In November, Sheamus began a storyline with Drew McIntyre where their real life friendship was acknowledged. On 30 November episode of Raw, Sheamus was a guest on Miz TV, where The Miz and John Morrison berated him for his friendship with McIntyre to which Sheamus defended McIntyre from the accusations, turning face for the first time since 2017, and attempted to attack Miz, but was beat down by Miz and Morrison. Sheamus teamed with McIntyre to defeat Miz and Morrison in a tag team match later on in the night. At the Royal Rumble, Sheamus entered at number 27 but was eliminated by Braun Strowman.