A ranar 19 ga Yuli a cikin WWE na 2016, An tsara Ascension zuwa SmackDown, inda suka fara fitowa a ranar 26 ga Yuli a cikin WWE World Championship No. 1 Contender's Six-Pack Qualifying Battle Royal, wanda Apollo Crews ya lashe. A lokacin SummerSlam kickoff, The Ascension sun yi gasa a wasan tag-team na mutum 12 inda tawagarsu ta yi asara. Daga nan suka shiga gasar SmackDown Tag Team Championship, inda aka fitar da su a zagaye na farko ta The Usos. A ranar 27 ga Satumba na "SmackDown Live", The Ascension sun sami nasarar farko a kan alama, lokacin da The Ascension da The Usos suka ci Heath Slater, Rhyno da American Alpha (Chad Gable da Jason Jordan) a wasan tag-team na mutum takwas. A 2017 Elimination Chamber, The Ascension sun yi gasa a wasan gwagwarmayar gwagwarmayar gwagwarmayar gwagwarmayar gwagwarmayar gwagwarmayar SmackDown inda suka kasance ƙungiyar ƙarshe da aka kawar. Viktor, tare da Konnor, daga baya za su shiga André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal a WrestleMania 33, amma an cire maza biyu daga wasan. A cikin
Kudi a Bankin (2017), The Ascension ya rasa zuwa Breezango bayan sun dauki alhakin harin da aka kai a ofishin su. A ranar 27 ga watan Yuni na "SmackDown Live", Breezango ya yi wa Ascension tambayoyi a kan "Fashion Vice", yana yarda cewa ba su aikata laifin ba kuma kawai sun ɗauki alhakin, saboda suna son wasa a PPV. A watan Satumba, su biyun sun juya fuska lokacin da suka fara kokarin yin abokantaka da Breezango a yayin sassan 'Fashion Files'. A ranar 9 ga watan Janairu na "SmackDown Live", The Ascension ya yi asara ga The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper da Rowan), na ɗan lokaci ma'aurata za su bayyana ne kawai a matsayin masu goyon baya a cikin Breezango's Fashion Files skits. A WrestleMania 34, Viktor ya yi gasa a cikin André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal amma ya kasa cin nasarar wasan.