Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Nakamura gbara asọmpi mbụ ya kemgbe SummerSlam na Septemba 11 nke "SmackDown Live", na-efunahụ Jeff Hardy site na nkwụsị mgbe Randy Orton kwụsịrị. Mgbe ọ jụrụ ịgbachitere WWE United States Championship na Hell in a Cell pay-per-view, onye isi njikwa Paige nyere Nakamura iwu ka ọ gbachitere Championship na Septemba 18 nke "SmackDown Live", nke o mere nke ọma, na-emeri Rusev. Na SmackDown 1000, Nakamura meriri Rey Mysterio na-alọghachi n'asọmpi asọmpi maka WWE World Cup na Crown Jewel. Nakamura ga-enwe ihe ịga nke ọma na-ejigide aha na October 30 nke "SmackDown Live" megide R-Eziokwu na mgbe ahụ megide Rusev na Crown Jewel. Nakamura meriri WWE Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins nke Raw na egwuregwu Interbrand Champion vs Champion na Survivor Series. Na Disemba 25 nke "SmackDown Live" (nke e dekọrọ na Disemba 18), Nakamura tụfuru WWE United States Championship na Rusev, na-akwụsị ọchịchị ya na ụbọchị 156. Na Jenụwarị 27, 2019, na Royal Rumble
, Nakamura meriri Rusev iji merie WWE United States Championship nke abụọ ya. Ka oge na-aga n'abalị ahụ, o sonyere na egwuregwu Royal Rumble na-abanye na # 3 mana Mustafa Ali kpochapụrụ ya.