After successfully defended his title against Randy Reign at Border City Wrestling, Moose was attacked by Chris Adonis. At Turning Point, Moose challenged Lashley for the Impact World Heavyweight, but was defeated. On the April 27 episode of "Impact Wrestling", Moose defended his title against Davey Richards but the match ended in a no-contest. After the match, DeAngelo Williams and Gary Barnidge, who were on Moose's side during the match, attacked Richard. 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 the June 1 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 of "Impact Wrestling", who was DeAngelo Williams. At Slammiversary, Moose and Williams defeated Adonis and Drake. On the July 13 episode of "Impact Wrestling", Moose retained his title against Naomichi Marufuji when the match ended in a no-contest, after an attack of Ethan Carter III. On the August 3 episode of "Impact Wrestling", Moose lost his title against Ethan Carter III. On the August 24 episode of "Impact Wrestling", Moose was involved in the 20-man gauntlet match for the vacated GFW Global Championship which was won by Eli Drake.