 He would go on to wrestle Danny Basham on 11 September 2005, episode of "Sunday Night Heat", taped prior to "Raw" on 5 September, losing after Basham hit an inverted DDT.On 13 November 2005, McGuinness returned to TNA at the pre-show prior to the Genesis pay-per-view in a losing effort to Shark Boy, before leaving America to tour Japan with NOAH in November and December 2005.He wrestled nine matches in total, seven of which he won, and teamed with fellow gaijin Doug Williams, 2 Cold Scorpio and Bison Smith.