Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Na Disemba 6 nke "SmackDown", Miz ji ihe ịga nke ọma chebe aha ya megide Dean Ambrose mgbe Maryse na-etinye aka na James Ellsworth. Izu abụọ ka e mesịrị na "SmackDown", Miz ji ihe ịga nke ọma gbachitere asọmpi ahụ megide Apollo Crews. Mgbe egwuregwu ahụ gasịrị, Renee Young gbara Miz ajụjụ ọnụ, ebe Miz ji nkatọ zaghachi site na ikpughe mmekọrịta ndụ nke Young na Ambrose, na-akpali ya ka ọ kụọ Miz aka. Na Jenụwarị 3, 2017 nke "SmackDown", Miz tụfuru Intercontinental Championship na Ambrose n'agbanyeghị nnyonye anya Maryse. Na Jenụwarị 29, Miz banyere na 2017 Royal Rumble
egwuregwu na nọmba 15 ma were nkeji iri atọ na abụọ ruo mgbe onye ahụ na-eme ya kpochapụrụ ya.