Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te wa poto, ka hoki mai a Orton ki nga Ture Tino, ka whakaeke ia ki a Jeff Hardy i muri i te tukinga a Hardy ki a Shinsuke Nakamura mo te United States Championship, ka huri i te waewae i roto i te tukanga. E rua nga po i muri mai i te "SmackDown Live", ka uru a Orton ki te tukinga ano ka whakaeke ano ia ki a Hardy. I te wahanga o Akuhata 21 o "SmackDown Live", i tutaki a Orton me Hardy i roto i te tukinga i mutu i te kore whakataetae, me te haere tonu a Hardy ki te whakaeke i a Orton i muri i te tukinga. I te reinga i roto i te whare herehere, i hinga a Orton i a Hardy i roto i te reinga i roto i te whakataetae whare herehere. I te wahanga 9 o Oketopa o "SmackDown Live", i hinga a Orton i te Whakaaturanga Nui e hoki mai ana ki te tohu mo te Ipu o te Ao WWE i
Ko te Karauna. I Crown Jewel, i hinga ia ki a Rey Mysterio i te rauna tuatahi. Katahi ka tiimata tana riri ki a Mysterio, i tahaetia te kopare a Mysterio i te wahanga o te Noema 21 o "SmackDown Live" ka mau ki a ia mo etahi wiki. I te, i hinga a Orton ki a Mysterio i te whakataetae tuuru. I te Royal Rumble pay-per-view i te Hanuere 27, 2019, i uru a Orton ki te whakataetae ingoa ingoa i te nama 29, ka whakakore i a Mysterio i mua i tana whakakorea e Andrade. I whakataetae a Orton i te whakataetae Elimination Chamber mo te WWE Championship i Elimination Chamber, i reira i whakakorea ai e ia a AJ Styles i mua i te whakakorea e Kofi Kingston.