 On the September 3 episode of "Impact Wrestling", Storm and Sanada abducted former X Division Champion Manik following his loss in a six-man #1 contenders match for the X Division Championship.On the following episode of "Impact Wrestling", Storm was shown initiating Manik, much like he did Sanada into his new faction.On the September 17 episode of "Impact Wrestling", Storm and Sanada attacked X Division Champion Samoa Joe, and were joined by Manik, now sporting an all new look, joining Storm's group.