Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A Survivor Series a ranar 20 ga Nuwamba, Wyatt da Orton su ne kawai wadanda suka tsira daga Team SmackDown a wasan gargajiya na 5-on-5 Survivor Series bayan Orton ya ceci Wyatt daga mashi daga Roman Reigns. Daga nan sai ma'auratan suka fara mai da hankali kan dakatar da hanzarin Alpha na Amurka, kuma zuwa mafi girman digiri na kama Gasar SmackDown Tag Team Championship, ta doke su a cikin wasa don zama masu fafatawa lamba ɗaya. A ranar 4 ga Disamba, sun lashe gasar daga Heath Slater da Rhyno, suna nuna nasarar farko ta Wyatt a WWE. Wyatt da Orton sun riƙe gasar zakarun SmackDown Tag Team Championship a kan tsoffin zakarun a ranar 6 ga Disamba na "SmackDown" amma a ranar 27 ga Disamba, Orton da Luke Harper (wanda ya kare gasar a karkashin Dokar Freebird) sun rasa taken zuwa Alpha na Amurka a cikin wasan tag tag tag na yanke hukunci hudu. Wannan ya fara rashin jituwa tsakanin Harper da Orton, waɗanda suka fuskanci juna a ranar 24 ga Janairu, 2017 na "SmackDown", wanda Orton ya ci nasara, wanda ya haifar da Wyatt ya ba da "Sister Abigail" ga Harper, ya kore shi daga kungiyar. Ranar 29 ga watan Janairu, Wyatt ya shiga cikin
Wasannin Royal Rumble a matsayin ɗan takara na 21 kuma ya ci gaba har zuwa na uku na ƙarshe: Wyatt da Orton sun yi aiki tare da Roman Reigns, wanda daga ƙarshe ya kawar da Wyatt amma Orton ya kawar da shi, wanda hakan ya sa ya ci wasan da wasan wasan a WrestleMania.