Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan ɗan gajeren lokaci, Orton ya dawo a Extreme Rules kuma ya kai wa Jeff Hardy hari bayan wasan Hardy da Shinsuke Nakamura don Gasar Amurka, yana juyawa a cikin tsari. Bayan kwana biyu a "SmackDown Live", Orton ya tsoma baki a wasan ramuwar gayya kuma ya sake kai wa Hardy hari. A ranar 21 ga watan Agusta na "SmackDown Live", Orton da Hardy sun fuskanci a wasan da ya ƙare ba tare da gasa ba, tare da Hardy yana ci gaba da kai wa Orton hari bayan wasan. A Jahannama a cikin Cell, Orton ya ci Hardy a cikin Jahannama a cikin Cell Match. A ranar 9 ga Oktoba na "SmackDown Live", Orton ya ci nasara da dawowar Babban Nunin don cancanta ga WWE World Cup a
Gwanin Sarauta. A Crown Jewel, ya yi rashin nasara a kan Rey Mysterio a zagaye na farko. Daga nan sai ya fara rikici da Mysterio, ya saci abin rufe fuskar Mysterio a ranar 21 ga Nuwamba na "SmackDown Live" kuma ya dauke shi tare da shi na 'yan makonni. A shekara ta, Orton ya rasa ga Mysterio a cikin wasan kujerun. A Royal Rumble biya-da-gani a ranar 27 ga Janairu, 2019, Orton ya shiga wasan mai suna a lamba 29, yana kawar da Mysterio kafin Andrade ya kawar da shi. Orton ya yi gasa a wasan Elimination Chamber don WWE Championship a Elimination Chamber, inda ya kawar da AJ Styles kafin Kofi Kingston ya kawar da shi.