Faʻamaeʻa le fuaiupu lea: Na toe foʻi McMahon i le Raw i le Oketopa 30, 2017, faʻaaliga, faʻafesagaʻi ma le Raw General Manager Kurt Angle e uiga ia Shane ma le Smackdown roster's osofaʻiga i luga o le Raw roster i le faaiuga o le vaiaso ua tuanaʻi o le Raw, faʻaigoaina o ia o le kapeteni o le au mo Raw i le Survivor Series totogi-per-view, lapataʻi ia te ia afai e le manumalo Raw i Smackdown i le totogi-per-view, o loʻo ia mafaufau e faʻateʻa o ia mai le avea ma Raw General Manager. I le Tesema 18 episode o le "Raw", ina ua maeʻa le taʻaloga a le au e toʻaono i le va o le 'au a Sasha Banks, Bayley, ma Mickie James ma Absolution (Paige, Mandy Rose, ma Sonya Deville) na faʻaiʻuina i le le agavaʻa ma le fusuʻaga na sosoʻo ai ma le vaega o totoe o le Raw women's roster (Alicia Fox, Asuka, Nia Jax, Dana Brooke, ma le Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss), Raw Commissioner Stephanie na sau i fafo ma na taofia le fusuʻaga. Na toe faamatala e Stephanie le tele o suiga na faia e tamaʻitaʻi i le fusuʻaga i nai tausaga ua mavae, mai i se suiga i le atinaʻeina o le fusuʻaga a tamaʻitaʻi, e aofia ai le uluaʻi fusuaga a tamaʻitaʻi i le Hell in a Cell, le
o le uluaʻi taʻaloga a tamaʻitaʻi o le Money in the Bank, ma le taʻaloga a tamaʻitaʻi o le Raw ma le SmackDown. Ona ia faasilasilaina lea o le muamua tamaitai Royal Rumble Match mo le 2018 Royal Rumble ma le manumalo o le mauaina o se taʻaloga i WrestleMania 34 mo le Raw Women's Championship poʻo le SmackDown Women's Championship.