Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: On October 8, 2017, at
Hell in a Cell, Zayn nyeere Owens aka imeri SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon na isi ihe omume, na-atụgharị Zayn ikiri ụkwụ maka oge mbụ na ọrụ ya ma jikọta ya na Owens na usoro ahụ. N'ihe omume nke Ọktọba 10 nke "SmackDown Live", Zayn kwuru na Owens ziri ezi n'oge niile ma kpọọ Owens "nwanne" ya. Na October 17 nke "SmackDown Live", Owens na Zayn meriri Randy Orton na Shinsuke Nakamura na egwuregwu otu egwuregwu mgbe Zayn kụrụ obere Orton. N'ihe ngosi kickoff nke Survivor Series, Owens na Zayn meriri Breezango (Tyler Breeze na Fandango). Ka oge na-aga n'abalị ahụ, ha wakporo Shane McMahon n'oge 5-na-5 Survivor Series Interbrand elimination match, nke mechara duga na Team SmackDown's mmeri. Na November 28 nke "SmackDown Live", Owens meriri Orton na egwuregwu enweghị nkwụsị mgbe Zayn, bụ onye amachibidoro na mbụ. Na Disemba 5 nke "SmackDown Live", Zayn meriri Orton na Owens na-ejide aka na eriri mgbaaka.