On the May 30 episode of Impact Wrestling at Mumbai, India, Moose challenged once again Lashley for the Impact World Heavyweight Championship, but was ultimately defeated. On June 1st episode of Impact Wrestling, Moose retained his title against Eli Drake. After being challenged for a tag-team match at Slammiversary by Adonis and Drake, Moose revealed his tag-team partner on the June 22 episode od Impact Wrestling, who was DeAngelo Williams.