 Ibushi and Kagetora won a number one condership match for the UWA World Tag Team Championship and went on to win the championships by defeating Tokyo Gurentai (Mazada and Nosawa Rongai) and would later vacate the championships due to inactivity.Ibushi gained a total of four points in Greatest Golden League 2008 which was not enough to progress out of block A and to the semi final.In May and June 2009 Ibushi participated in the Best of the Super Juniors Tournament held by NJPW.