at no surrender, roode was defeated by magnus in the semi-finals of their bound for glory series match. the same night, roode and his stable, the extraordinary gentleman's organization (ego) interfered in the finals, attacking magnus and aj styles. the next week, ego attacked magnus. on the october 3, 2013 edition of "impact wrestling", magnus faced ego in a 3-on-1 gauntlet match, prevailing over christopher daniels and kazarian but lost to roode, giving ego the victory. afterwards, sting attempted to console magnus, who was expressing his frustrations of losing the bound for glory series. magnus accused sting of not understanding his frustrations due to accomplishing so much in his career. sting responded by challenging magnus at bound for glory.