TNA World Heavyweight Championship
During the January 2017 "Impact Wrestling" tapings, Barnett joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), answering an open challenge from Bobby Lashley, for a match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. The following week on "Impact!", Barnett defeated Bad Bones in his in-ring debut. One week later on "Impact Wrestling", Barnett was defeated by Lashley in a TNA World Heavyweight Championship match.