Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - PaJanuary 17, 2017 episode ye "SmackDown Live", James akaita kudzoka kwake nekubatsira Alexa Bliss kuchengetedza yake SmackDown Women's Championship kurwisa Becky Lynch mumutambo weSteel Cage, achizviratidza semukadzi ari pasi pe "La Luchadora" gimmick uye achizvisimbisa semunhu wechidiki, uku achibatanawo naBliss mukuita uku. Akakwikwidza mumutambo wake wekutanga mumakore angangoita manomwe mumhete yeWWE musi waNdira 29, 2017, kuRoyal Rumble
pay<unk>per<unk>view, kubatana naBliss naNatalya vachipesana naLynch, Naomi, naNikki Bella mukurasikirwa. James akaenderera mberi nekutarisana naLynch paElimination Chamber pay<unk>per<unk>view mune imwe nhamburiko yekurasikirwa. Aizokunda Lynch mumutambo wekudzokorora musi waFebruary 14 we "SmackDown", asi aizorasikirwa neTwo-Out-of-Three Falls mutambo masvondo maviri gare gare kuti apedze nyaya yacho. Muna Kurume, James akatendeuka mushure mekurova Bliss neMick Kick, achipedza mubatanidzwa wavo mupfupi uye zvichitungamira kumutambo usiri-wezita pakati pevaviri paMarch 14 edition ye "SmackDown", umo James akakunda. PaWrestleMania 33, James akatora chikamu mumakwikwi matanhatu emakwikwi eBliss SmackDown Women's Championship, akaona Naomi achikunda zita.