Ku qor sii wadida sadarkan - Ka dib markii uu ku guuldareystay inuu ku guuleysto Horyaalka Mareykanka Shinsuke Nakamura ee Crown Jewel, Rusev ugu dambeyntii wuxuu ku guuleystay inuu ku guuleysto Horyaalka Mareykanka markii saddexaad ee xirfadiisa 25 -kii Diseembar ee "SmackDown Live". Bishii Janaayo 27, 2019, wuxuu lumiyay horyaalka dib Nakamura oo ka soo horjeeda Royal Rumble. Laba maalmood ka dib "SmackDown Live", Rusev wuxuu la kulmay R-Truth, oo dhawaan ka adkaaday Nakamura ee Horyaalka Mareykanka, wuxuuna ku riixay inuu difaaco horyaalkiisii uu dhawaan ku guuleystay isaga, laakiin Truth ayaa sii haysatay horyaalkiisii. Ciyaarta ka dib, Nakamura wuxuu weeraray Truth, Rusev wuxuu ku biiray isaga oo weeraraya Truth, sidaas darteedna wuxuu mar kale u jeestay lugta geeddi-socodka ka dibna wuxuu sameeyay koox tag ah Nakamura. Wadooyinka Degdegga ah
ka hor showga, Rusev iyo Nakamura waxaa ka adkaaday The New Day. At WrestleMania 35, Nakamura iyo Rusev waxay ku tartami lahaayeen afar-geesoodka tag team-ka halista ah ee SmackDown Tag Team Championship, laakiin ma aysan guuleysan. Rusev wuxuu ku tartamay 51-nin dagaal boqortooyo ah oo ka dhacay Super ShowDown, laakiin wuu ku guuldareystay inuu guuleysto. Ka dib Super ShowDown, Rusev wuxuu bilaabay fasax sabti ah WWE.