Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan rikicin sa da Orton, Rusev ya fara aiki tare da Ingilishi, tare da biyun da ke shiga cikin wasan da aka yi wa ƙungiyoyi huɗu na ƙungiyoyi huɗu don gasar SmackDown Tag Team Championship a
Clash of Champions a watan Disamba kuma ya hada da The New Day, Chad Gable da Shelton Benjamin da kuma zakarun The Usos, wanda The Usos ya lashe. Rusev ya shiga wasan Royal Rumble na 2018 a ranar 28 ga Janairu a matsayin mai shiga na farko, wanda ya wuce minti 30 kafin Bray Wyatt da Matt Hardy su kawar da shi. A ranar 27 ga Maris na "SmackDown", Rusev ya haɗu tare da Jinder Mahal don kayar da Bobby Roode da Randy Orton, suna ƙara shi zuwa wasan Gasar Amurka a WrestleMania 34. A taron, Rusev ya sha wahala daga Mahal, ya rasa wasan. A Babban Gasar Royal Rumble, ya fuskanci The Undertaker a cikin Wasannin Casket, amma ya yi asara. A ranar 8 ga watan Mayu na "SmackDown", Rusev ya ci Daniel Bryan don cancanta don wasan tseren maza na Kudi a Bankin a Kudi a Bankin, wanda Braun Strowman ya ci nasara. A cikin shirin na gaba na "SmackDown", ya ci wasan gasa don zama mai neman lamba ɗaya don AJ Styles 'WWE Championship a Extreme Rules. A taron, Styles ya ci shi.