Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin watan Janairu 23 na "Raw", Zayn ya ci Seth Rollins don lashe damar Rollins a wasan Royal Rumble bayan Rollins ya shagaltar da Triple H. A cikin Royal Rumble na 2017, Zayn ya shiga lamba 8 kuma ya wuce sama da minti 47 kafin The Undertaker ya kawar da shi. A ranar 30 ga watan Janairu na "Raw", Zayn ya doke Gwarzon Amurka Chris Jericho a wasan da ba shi da lakabi, amma ya kasa lashe taken a mako mai zuwa. A ranar 13 ga watan Fabrairu a cikin "Raw", Zayn ya ci Rusev. Bayan wasan, Zayn ya ba da amsa ga maganganun da Samoa Joe ya yi yayin hira da shi a bayan fage. An yanke Zayn ta hanyar kiɗan Joe, kuma na biyun ya yi masa kwanton bauna, ya kai wa Zayn hari kafin ya yi amfani da Coquina Clutch a kansa. Zayn ya fuskanci Joe a Fastlane
a cikin wani rasa kokarin da kuma ci gaba da jayayya da Joe na gaba da dare. A kan Raw na gaba, Zayn da Jericho sun ci Owens da Joe ta hanyar rashin cancanta bayan Owens da Joe sun kai wa Jericho hari. A ranar 20 ga Maris na "Raw", lokacin da Stephanie McMahon ta kori Babban Manajan Raw Mick Foley, Zayn ya tsaya a madadin Foley kuma ya ce McMahon ya kamata ta ji kunyar kanta, wanda hakan ya sa ta sanya Zayn a cikin wasa da Joe, wanda Zayn ya rasa ta hanyar mika wuya. A ranar 27 ga watan Maris na "Raw", Zayn ya ci Owens a wasan da ba a soke shi ba don kawo karshen rikice-rikicen su, ya ceci aikinsa kuma ya cancanci zuwa Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal a WrestleMania 33, wanda ya kasa cin nasara.