Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wahanga o Akuhata 22 o "SmackDown", i tiimata a Roode i tana raarangi matua hei kanohi, ka hinga i a Aiden English i roto i te tukinga takitahi ka hinga a Mike Kanellis i te waahanga e whai ake nei o "SmackDown Live". I te wahanga 26 o Hepetema o "SmackDown Live", i aro atu a Roode ki a Dolph Ziggler mo te tukinga i te Oketopa 8 i Hell in a Cell i wikitoria ai a Roode me te huri i a ia e mau ana i nga koti a Ziggler. Whai muri, ka whakaekea e Ziggler a Roode ka tono kia whakaekea ano i te waahanga e whai ake nei o "SmackDown Live" i whakaaetia e Roode, i mate i tana hinganga tuatahi i runga i te raarangi matua na te mea ko Ziggler tenei i mau i nga koti a Roode. I te wahanga 24 o Oketopa o "SmackDown Live", i aukati a Roode i tetahi uiui i muri i te whakaaturanga me Ziggler me Renee Young, e kii ana kia rua o nga hinga e toru i te wiki e whai ake nei i runga i te "SmackDown Live" me Ziggler, i whakaaetia e ia. Katahi ka hinga a Roode i a Ziggler e rua nga hinga ki te kotahi, ka mutu ta raatau riri ka whiwhi hoki i tetahi waahi i te Team SmackDown i te
Ko te raupapa Survivor. I te Whiringa-a-rangi 19 i Survivor Series, i whakakorea a Roode i te tuarua o te katoa na Braun Strowman me Team SmackDown ka ngaro ki a Team Raw. I te mutunga o Noema, i tiimata te whakataetae a Roode me te Toa o te United States a Baron Corbin, i arahi ki te tukinga mo te taitara i te Tihema 17 i te "Clash of Champions" e pa ana ki a Ziggler, nana nei i wikitoria te taitara ma te tarai i a Corbin.