On September 16, Dorado was announced as part of Raw's cruiserweight division. Dorado made his debut on the September 21 episode of "Main Event", losing to Rich Swann. On the September 26 episode of "Raw", Dorado made his Raw debut, teaming with Drew Gulak in a losing effort to Cedric Alexander and Rich Swann. On October 30 at the Hell in a Cell, Dorado teamed with Cedric Alexander and Sin Cara to defeat Ariya Daivari, Drew Gulak, and Tony Nese. On December 13, Dorado made his "205 Live" debut, wrestling Mustafa Ali to a double countout. On the June 26, 2017 episode of "Raw", Dorado unsuccessfully challenged Cruiserweight Champion Neville. The following week, on the July 4 episode of "205 Live", Dorado once again lost to Neville.