Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hoki mai a Cass i te tau 2018 Superstar Shake-up, i neke atu ai ia ki SmackDown. I te Paenga-whāwhā 17, 2018, i te wāhanga o "SmackDown", ka whakararu ia i te kaupapa matua ka whakaeke i a Daniel Bryan. I te wiki e whai ake nei i runga i te "SmackDown", ka tangohia e Cass te waahi a Bryan hei manuhiri i runga i te Miz TV, i reira ka whakaatuhia i muri mai kua whakaekea e Cass a Bryan i muri i te whakaaturanga. I te
Greatest Royal Rumble, Ka uru a Cass ki te whakataetae Royal Rumble 50-tangata i te nama 49, i reira ka whakakorea e ia a Bryan, ka roa tae noa ki te whakamutunga e rua i mua i te whakakorea e Braun Strowman. I te utu-i-te-tirohanga, i hinga a Cass i a Bryan i muri i tana tuku ki te "Yes Lock", mo Cass anake ki te whakaeke i a Bryan i muri i te tukinga. I te wahanga 29 o Mei o "SmackDown", kaore ia i angitu ki a Bryan me Samoa Joe i roto i te whakawehi tuatoru Moni i roto i te whakataetae tohu putea i muri i te tono a Joe i te "Coquina Clutch" ki a Bryan. I te Moni i te Peeke, ka hinga ano a Cass ki a Bryan i roto i te tukinga takitahi ma te tuku. Koinei tana tukinga whakamutunga me te WWE, na te mea i tukuna ia i te Hune 19, 2018. E ai ki te "Sports Illustrated", i tukuna a Morrissey na nga take whanonga tae atu ki te haurangi a te iwi i te haerenga a WWE me te kore e whakarongo ki nga whakahau tika mai i a Vince McMahon, ina koa e pa ana ki tetahi aitua i runga i te rangi e pa ana ki te whakaeke i tetahi tangata iti e whakaari ana i a Daniel Bryan i te waahanga o te Mei 1 o "SmackDown".