The Artist Collective was a professional wrestling stable in WWE that consisted of Canadian wrestler Sami Zayn, Swiss wrestler Cesaro, and Japanese wrestler Shinsuke Nakamura. The stable was formed as an alliance between Zayn and Nakamura in August 2019, when the duo joined forces as Zayn became Nakamura's mouthpiece and manager and helped him in retaining the Intercontinental Championship. Soon after, Cesaro joined the group and began teaming with Nakamura. In March 2020, the stable was renamed The Artist Collective. After Zayn's absence on television due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cesaro and Nakamura began wrestling as a duo and won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.