1 contendership match, up against Colin Cassady & Enzo Amore, The new Vaudevillains and you may Western Alpha (Chad Gable & Jason Michael jordan). By the , Murphy spent a lot of time from inside the american singles action ahead of back once again to tag people matches by the late 2016, teaming and you may winning mark matches which have Tye Dillinger and you will Shinsuke Nakamura.
Through the 2017, Murphy wrestled into the american singles suits, researching his first and simply identity meets on 9 February in which he lost to Bobby Roode during the a fit towards the NXT Title.