Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waJanuary 17, 2017, Lawler akadzokera ku "SmackDown Live" kuti agamuchire kudzoka kweDare raMambo kubva kumusha kwake kweMemphis, Tennessee. Munguva yehurukuro yake naDolph Ziggler, Ziggler akatora chikwereti cheupenyu chaihwo hwaLawler chirwere chemwoyo munaGunyana 2012 asati amurova pachipfuva ndokusiya mhete. Gare gare usiku ihwohwo pa"Talking Smack", Renee Young akazivisa kuti Lawler, Cole naCorey Graves vachava boka revatsinhiri vemutambo weRoyal Rumble pa
2017 Royal Rumble. Musi waAugust 28, Lawler akazadza Booker T pa "Raw" kutaura kubva kuguta rake rekuMemphis. Lawler, Ross nevamwe vazhinji WWE Legends vakaonekwa paRaw 25 musi waNdira 22, 2018. Musi waNdira 26, zvakaziviswa kuti Lawler akasaina chibvumirano chitsva chegore rimwe chete neWWE. Pa2018 Royal Rumble, panguva yemutambo wevarume, Lawler aive muenzi akakosha mutsananguri kwaakafanotaura nemazvo kuti Shinsuke Nakamura aizohwina.