetia ai e ia i etahi waa, i te taha o te ringaringa me te taha o muri. Ko Hannifan, hei Tom Phillips, te kaiwhakaari matua mo te roopu korero a "SmackDown Live". I muri i tana wikitoria i te United States Championship ki a Kevin Owens i
He utu, ka whakauruhia e Chris Jericho a Philips me te kairipoata "RAW" a Mike Rome ki te Rārangi mō te whakararuraru i tana poroporoaki ki te kaiwhakahaere matua o "RAW" a Kurt Angle. Ko ia te kaikorero matua mo nga tapanga waitohu "NXT" me nga whakaaturanga mai i te 2014 tae noa ki te whakakapinga e Mauro Ranallo i te 2017. I mahi ano a Phillips hei kaiwhakaari takaro-i-takaro i WrestleMania 33 i te Paenga-whawha 2, 2017 mo te waitohu SmackDown, ka noho ko ia te tuarima o nga tangata i roto i te hitori o te kamupene ki te mahi hei kaikorero matua i WrestleMania. I arahi ano a Philips ki te korero i roto i te "205 Live" i mua i te whakakapinga a Vic Joseph ki a ia.