Rolf returns on October 22, 2018, in Kristen's Nashville warehouse. After the warehouse's destruction, Rolf has since continued schemes such as using microchips to turn Hope into "Princess Gina" and Steve Johnson into "Stefano" as well as assisting Gwen Rizczech in drugging Abigail Devereux and framing Gabi Hernandez. Despite being arrested, Rolf still continued to be a threat to the people of Salem. He, Orpheus, and Clyde Weston escape together with their own plots to act on. Rolf confronts Chad DiMera on "Stefano's" microchip where he learns it was destroyed. Grief-stricken, he attempts to kill Chad but is stopped an bound until he blackmails Gwen into setting him free. He then kidnaps Kayla Brady, intending to impregnate her with a clone of Stefano but is stopped before the process is begun and is sent back to prison.
