I te Hanuere 3, 2018, i panuitia a Roode ki te mahi tahi me te Toa Wahine SmackDown a Charlotte Flair (i tapaina ko The Robe Warriors) i te whakataetae "Mixed Match Challenge". Whai muri i te wehenga o Ziggler i te United States Championship i te wahanga o te Tihema 19 o "SmackDown Live", i whakatuhia he whakataetae tokowaru-tangata hei karauna i tetahi toa hou. I hinga a Roode i a Baron Corbin i te rauna tuatahi me Mojo Rawley i te haurua whakamutunga. I te waahanga o te Hanuere 16 o "SmackDown Live", i hinga a Roode i a Jinder Mahal i te whiringa toa kia wikitoria i tana toa tuatahi mai i tana urunga ki te raarangi matua. Ka tiakina e Roode te taitara mo nga ra e 54, ka pupuri i a Rawley i te wa o te Royal Rumble kick-off show i roto i te wero tuwhera me Rusev i te Hui-tanguru 6 o te waahanga "SmackDown Live", kia ngaro ra ano ia ki a Randy Orton i Fastlane
, i whakaekea ai e Roode a Orton i te riri i muri i tana whakaoranga i a ia mai i a Mahal. I ngana a Roode ki te whakahoki mai i te taitara i WrestleMania 34 i roto i te tukinga 4-ara kino ki a Orton, Mahal me Rusev, i wikitoria e Mahal. I tenei wa, i roto i te "Whakamutu Whakataetae Whakataetae", ko Flair (i mate ki te whakaeke i te niho iti) i whakakapihia e Becky Lynch ma te pooti a te kaiwhaiwhai i runga i nga papaaho pāpori, a ka hinga a Roode me Lynch i a Finn Bálor me Sasha Banks. I hoki mai a Flair mo te whiringa toa o te "Mixed Match Challenge", i ngaro a Roode raua ko Flair ki te roopu o The Miz raua ko Asuka.