On the January 12, 2017 episode of "Impact Wrestling", The Hardys successfully defended their titles against The Wolves; Jeff would roll up Davey Richards to retain the titles. The following week, on the inaugural "Race for the Case" tournament, Jeff won the green case. At Genesis, The Hardys retained their titles against the DCC and Decay in a three-way tag team match. On "Open Fight Night", the Hardys would begin a storyline where they would teleport to different promotions and win that promotions' tag team championship gold, which was referred to by Matt as their "Expedition of Gold". Jeff called out Lashley for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, but he was unsuccessful in his attempt at winning it.