Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I te Hanuere 31, 2017 waahanga o "SmackDown", te Vaudevillains, me etahi atu roopu e rima, i whakautu i tetahi wero tuwhera i whakatauhia e American Alpha, i reira i whawhai ai nga roopu e ono i mua i te wehenga e nga kaiwhakawa me nga apiha. I te Whare Whakakore
, i whakataetae nga Vaudevillains i roto i te tukinga roopu roopu mo te "WWE SmackDown" Tag Team Championship, i reira i whakakorea ai e Heath Slater me Rhyno. I runga i te whakaaturanga kickoff WrestleMania 33, i whawhai a Gotch i tana tukinga WWE whakamutunga i a ia e whakataetae ana i te André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, i wikitoria e Mojo Rawley. I te Paenga-whawha 5, 2017, i panuitia kua tukuna a Simon Gotch mai i tana kirimana WWE.