Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Musi waNdira 3, 2018, Roode akaziviswa kuti achabatana naSmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair (akatumidzwa zita rekuti The Robe Warriors) mumutambo we "Mixed Match Challenge". Mushure mekunge Ziggler abvisa United States Championship musi waZvita 19 episode ye "SmackDown Live", mutambo wevarume vasere wakagadzwa kuti utonge shasha nyowani. Roode akakunda Baron Corbin mumutambo wokutanga uye Mojo Rawley mumasemi-fainari. Musi waJanuary 16 episode ye "SmackDown Live", Roode akakunda Jinder Mahal mumutambo wekupedzisira kuti akunde mukwikwidzi wake wekutanga kubva paakabatana nevakuru roster. Roode aizodzivirira zita racho kwemazuva 54, achiramba achipikisana naRawley panguva yeRoyal Rumble
kick-off show panguva yakavhurika dambudziko uye Rusev musi waFebruary 6 episode ye "SmackDown Live", kusvikira arikurasikirwa naRandy Orton kuFastlane, zvichikonzera Roode kurwisa Orton kubva mukushungurudzika mushure mekumuponesa kubva kuna Mahal. Roode akaedza kudzorera zita racho paWrestleMania 34 mumutambo wakaipisisa we4-nzira kurwisa Orton, Mahal naRusev, iyo yakakundwa naMahal. Munguva iyi, mu "Mixed Match Challenge", Flair (uyo aifanira kuvhiyiwa mazino madiki) akatsiviwa naBecky Lynch kuburikidza nevateveri-vhoti pasocial media, uye Roode naLynch vakakunda Finn Bálor naSasha Banks. Flair akadzoka kumagumo e "Mixed Match Challenge", iyo Roode naFlair vakarasikirwa nechikwata cheThe Miz naAsuka.