After failing to win the title at SummerSlam, when they defeated the champions by disqualification, The New Day defeated The Bludgeon Brothers in a No Disqualification match two days later on "SmackDown" to capture the titles for a third time. They held the titles until October 16, 2018, when they were defeated by Cesaro and Sheamus on "SmackDown 1000" after Big Show attacked Kingston outside the ring. They would fail to regain the titles at Crown Jewel event. Two weeks later, they made up part of Team SmackDown in a 5-on-5 tag-team elimination match at Survivor Series, in which they defeated Team Raw. At TLC, The New Day would again fail to win the championship from The Bar, in a triple-threat tag team match also involving The Usos. On the January 1, 2019 episode of SmackDown Live, the entire New Day announced their entry into the Men's Royal Rumble match at the Royal Rumble event on January 27; all three were unsuccessful.