Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Musi waChikunguru 19 pa2016 WWE dhizaini, Kukwira kwakagadzirirwa kuSmackDown, vachiita kutanga kwavo muna Chikunguru 26 episode muWWE World Championship No. 1 Contender's Six-Pack Qualifying Battle Royal, iyo yakakundwa naApollo Crews. Pakutanga kweSummerSlam, The Ascension vakakwikwidza mumutambo wevatambi gumi nevaviri umo timu yavo yakarasikirwa. Ivo ipapo vakapinda muSmackDown Tag Team Championship makwikwi, uko ivo vakabviswa mumutambo wekutanga neThe Usos. Musi waGunyana 27 episode ye "SmackDown Live", The Ascension vakatora kukunda kwavo kwekutanga pachiratidzo, apo The Ascension neThe Usos vakakunda Heath Slater, Rhyno neAmerican Alpha (Chad Gable naJason Jordan) mumutambo wevatambi vasere. Muna 2017 Elimination Chamber
The Ascension vakakwikwidza mumutambo wechikwata chemhirizhonga weSmackDown Tag Team Championship uko ivo vaive timu yekupedzisira yakadzingwa. Viktor, pamwe chete naKonnor, vaizopinda muAndré the Giant Memorial Battle Royal paWrestleMania 33, asi varume vaviri vakabviswa mumutambo. PaMari muBhangi (2017), The Ascension yakarasikirwa neBreezango mushure mekunge vatora mutoro wekurwiswa kwevashandi muhofisi yavo. Musi waJune 27 episode ye "SmackDown Live", Ascension akabvunzurudzwa naBreezango pa "Fashion Vice", achibvuma kuti havana kuita mhosva uye vakangotora mutoro, nekuti vaida mutambo paPPV. MunaSeptember, vaviri vacho vakachinja chiso pavakatanga kuedza kushamwaridzana naBreezango panguva yezvikamu zve'Fashion Files 'zvemazuva ano. Musi waNdira 9 episode ye "SmackDown Live", Kukwira kwakatambura kurasikirwa neThe Bludgeon Brothers (Harper naRowan), kwechinguva vaviri vacho vaizongoonekwa sevatsigiri vatambi muBreezango's Mafashoni Mafaira skits. PaWrestleMania 34, Viktor akakwikwidza muAndré the Giant Memorial Battle Royal asi akakundikana kuhwina mutambo.