Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Paenga-whāwhā 10, i nekehia a Hawkins ki te waitohu Raw hei waahanga o te Superstar Shake-up. I tenei wa, he maha nga mate i pa ki a Apollo Crews, Finn Bálor, Seth Rollins me Jason Jordan. I te Hōngongoi 2017, i whakaatuhia ko Hawkins he raupapa ngaro o nga whakataetae 100, i kii a WWE ko te raupapa ngaro roa rawa atu o te 'wa hou'. I whakauruhia tenei ki roto i te gimmick a Hawkins. I te
Great Balls of Fire i te Hurae 9, i whakataetae a Hawkins i tana whakataetae utu-i-te-tirohanga matua mo te tau 2017, i te hinganga tere ki a Heath Slater. I te mutunga o te tau 2017, kaore i taea e Hawkins te wikitoria i tetahi tukinga, ka mutu te tau me te neke atu i te 150 nga whiwhinga o muri. I te timatanga o te tau 2018, i whawhai a Hawkins i runga i te "Takahanga Matua" me te haere tonu i tana whiu, me te eke o Hawkins ki te maha o nga hinga tata ka kiia he "tino atawhai i tenei wa".