Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 17 ga Janairu, 2017 na "SmackDown Live", James ya dawo ta hanyar taimaka wa Alexa Bliss ta riƙe Gasar Mata ta SmackDown a kan Becky Lynch a cikin wasan Cage na Karfe, ta bayyana kanta a matsayin mace a ƙarƙashin "La Luchadora" gimmick kuma ta kafa kanta a matsayin mai tsalle-tsalle, yayin da kuma haɗin gwiwa tare da Bliss a cikin tsari. Ta yi gasa a wasan farko a cikin kusan shekaru bakwai a cikin zoben WWE a ranar 29 ga Janairu, 2017, a
Royal Rumble pay<unk>per<unk>view, tare da haɗin gwiwa tare da Bliss da Natalya a kan Lynch, Naomi, da Nikki Bella a cikin ƙoƙari na rashin nasara. James ya ci gaba da fuskantar Lynch a cikin Elimination Chamber pay <unk> per <unk> view a cikin wani ƙoƙari na rasa. Za ta kayar da Lynch a cikin sakewa a ranar 14 ga Fabrairu na "SmackDown", amma za ta yi rashin nasara biyu-daga-uku Falls wasan makonni biyu bayan haka don kawo karshen labarin. A watan Maris, James ya juya fuska bayan ya buga Bliss da Mick Kick, yana kawo ƙarshen haɗin gwiwarsu na ɗan gajeren lokaci kuma yana haifar da wasan da ba na lakabi ba tsakanin su biyun a ranar 14 ga Maris na "SmackDown", wanda James ya yi nasara. A WrestleMania 33, James ya shiga cikin kalubale na shida don Bliss SmackDown Women's Championship, wanda ya ga Naomi ta lashe taken.