Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Na Eprel 10 nke "Raw", Strowman gara n'ihu na esemokwu ya na Roman Reigns, na-awakpo ya na kayfabe na-emerụ ubu ya. N'agbanyeghi igwu egwu onye ojoo, Strowman natara nzaghachi ndi mmadu n'uzo di nma, nke bu n'ihi nzaghachi ndi mmadu na-adighi nma nke Reigns. Ha abụọ nwere egwuregwu na Payback, ebe Strowman meriri Reigns. Na-eche Big Show ihu n'oge "Raw" na Eprel 17, Strowman mere nnukwu ihe ngosi na Big Show site na ụdọ, na-eme ka mgbanaka ahụ daa ma daa. Asọmpi ahụ kwụsịrị n'enweghị onye meriri. Mgbe May 8 nke "Raw" gasịrị, WWE kwuru na Strowman nwere mmerụ ahụ ziri ezi na nkwonkwo ụkwụ gbajiri agbaji ma ya mere a ga-ewepụ ya maka ihe dị ka ọnwa isii. Nke a mekwara ka e nwee mgbanwe n'usoro ihe omume, na egwuregwu a na-eme atụmatụ n'etiti ya na Brock Lesnar na Great Balls of Fire
a ga-atụfu ya. A wara Strowman ahụ ụbọchị atọ ka e mesịrị na May 11. Otú ọ dị, Dave Meltzer nke "Wrestling Observer Newsletter" kọrọ na ọ bụ ezie na mmerụ ahụ ikpere Strowman bụ n'ezie ihe ziri ezi, ọ bụ obere, nke a na-eme atụmatụ ịhapụ ya naanị ọnwa abụọ, na WWE na-ekwubiga okwu ókè iji mee ka ọ lọghachi "ọnwa anọ tupu oge eruo". Na June 19 nke "Raw", Strowman laghachiri site na mmerụ ahụ, na-awakpo Roman Reigns. Nke a dugara n'asọmpi ụgbọ ala na Great Balls of Fire, ebe Strowman meriri. Na SummerSlam, Strowman ga-agba aka maka Lesnar's Universal Championship n'egwuregwu egwuregwu anọ na-egbu egbu nke gụnyere Reigns na Samoa Joe na mgbalị na-efunahụ. Strowman zutere Lesnar maka mmeri na No Mercy na Septemba, mana enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma ọzọ.