 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Musi wa11 Gunyana, kuBacklash, Lynch akahwina dambudziko rekubvisa matanhatu-pack, wekupedzisira kubvisa Carmella, kuti ave wekutanga SmackDown Womens Champion. Kudzivirira kwake zita rokutanga kurwisana naAlexa Bliss kwakanga kwakarongwa nokuda kweNo Mercyasi nemhaka yokuti Lynch akatambura kukuvadzwa kwakakodzera mutambo wacho wakadzoserwa ku 8 November episode ye SmackDown, apo Lynch akachengetwa. PaSurvivor Series gare gare mwedzi iwoyo, Lynch akaita chikamu cheChikwata SmackDown padivi peBliss, Carmella, Naomi naNatalya mumutambo weSurvivor Series mukurasikirwa neChikwata Raw. Pakubhadhara-per-view muna Zvita, Lynch akarasikirwa neSmackDown Womens Championship kuna Bliss mumutambo wematafura, achipedza kutonga kwake pamazuva makumi masere nemana. Akagamuchira mukwikwidzi wake wemakwikwi musi wa17 Ndira 2017 episode ye SmackDown, mumutambo wesimbi asi akarasikirwa mushure mekupindira kubva kune mumwe La Luchadora akazoratidzwa semudzokeri Mickie James. Izvi zvakatungamirira kumutambo pakati paLynch naJames paElimination Chamber munaFebruary, iyo Lynch yakakunda. Lynch akapinda mumakwikwi matanhatu-pakiti nokuda kwezita reWrestleMania 33 muna April, iyo yakaguma yakundwa naNaomi. 