Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Na Survivor Series na Nọvemba 20, Wyatt na Orton bụ naanị ndị lanarịrị maka Team SmackDown na egwuregwu kpochapụla 5 na 5 Survivor Series mgbe Orton zọpụtara Wyatt site na ube site na Roman Reigns. Ha abụọ malitere ilekwasị anya na ịkwụsị mmụba nke American Alpha, na ruo n'ókè ka ukwuu na-ejide SmackDown Tag Team Championship, na-emeri ha na egwuregwu iji ghọọ ọnụ ọgụgụ mbụ. Na Disemba 4, ha meriri n'asọmpi ahụ site na Heath Slater na Rhyno, na-egosi mmeri mbụ nke Wyatt na WWE. Wyatt na Orton jigidere SmackDown Tag Team Championship megide ndị mmeri gara aga na Disemba 6 nke "SmackDown" mana na Disemba 27 nke usoro ahụ, Orton na Luke Harper (onye chebere mmeri ahụ n'okpuru Iwu Freebird) tụfuru aha ya na American Alpha na egwuregwu egwuregwu tag team anọ. Nke a bidoro esemokwu n'etiti Harper na Orton, bụ ndị chere ibe ha ihu na Jenụwarị 24, 2017 nke "SmackDown", nke Orton meriri, na-eduga na Wyatt na-enyefe "Nwanne nwanyị Abigail" na Harper, na-achụpụ ya na otu ahụ. Na Jenụwarị 29, Wyatt banyere n'asọmpi Royal Rumble
dị ka onye so na 21st ma na-adịgide ruo mgbe ikpeazụ atọ: Wyatt na Orton kwadoro megide Roman Reigns, onye mechara kpochapụ Wyatt ma Orton kpochapụrụ ya, onye si otú a merie egwuregwu ahụ na egwuregwu aha na WrestleMania.