 The impact gave McGuinness a concussion, broke his nose, opened his eyebrow, and required 14 stitches.On 25 January 2008, McGuinness wrapped up his feud with Chris Hero by successfully defending his title against him in a steel cage match.In February at ROH's "Sixth Anniversary Show", McGuinness turned heel during his successful title defence against Bryan Danielson by breaking an earlier agreement and targeting his head, injured earlier at the hands of Morishima.