 He returned to ROH in February 2017 during the first night of , which was co-produced by the promotion and New Japan-Pro Wrestling, winning a tag team match against the Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark Briscoe) alongside Adam Cole.He also performed as part of the Global Wars 2017 tour, also co-produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling.In 2006, Omega became captivated by Japanese wrestler Kota Ibushi after watching him perform as part of Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling, so he uploaded videos of himself having a DDT-style match to YouTube, in hopes they would interest Ibushi into working with him.