Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Usiku hunotevera pa "Raw", Owens akagamuchira dambudziko raJericho remutambo paWrestleMania 33 musi waApril 2 chero bedzi Jericho aizodzivirira United States Championship, iyo Owens yaizoenderera mberi kuhwina kekutanga mubasa rake. Musi waApril 11 episode ye "SmackDown Live", Owens yakatengeswa kuSmackDown brand sechikamu che2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up. Owens, uyo aizoramba achidzivirira zita rake richangobva kuhwinwa kurwisa Jericho pa
Kutsiva nemukundi achienda kuSmackDown zvakare, akatanga kuzvitumidza kuti "Chiso cheAmerica" uye akatangawo kutamba chitarisiko chakasiyana, achigera ndebvu dzake nebvudzi pasi, achipfeka sutu. PaKudzorera musi waApril 30, Owens akarasikirwa nemutambo kudzokera kuJeriko, nokudaro achigumisa kutonga kwake pamazuva 28. Zvisinei, Owens aizodzosa zita racho musi waMay 2 episode ye "SmackDown Live" nekukunda Jericho, uyezve kumurwisa nekumurwadzisa mushure memutambo zvakare. PaBacklash, Owens akakunda AJ Styles nekuverenga-kunze kuti achengetedze United States Championship. Owens akazoziviswa semumwe wevatori vechikamu muMari muBhangi danho rekukwikwidza paMari muBhangi, pamwe naSami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura, Styles, Dolph Ziggler naBaron Corbin, umo Corbin akabuda achikunda.