Ranallo akasaina chibvumirano nekambani yewrestling WWE musi waZvita 15, 2015, uye akaita WWE yake yekutanga semutambi-ne-kutamba mutori wenhau we "SmackDown" timu yekushambadzira yayo yekutanga paUSA Network musi waNdira 7, 2016, nekudaro ichinzi "Izwi reSmackDown". Ranallo ane vazhinji vatauriri vanobatana pavanoshevedza SmackDown: Jerry Lawler, Byron Saxton, Michael Cole, Tom Phillips, David Otunga, naJohn "Bradshaw" Layfield. Mukuwedzera, Ranallo akatsanangura Cruiserweight Classic pamwe chete naDaniel Bryan; mutambo uyu wakaratidzwa kubva muna Chikunguru 6 kusvika Nyamavhuvhu 14, 2016. Ranallo akaramba achitaura nezve cruiserweights pane yavo yevhiki nevhiki "WWE 205 Live" show iyo yakatanga kuratidzwa kubva munaNovember 29, 2016. Vaaishanda navo vaiva Corey Graves naAustin Aries. Nezve WWE kubhadhara-per-view zviitiko, Ranallo akapihwa basa rekudaidza pre-kuratidza kweWrestleMania 32 muna Kubvumbi 2016, asi akazotaura pamakadhi makuru eWWE PPVs akati wandei: iyo SmackDown kana cruiserweight machisi pa2016's SummerSlam, Survivor Series uye 2017's Royal Rumble, uye SmackDown PPVs senge 2016's Backlash, No Mercy, uye 2017's Elimination Chamber
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