of the Eli Drake segment Fact of Life, who resulted by Storm hitting Drake with a Superkick. On the August 4 episode of Impact Wrestling, Storm defeated Eli Drake to win the TNA King of the Mountain Championship. The following week, he lost the King of the Mountain Championship in a Title vs. Title match against Lashley. On the August 18 episode of Impact Wrestling, Storm called the official for that match Brian Hebner to the ring to show him how he missed a three-count on Lashley that should have amounted to Storm winning all the titles instead, while complaining to Hebner, TNA President Billy Corgan came down to the ring and interjected himself into the discussion with Storm. Corgan insulted Storm and suggested that Storm "may not be able to win the big one." This set Storm off and he confronted and cornered Corgan, threatening to use Corgan to satisfy his bucket list goal of "kicking a rockstar's ass". Storm then left the ring and on the way up the ramp, Corgan yelled "James Storm is suspended indefinitely". In October, Storm turned heel when he was revealed as one of the masked wrestlers of the newest group known as Death Crew Council (DCC), with Bram and Kingston. Death Crew Council made their debut on the October 20 episode of Impact Wrestling, when they attacked The Tribunal, following the latter's loss to TNA World Tag Team Champions, The Broken Hardys. DCC continued their assault on TNA wrestlers, including a 3-on-2 Handicap match against Jeff Hardy and TNA World Champion Eddie Edwards. On December 15, Storm would appear at the Hardy Compound as a participant in the Tag Team Apocalypto match for Total Nonstop Deletion. DCC would be eliminated by Decay, when a man whom Decay assault during "Delete or Decay" claimed to be Storm's partner and was knocked unconscious by Crazzy Steve and pinned by Abyss. On the January 5, 2017 episode of Impact Wrestling, DCC started a feud with Decay when Storm and Bram smashed beer bottles over Abyss and Crazzy Steve's heads, with Bram issuing a threat to Rosemary afterwards. On the January 12 episode of Impact Wrestling, Bram and Kingston would face Decay in a losing effort, after James Storm attacked Abyss, resulting in a disqualification. After TNA was bought by Anthem Media and renamed Impact Wrestling, they were defeated by new tag teams Reno SCUM and