 On 4 March in Liverpool, McGuinness ended his feud with Jimmy Rave by defeating him with a "Rebound" "Lariat", which in storyline resulted in Rave suffering a broken jaw and earned the move the new name of "Jawbreaker Lariat", when in reality Rave had broken his jaw a month earlier.McGuinness' next feud would be with Chris Hero, who had dubbed himself the best pure wrestler in the world.During this feud McGuinness also received two shots at the ROH World Championship, on 14 April and 16 July, but was both times defeated by champion Takeshi Morishima.