on the january 17, 2013 episode of "impact wrestling", taz was a groomsman at the wedding between bully ray and brooke hogan. as ray and brooke exchanged their vows, taz interrupted the ceremony and proclaimed himself to be a member of aces & eights after revealing a kutte underneath his coat, turning heel again in the process. following his revelation, aces & eights ambushed the ceremony and attacked ray, his groomsmen tommy dreamer and brother runt and brooke's father hulk hogan. the following week on "impact wrestling", taz revealed that he joined aces & eights because of his desire to be a member of a group that adheres to a higher power. on the november 21 episode of "impact wrestling", aces & eights was forced to disband after bully ray lost to mr. anderson, which also saw anderson retain his career in tna.