In July 2016, Rusev was sent to "SmackDown Live" in the 2016 WWE Draft, bringing the championship to that show. In April 2017, the 2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up happened at the champion at the time Kevin Owens was drafted to "Raw". Since then, the championship has been on that show except for when day when then champion Jinder Mahal was sent to "SmackDown Live" in the 2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up. The next day, he lossed the title to Jeff Hardy who was drafted and brought the title to "Raw."