Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - PaJuly 26 episode ye "SmackDown Live", Rhyno akadzoka kuzorwisa "muranda akasununguka" Heath Slater neGore. Musi waAugust 9 episode ye "SmackDown Live", vaviri vacho vakarwisana nemumwe nemumwe nechisungo chekuti kana Slater akakunda, aizosaina ku "SmackDown" roster; zvisinei, Rhyno akakunda Slater. Musi waAugust 23 episode ye "SmackDown", Slater akapihwa nzvimbo mumutambo weSmackDown Tag Team Championship ichangoburwa kana akawana mumwe. Pashure pokurwisana kuti awane shamwari, Rhyno akasvika Slater uye akabvuma kuva shamwari yake nokuda kwemutambo. Rhyno naSlater vakakunda The Headbangers mumutambo wekutanga uye The Hype Bros mumasemi-fainari kuti vafambire mberi kumagumo kuBacklash, kwavakakunda The Usos kuti vave makwikwi ekutanga, uku vachipawo Slater chibvumirano. Musi waGunyana 13 episode ye "SmackDown Live", Rhyno naSlater vakakunda Ascension kuti vabudirire kuchengetedza mazita mukudzivirira kwavo kwekutanga zvichitevera kusaina kwepamutemo kweSlater. PaNo Mercy, Rhyno naSlater vakachengeta mazita avo vachipesana neThe Usos. PaSurvivor Series, Rhyno naSlater vaive vatungamiriri vechikwata cheChikwata cheSmackDown mumutambo we10<unk>on<unk>10 Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination, kwavakakundwa neChikwata Raw. Pana December 4, Rhyno naSlater's tag team championship reign yakaguma mazuva 84 mushure mekunge vakundwa neThe Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt naRandy Orton). Mazuva maviri gare gare pa "SmackDown Live", Rhyno naSlater vakagamuchira mutambo wavo, asi vakatadza kuwanazve mazita. MuKamuri Rokubvisa
musi waFebruary 12, 2017, vaviri ava ndivo vakatanga kupinda mumutambo wechikwata chemhirizhonga yemazita, vachibvisa Breezango neThe Vaudevillains vasati vabviswa neThe Usos.