Muerte

Muerte was brought into Preston Made 2: A new Chapter, after Drew Thorinson being fired from WWE, then going to ROH, at the same time, his close friend AJM, had left WWE, and was in ROH, where he became TV Champ. Muerte wore a skull mask and a black and white attire similar to Thorinson.

Muerte, in his second week, had gone for the ROH TV Title held by AJM, debuting against him for the title. He lost. He had a rematch the next week, but Shelton Benjamin made a run in, pinning both wrestlers, winning the title, then leaving.

NXT had signed Muerte, debuting against Baron Corbin. He defeated Corbin, by hitting a Springboard-Moonsault-SitOut-Tombstone Pile driver. Muerte then answered a main roster open challenge, that later caused him to feud with Nicholas Gold. Paige, had unmasked Muerte backstage, being the first to unmask him. Muerte lost a match that if he lost, he would be unmasked at the PPV in which facing Gold at the PPV. He lost the match, so at the PPV, he unmasked, returning, as Drew Thorinson, ending Muerte. Thorinson

used the half mask later in his entrance gear.