Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Eprel 17 nke "SmackDown", mgbe o doro anya na ọ chọrọ Gable obi ụtọ na ya na-aga "Raw" ika na Twitter, Benjamin ga-ekwu na akaụntụ ya "na-hacked" na malitere demoralize Gable, tupu issuing a ịma aka onye ọ bụla na ụlọ mgbakwasa. Randy Orton ga-ebu ụzọ nakwere ihe ịma aka ahụ, agbanyeghị, ka ọ na-aga n'ogige ahụ, Onye mmeri United States ọhụrụ a họpụtara ọhụrụ Jeff Hardy ga-apụta ma nakwere ihe ịma aka ahụ kama, na-emeri Benjamin. N'izu na-esote na "SmackDown", Benjamin ga-ewepụta ihe ịma aka ọzọ, nke mbụ Hardy zara, mana Orton ga-anọchi ya. Benjamin ga-aga n'ihu imeri Orton. Benjamin pụtara na
Greatest Royal Rumble na Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, na-asọ mpi n'asọmpi Royal Rumble nke mmadụ iri ise. Benjamin banyere egwuregwu ahụ dị ka onye ntinye nọmba 48 ma Chris Jericho kpochapụrụ ya. Na May 1 nke "SmackDown", Benjamin jikọrọ aka na The Miz na mbọ na-efunahụ Orton na Hardy. Mgbe nke a gasịrị, Benjamin ga-eme naanị ihe ngosi onyonyo anọ ọzọ na "SmackDown" n'afọ 2018, na-efunahụ Daniel Bryan na June, Jeff Hardy na August na WWE Champion AJ Styles na Ọktọba. Nanị mmeri ya ga-abịakwute Daniel Bryan na Ọktọba 2 nke "SmackDown", mgbe nnyonye anya site na The Miz.