Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te Hanuere 29, 2017, i Royal Rumble, ko Dillinger te kaiwhakauru ohorere i te whakataetae Royal Rumble, i uru mai i te nama 10 engari i whakakorea e Braun Strowman. I te Paenga-whāwhā 4 o te "SmackDown Live", ka tiimata a Dillinger ki tana raarangi matua, ka hinga i a Curt Hawkins. Ka uru a Dillinger ki tetahi pakanga poto ki a Aiden English, ka hinga ia i runga i nga waahanga rereke o "SmackDown Live", e arahi ana ki te tukinga i Backlash
, i reira ka hinga anō a Dillinger i te Ingarihi hei whakamutu i to rātau whawhai.