 Finally, on 3 April 2009 at "Supercard of Honor IV", McGuinness lost the ROH World Championship to Jerry Lynn at his 39th defence, ending his reign at 545 days.After a hiatus to recover from the injury, McGuinness returned to wrestling a few months later.On 24 July, McGuinness suffered a minor injury during a four-way match after his "spine got compacted taking a piledriver", and was unable to wrestle the following night.