Rocky Romero
In November, Taylor returned to NJPW aligning with J.R. Kratos, Tom Lawlor, and Danny Limelight to form the new "Team Filthy". The duo of Taylor and Kratos made their tag team debut defeating Rocky Romero and Jeff Cobb. On November 20, Taylor defeated Rocky Romero in his first singles match back in Japan. One week later at "NJPW Strong #17", Taylor competed in his last match in New Japan teaming with Kratos, Lawlor, and Limelight in a winning effort against Cobb, Romero, Fred Rosser and PJ Black.