Taiji Ishimori
On July 2, 2017 Drago and El Hijo del Fantasma represented AAA at Impact Wrestling's Slammiversary XV show, the team lost to The Latin American Xchange (Ortiz and Santana), who successfully defended the Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Championship and GFW Tag Team Championship in a match that also included Laredo Kid/Garza Jr. and Naomichi Marufuji/Taiji Ishimori. On the July 6 episode of Impact Wrestling, Drago entered the 2017 GFW Super X Cup Tournament.`