 He also had a brief tenure in the "Tetsujin Tournament", but he was forced to forfeit most of his matches due to an injury.Shanao returned on September 10 in a losing effort to Takeshi Minamino, but he got his revenge the same night, defeating Minamino and Los Salseros Japoneses along with Kagetora, Gaina and Hayato Fujita.Kagetora and he eventually kept their alliance and participated in the "Futaritabi Tag Team Tournament 2005", winning the league after beating Los Salseros Japoneses again, but Kagetora suddenly turned heel and attacked Shanao, going to form the villainous stable Stoned.