 Slater and McIntyre represented 3MB in the NXT Tag Team Championship tournament to crown the inaugural champions, but lost in the first round by Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey on the January 23 "NXT".He competed in the Royal Rumble coming from number 10, but was eliminated by John Cena.On the April 12 episode of "SmackDown" Slater, along with the rest of 3MB, attempted to ambush Triple H as he was addressing Brock Lesnar, however The Shield then came out and attacked them.