Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'abalị na-esote na "Raw", Owens nabatara ihe ịma aka Jericho maka egwuregwu na WrestleMania 33 na Eprel 2 ma ọ bụrụhaala na Jericho ga-agbachitere United States Championship, nke Owens ga-aga n'ihu iji merie maka oge mbụ na ọrụ ya. Na Eprel 11 nke "SmackDown Live", a gbanwere Owens na akara SmackDown dị ka akụkụ nke WWE Superstar Shake-up 2017. Owens, onye ka ga-agbachitere aha ọhụrụ ya meriri megide Jericho na Payback na onye mmeri na-aga SmackDown, malitekwara ịkpọ onwe ya "Face of America" ma malitekwa igosi ọdịdị dị iche, ebe ọ belatara afụ ọnụ ya na ntutu ya, mgbe ọ na-eyi uwe. Na Payback na Eprel 30, Owens tụfuru aha azụ na Jericho, si otú ahụ kwụsị ọchịchị ya na ụbọchị 28. Agbanyeghị, Owens ga-eweghachi aha ahụ na May 2 nke "SmackDown Live" site na imeri Jericho, wee wakpo ma merụọ ya ahụ mgbe egwuregwu ahụ gasịrị. Na Backlash, Owens meriri AJ Styles site na ngụkọta oge iji jigide United States Championship. E mechara kwupụta Owens dịka otu n'ime ndị sonyere n'asọmpi Money in the Bank na
Ego na Bank, ya na Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura, Styles, Dolph Ziggler na Baron Corbin, nke Corbin meriri.