Taiji Ishimori
After Drake lost the renamed Impact World Championship to Austin Aries, Impact began pursuit of Aries's championship, facing him at Crossroads special, where he lost again. On the April 19 episode of "Impact!", Johnny Impact was attacked and injured by Kongo Kong, which was performed to write him off television in order to film for reality television show "Survivor". Impact returned at Slammiversary XVI, when he won a four-way match against Fenix, Taiji Ishimori, and Petey Williams.