Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Survivor Series i te Whiringa-a-rangi 20, ko Wyatt raua ko Orton nga mea anake i ora mo te Team SmackDown i te whakataetae whakawatea o te 5-on-5 Survivor Series i muri i te whakaoranga a Orton i a Wyatt mai i te tao mai i a Roman Reigns. I tiimata te tokorua ki te aro ki te aukati i te nekehanga o American Alpha, me te kaha ake ki te hopu i te Whakataetae Toa Toa SmackDown, ka hinga i a raatau i roto i te tukinga kia riro hei kaitono tuatahi. I te Hakihea 4, i wikitoria ratou i te taitara mai i a Heath Slater me Rhyno, e tohu ana i te wikitoria taitara tuatahi a Wyatt i WWE. I pupuri a Wyatt raua ko Orton i te Whakataetae Toa Toa SmackDown ki nga toa o mua i te wahanga o te Tihema 6 o "SmackDown" engari i te wahanga o te Tihema 27, ka ngaro a Orton raua ko Luke Harper (i tiakina te taitara i raro i te Ture Freebird) i te taitara ki a American Alpha i roto i te tukinga takirua takirua e wha. I tiimata tenei i waenga i a Harper raua ko Orton, i tutaki tetahi ki tetahi i te Hanuere 24, 2017 i te waahanga o "SmackDown", i wikitoria e Orton, i arahi ai a Wyatt ki te tuku i a "Sister Abigail" ki a Harper, ka peia ia i te roopu. I te 29 o Hanuere, ka uru a Wyatt ki te
Ko te whakataetae Royal Rumble te kaiuru 21st a ka roa tae noa ki te whakamutunga e toru: I mahi tahi a Wyatt me Orton ki a Roman Reigns, i mutu te whakakore i a Wyatt engari i whakakorea e Orton, na reira i wikitoria te whakataetae me te whakataetae taitara i WrestleMania.