Dhameystir weedha soo socota: 26kii Luulyo ee "SmackDown Live", Rhyno wuxuu ku soo laabtay weerarka "wakiilka xorta ah" Heath Slater oo leh Gore. 9-kii Ogosto ee "SmackDown Live", labaduba waxay isku qabsadeen shuruud ah in haddii Slater guuleysto, uu saxiixi doono liiska "SmackDown"; si kastaba ha noqotee, Rhyno wuxuu ka adkaaday Slater. 23-kii Ogosto ee "SmackDown", Slater waxaa loo soo bandhigay booska tartanka loogu talagalay tartanka cusub ee SmackDown Tag Team Championship haddii uu helo lammaane. Ka dib markii ay ku dhibtoodeen helitaanka lammaane, Rhyno wuxuu la soo xiriiray Slater wuxuuna ogolaaday inuu noqdo lammaanihiisa tartanka. Rhyno iyo Slater waxay ka adkaadeen The Headbangers wareegga koowaad iyo The Hype Bros wareegga semi-finalka si ay ugu gudbaan finalka Backlash, halkaas oo ay ka adkaadeen Usos si ay u noqdaan horyaalkii ugu horreeyay, iyagoo sidoo kale siinaya Slater qandaraas. 13-kii Sebtember dhacdadii "SmackDown Live", Rhyno iyo Slater waxay ka adkaadeen The Ascension si ay si guul leh ugu ilaaliyaan cinwaanada difaacooda ugu horreeya ka dib markii Slater uu saxiixay heshiis rasmi ah oo toos ah. No Mercy, Rhyno iyo Slater waxay hayaan horyaalka iyaga oo ka horjeeda Usos. At Survivor Series, Rhyno iyo Slater waxay ahaayeen kabtanada kooxda ee kooxda SmackDown ee 10<unk>on<unk>10 Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination match, halkaas oo ay kaga adkaadeen Kooxda Raw. 4-tii Diseembar, boqortooyadii kooxda ee Rhyno iyo Slater ayaa dhammaatay 84 maalmood ka dib markii ay ka adkaadeen The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt iyo Randy Orton). Laba maalmood ka dib "SmackDown Live", Rhyno iyo Slater waxay heleen kulankooda, laakiin waxay ku guuldareysteen inay dib u soo ceshadaan koobabka. Waqtiga
Elimination Chamber bishii Febraayo 12, 2017, labadii ciyaaryahan waxay ahaayeen kuwii ugu horreeyay ee soo gala tartanka isku-dhafka ah ee kooxaha isku-dhafka ah ee loogu talagalay kooxaha kooxaha, iyaga oo baabi'inaya Breezango iyo The Vaudevillains ka hor inta aysan baabi'in The Usos.