Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I Clash of Champions 2017, i riro i a Dolph Ziggler te United States Championship mā te patu i te toa o te wā, a Baron Corbin rāua ko Bobby Roode i roto i tētahi tukinga whakawehi tuatoru. I runga i te waahanga e whai ake nei o "SmackDown Live", i muri i te whakariterite i ana tohu katoa o mua, i kii a Ziggler kaore te WWE Universe i tika ki a ia, a ka hinga te taitara i te mowhiti ka wehe. Whai muri i nga ngana kore ki te whakapiri atu ki a Ziggler, i kii te Kaiwhakahaere Matua o SmackDown a Daniel Bryan kua waatea te taitara me te panui i tetahi whakataetae hei karauna i tetahi toa hou. I whakaritea te whakamutunga kia puta i te Royal Rumble 2018
, engari i neke atu ki te wāhanga 23 o Hanuere o "SmackDown Live". Heoi, i te waahanga o Hanuere 16, i muri i te wikitoria o Jinder Mahal me Bobby Roode i a raatau whakataetae haurua, i wero a Roode ki a Mahal kia whai i te whakamutunga i taua po ana ka whakaritea e Bryan mo te kaupapa matua o taua waahanga.