Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Hōngongoi 19 i te 2016 WWE draft, I whakauruhia te Ascension ki SmackDown, i tiimata i te waahanga o te Hōngongoi 26 i roto i te WWE World Championship No. 1 Contender's Six-Pack Qualifying Battle Royal, i wikitoria e Apollo Crews. I te tiimata o te SummerSlam, I whakataetae te Ascension i roto i te tukinga takirua takirua 12-tangata i ngaro ai to raatau kapa. I uru atu ratau ki te whakataetae SmackDown Tag Team Championship, i reira i whakakorea ai ratou i te rauna tuatahi e The Usos. I te wahanga 27 o Hepetema o "SmackDown Live", I riro i a The Ascension to raatau wikitoria tuatahi mo te waitohu, i te wa i hinga ai a The Ascension me The Usos i a Heath Slater, Rhyno me American Alpha (Chad Gable me Jason Jordan) i roto i te tukinga takirua takirua e waru. I te
2017 Elimination Chamber, I whakataetae te Ascension i roto i te tukinga tukinga tukinga mo te SmackDown Tag Team Championship i reira ko ratou te kapa whakamutunga i whakakorea. Ka uru atu a Konnor, me Viktor, ki te André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal i WrestleMania 33, engari i whakakorea nga tangata e rua mai i te tukinga. I te Moni i te Peeke (2017), I hinga a Te Whakatika ki a Breezango i muri i to raatau whakapae mo te whakaeke i to raatau tari. I te wahanga 27 o Pipiri o "SmackDown Live", I uiui a Ascension e Breezango i runga i te "Fashion Vice", e whakaae ana kaore i mahia e raatau te hara me te kawenga anake, na te mea i hiahia ratou ki te whakataetae i te PPV. I te marama o Hepetema, ka huri te kanohi o te tokorua i te wa i tiimata ai ratau ki te whakahoahoa ki a Breezango i nga waahanga 'Fashion Files' o nga waahanga. I te wahanga o te Hanuere 9 o "SmackDown Live", I ngaro a The Ascension ki nga Bludgeon Brothers (Harper me Rowan), mo etahi wa ka puta te tokorua hei kaitautoko i roto i nga whakaaturanga a Breezango's Fashion Files. I uru te tokorua ki te André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal i WrestleMania 34, ko Konnor te tuatahi o te tokorua i whakakorea.