At Survivor Series in November, McIntyre competed as a member of Team Raw in the Survivor Series match, where he, Bobby Lashley and Braun Strowman were the sole survivors for Team Raw. The following night on "Raw", McIntyre teamed with Lashley and Baron Corbin in a tag team match against Strowman, Finn Bálor and Elias, that ended after McIntyre attacked Strowman with a chair. The trio continued their alliance the following week, with McIntyre and Lashley defeating Finn Bálor and Elias in their respective matches. On 3 December episode of "Raw", McIntyre ended his partnership with Dolph Ziggler after attacking Ziggler, saying that he was only using him to make a statement, and Ziggler fulfilled his role to bring McIntyre back to the top, causing Ziggler to interrupt, and ultimately assault McIntyre, leading to an impromptu match between the two, in which Ziggler defeated McIntyre following Bálor's interference, thus giving McIntyre his first pinfall loss since his return to the main roster. At , McIntyre lost to Bálor, following Ziggler's interference. On 31 December episode of "Raw", McIntyre defeated Ziggler in a steel cage match, ending their feud. At the Royal Rumble on 27 January 2019, McIntyre failed to win the Royal Rumble match, after being eliminated by Ziggler.