Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan kwana biyu a "SmackDown Live", Nakamura ya rasa kambin ga R-Gaskiya. Rusev sai ya fuskanci Gaskiya kuma ya tura shi zuwa wasan kwaikwayo, amma Gaskiya ta riƙe taken. Bayan wasan, Nakamura ya haɗu da Rusev don kai hari ga Gaskiya, yana fara kawance tsakanin su biyun. A kan
Fastlane pre-show, Nakamura da Rusev 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. Duo ya dawo yayin 51-Man Battle Royal a 2019 Super Showdown, amma duk an cire su a lokacin wasan.