match to become #1 contender to the ROH World Championship. On May 12 at War of the Worlds, Lethal unsuccessfully challenged Christopher Daniels for the ROH World Championship in a three-way match, also involving Cody. On the June 30, 2018 tapings of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Lethal defeated Dalton Castle for his second ROH World Championship, while also marking the first time the ROH World Championship changed hands at a non-pay-per-view event, a television taping and aired on tape delay. He would drop the title on April 6, 2019, to Matt Taven in a triple threat ladder match (with Marty Scurll also involved) at G1 Supercard, ending his second reign at 280 days. On December 13, 2019, at Final Battle Lethal, along with Jonathan Gresham, won the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the first time, after they defeated The Briscoe Brothers. On the November 28, 2020 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Lethal appeared with newly formed faction The Foundation (Jonathan Gresham, Rhett Titus & Tracy Williams). Lethal would stay with ROH until October 2021 when the promotion announced they would enter into a hiatus until 2022. Shortly after the announcement, Lethal joined All Elite Wrestling and was pulled from the Final Battle card. However, after ROH World Champion Bandido was diagnosed with COVID-19, it was announced that Lethal would be replacing Bandido in his Final Battle match against Jonathan Gresham. At the event, Lethal was defeated by Gresham. On April 1, 2022, Lethal returned to Ring of Honor, now owned by Tony Khan, and wrestled at Supercard of Honor XV. At the event, Lethal turned heel after using a low blow to defeat Lee Moriarty and then attacked crutch-donning Matt Sydal. He also would reunite with Sonjay Dutt, who restrained him as he was attacking Sydal, and the two began a feud with Samoa Joe after Joe won the ROH Television Championship. Independent circuit (2011–2019) Lethal made his first independent appearance since his release from TNA on May 28, working for Lucha Libre USA. As a tribute to Randy Savage, who had died just a week earlier, Lethal worked in his Black Machismo gimmick in a tag-team match, where he and Magno were defeated by The Right (Jon Rekon and Petey Williams). In Lethal's second appearance for Lucha Libre USA on June 18, he defeated Medianoche in a singles match. On June 19 it was announced that Lethal