Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Jenụwarị 3, 2018, a mara ọkwa Roode ka ya na onye mmeri ụmụ nwanyị SmackDown bụ Charlotte Flair (nke a na-akpọ The Robe Warriors) sonyere na asọmpi "Mixed Match Challenge". Mgbe Ziggler hapụrụ United States Championship na Disemba 19 nke "SmackDown Live", e guzobere asọmpi mmadụ asatọ iji kpuchie onye mmeri ọhụrụ. Roode meriri Baron Corbin na agba nke mbụ na Mojo Rawley na ọkara-ikpeazụ. Na Jenụwarị 16 nke "SmackDown Live", Roode meriri Jinder Mahal na ngwụcha iji merie mmeri mbụ ya kemgbe ọ sonyeere ndị isi. Roode ga-agbachitere aha ahụ ruo ụbọchị 54, na-ejide megide Rawley n'oge
Royal Rumble kick-off show n'oge a na-emeghe ihe ịma aka na Rusev na February 6 nke "SmackDown Live", ruo mgbe ọ tụfuru ya megide Randy Orton na Fastlane, na-eme ka Roode wakpo Orton site na nkụda mmụọ mgbe ọ zọpụtara ya site na Mahal. Roode gbalịrị iweghachite aha na WrestleMania 34 na egwuregwu 4-ụzọ na-egbu egbu megide Orton, Mahal na Rusev, nke Mahal meriri. N'oge a, na "Mixed Match Challenge", Flair (onye ga-enwe obere ịwa ahụ ezé) bụ Becky Lynch site na ntuli aka ndị na-akwado na mgbasa ozi mmekọrịta, Roode na Lynch meriri Finn Bálor na Sasha Banks. Flair laghachiri na njedebe nke "Mixed Match Challenge", nke Roode na Flair tụfuru ndị otu Miz na Asuka.