Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan ya kasa lashe Gasar Amurka daga Shinsuke Nakamura a Crown Jewel, Rusev a karshe ya sami nasarar lashe Gasar Amurka a karo na uku a cikin aikinsa a ranar 25 ga Disamba a cikin "SmackDown Live". A ranar 27 ga Janairu, 2019, ya rasa kambin a hannun Nakamura a wasan pre-show na Royal Rumble. Kwana biyu bayan haka a kan "SmackDown Live", Rusev ya fuskanci R-Truth, wanda ya ci nasara da Nakamura don gasar zakarun Amurka, kuma ya tura shi don kare taken da ya samu a kansa, amma Gaskiya ta riƙe taken sa. Bayan wasan, Nakamura ya kai hari ga Gaskiya, kuma Rusev ya haɗu da shi wajen kai hari ga Gaskiya, don haka ya sake juyawa a cikin tsari kuma daga baya ya kafa ƙungiya tare da Nakamura. A kan
Fastlane pre-show, Rusev da Nakamura sun ci nasara da Sabuwar Rana. A WrestleMania 35, Nakamura da Rusev za su yi gasa a cikin mummunan wasan tag-team na hudu don Gasar Tag Team ta SmackDown, amma ba su yi nasara ba. Rusev ya yi gasa a cikin yakin basasa na mutum 51 a Super ShowDown, amma ya kasa cin nasara. Bayan Super ShowDown, Rusev ya fara hutun daga WWE.