Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I te Hanuere 30, 2017 episode o "Raw", Joe i hanga i tona rangatira matua rārangi tīmatanga, hei wāhanga o te waitohu Raw, whakaeke Seth Rollins i muri, me te aro ia ki Triple H. Te wiki i muri i runga i "Raw", patua e ia Roman Reigns i roto i tona rārangi matua i roto i te mowhiti tīmatanga i muri i te whakawehe e Braun Strowman. I taua wiki ano, i roto i te uiui ki a Michael Cole, i ngana a Cole ki te whakatupato i a Joe kua hurihia e Triple H nga roopu o mua. I kii a Joe ehara ia i te mea taumaha, a ka whara i nga tangata na te mea kua mahia e ia i tana mahi katoa. I haere tonu ia ki te whakaeke i a Sami Zayn, i riri ki nga korero a Joe mo ia. I te 5 o Poutu-te-rangi, i Fastlane
I hinga a Joe i a Zayn mā te tuku hangarau. Katahi ka tu a Joe ki a Rollins i Payback, i roto i te mahi ngaro, i hoatu ki a Joe tana hinganga tuatahi mo te hunga takitahi i runga i te raarangi matua. I whakautu a Joe ma te utu ki a Rollins i te waitohu Intercontinental Championship i runga i te "Raw" i te po i muri mai ki a Finn Bálor me The Miz, i kite hoki a Bray Wyatt i te whakauru.