Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 3 ga Janairu, 2018, an sanar da Roode don yin aiki tare da Gwarzon Mata na SmackDown Charlotte Flair (wanda ake kira The Robe Warriors) a gasar "Mixed Match Challenge". Bayan Ziggler ya bar gasar zakarun Amurka a ranar 19 ga Disamba na "SmackDown Live", an shirya gasar mutum takwas don lashe sabon zakara. Roode ya ci Baron Corbin a zagaye na farko da Mojo Rawley a wasan kusa da na karshe. A ranar 16 ga watan Janairu na "SmackDown Live", Roode ya doke Jinder Mahal a wasan karshe don lashe gasar farko tun lokacin da ya shiga babban jerin. Roode zai kare taken har tsawon kwanaki 54, yana riƙe da Rawley a lokacin wasan Royal Rumble na wasan kwaikwayo a lokacin ƙalubalen da aka buɗe da kuma Rusev a ranar 6 ga Fabrairu na "SmackDown Live", har sai ya rasa shi a kan Randy Orton a
Fastlane, ya sa Roode ya kai wa Orton hari saboda takaici bayan ya cece shi daga Mahal. Roode ya yi ƙoƙarin dawo da taken a WrestleMania 34 a cikin mummunan wasan 4-way da Orton, Mahal da Rusev, wanda Mahal ya ci nasara. A wannan lokacin, a cikin "Mixed Match Challenge", an maye gurbin Flair (wanda dole ne ya yi aikin tiyata na ƙananan hakora) da Becky Lynch ta hanyar kuri'un magoya baya a kan kafofin watsa labarun, kuma Roode da Lynch sun kayar da Finn Bálor da Sasha Banks. Flair ya dawo don wasan karshe na "Mixed Match Challenge", wanda Roode da Flair suka rasa ga ƙungiyar The Miz da Asuka.