Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waDecember 6 episode ye "SmackDown", Miz akabudirira kudzivirira zita raDean Ambrose mushure mekupindira kubva kuna Maryse uye kutsauswa kubva kuna James Ellsworth. Mavhiki maviri gare gare pa "SmackDown", Miz akabudirira kudzivirira mukwikwidzi kurwisa Apollo Crews. Mushure memutambo, Miz akabvunzurudzwa naRenee Young, uko Miz akapindura zvine mutsindo nekuzivisa hukama hwehupenyu chaihwo hwaYoung naAmbrose, zvichimukurudzira kuti arove Miz. Musi waNdira 3, 2017 episode ye "SmackDown", Miz akarasikirwa neIntercontinental Championship kuna Ambrose kunyangwe kupindira kwaMaryse. Musi waNdira 29, Miz akapinda mu2017 Royal Rumble
mutambo panhamba 15 uye wakagara maminitsi 32 kusvikira abviswa naThe Undertaker.