confronting NXT Champion Samoa Joe. Young then faced Joe in the main event, losing by submission. On the October 12, 2016 episode of NXT, Young officially debuted as leader of the villainous stable Sanity, along with Alexander Wolfe, Sawyer Fulton, and Nikki Cross. After Fulton suffered an injury in November, he was replaced by Killian Dain on January 18, 2017 episode of NXT. Young then feuded with Tye Dillinger, who rejected an invitation to join the group. Young defeated Dillinger at NXT TakeOver: San Antonio, and Sanity defeated Dillinger, Kassius Ohno, Roderick Strong, and Ruby Riot in an eight-person mixed tag team match at NXT TakeOver: Orlando, but Young lost to Dillinger in a steel cage match on the April 19 episode of NXT, ending their feud. At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III on August 19, Young and Wolfe defeated The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) to win the NXT Tag Team Championship. At NXT TakeOver: WarGames, Sanity lost the WarGames match to The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly), that also involved The Authors of Pain and Roderick Strong. On the December 20 episode of NXT, Sanity lost the title to The Undisputed Era, ending their reign at 123 days. On April 17, 2018, Young and the rest of Sanity, except for Nikki Cross, were drafted to the SmackDown brand as part of the Superstar Shake-up. They debuted on the June 19 episode of SmackDown Live, where they attacked The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso). The next week on SmackDown Live, Young made his main roster in-ring debut by answered United States Champion Jeff Hardy's open challenge, which he won by disqualification after The Usos ran in, leading to a six-man tag team match, where Sanity lost. At Extreme Rules, Sanity defeated The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) in a tables match. At Survivor Series, they made up part of Team SmackDown as they took on Team Raw, and they would go on to win the match, although they were eliminated from match. On the April 2, 2019 episode of SmackDown Live, Sanity lost to The Miz in a handicap falls count anywhere match, in what would be their final match as a stable. A WWE.com article blamed their lack of success on SmackDown on being "in the same division as The New Day, The Usos, The Bar, and The Bludgeon