Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na Eprel 17, 2018, a kpaliri R-Truth na akara SmackDown dị ka akụkụ nke Superstar Shake-up. N'oge ọkọchị, R-Truth tinyere onwe ya n'akụkụ na mgbe ahụ SmackDown Women's Champion Carmella, na-azọrọ na ọ ga-enwe ohere megide United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura site na ịpị Carmella (ebe ọ bụ na Becky Lynch na Charlotte Flair nwetara ohere megide aha Carmella site na imeri ya na egwuregwu ndị na-abụghị aha); E mechara nye R-Truth egwuregwu megide Nakamura, mana ọ furu efu. Na Septemba 4 nke "SmackDown Live", Carmella mechara kweta ijikwa R-Eziokwu na egwuregwu ya megide The Miz iji zere nnyonye anya nwunye ya Maryse. R-Truth mechara merie egwuregwu ahụ n'ihi ndọpụ uche nke ndị iro Miz na Maryse bụ Daniel Bryan na Brie Bella, nke bụkwa mmeri mbụ ya na telivishọn kemgbe Mee 2016. N'oge na-adịghị anya, Carmella malitere ijikwa R-Eziokwu na ha abụọ sonyere na oge nke abụọ nke Mixed Match Challenge. N'agbanyeghi na ha meriri egwuregwu atọ tupu ha emeri Rusev na Lana iji ruo eruo na playoffs, R-Truth na Carmella gara n'ihu merie Jeff Hardy na Charlotte Flair na quarterfinals na The Miz na Asuka na semifinals. N'ikpeazụ nke Mixed Match Challenge, nke mere na Disemba 16 na, R-Eziokwu na Carmella meriri Jinder Mahal na Alicia Fox, na-enweta ma nọmba 30 maka egwuregwu Royal Rumble ha na
Egwuregwu Royal Rumble Na Jenụwarị 8, 2019 nke "SmackDown", R-Truth chere WWE Champion Daniel Bryan ihu na egwuregwu na-abụghị aha na mbọ na-efunahụ.