 Doi and Yoshino would drop the GHC titles to Shingo Takagi and BxB Hulk of New Hazard in January 2008, and then the Open the Twin Gate titles to Iwasa and Arai the month after, and opted to stop teaming with each other.Doi briefly teamed with Horiguchi while Yoshino pursued CIMA and the Open the Dream Gate championship.Yoshino put forward an impressive performance, and despite losing, was congratulated by both CIMA and Doi.