 On the January 1, 2019 episode of SmackDown Live, the entire New Day announced their entry into the Royal Rumble match at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view on January 27.On the February 12 episode of "SmackDown Live", one member of The New Day was scheduled to replace Mustafa Ali in the WWE Championship Elimination Chamber match at the namesake pay-per-view after Ali suffered an injury, and Kingston was selected as his replacement.Kingston then participated in a Gauntlet match to determine the last entrant in the Chamber match, where he started off with WWE Champion Daniel Bryan.