Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 17 ga Janairu, 2017, Lawler ya koma "SmackDown Live" don karɓar bakuncin dawowar Kotun Sarki daga garinsa na Memphis, Tennessee. A lokacin hirarsa da Dolph Ziggler, Ziggler ya dauki bashi don ciwon zuciya na Lawler na ainihi a watan Satumbar 2012 kafin ya buge shi a kirji kuma ya bar zoben. Daga baya a wannan daren a "Talking Smack", Renee Young ta sanar da cewa Lawler, Cole da Corey Graves za su kasance tawagar masu sharhi don wasan Royal Rumble a
Gasar Royal Rumble ta shekara ta 2017. A ranar 28 ga watan Agusta, Lawler ya cika Booker T a kan sharhin "Raw" daga garinsa na Memphis. Lawler, Ross da sauran WWE Legends da yawa sun bayyana a kan Raw 25 a ranar 22 ga Janairu, 2018. A ranar 26 ga Janairu, an bayyana cewa Lawler ya sanya hannu kan sabon yarjejeniyar shekara guda tare da WWE. A 2018 Royal Rumble, yayin wasan maza, Lawler shi ne baƙo na musamman mai sharhi inda ya yi hasashen daidai cewa Shinsuke Nakamura zai ci nasara.