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[6] After his return to the independent circuit following his participation in WWE's Cruiserweight Classic in 2016, he won the NEW World Tag Team Championship tournament with Mexx.On 13 May 2020, Barthel and Aichner defeated Matt Riddle and Timothy Thatcher (the latter substituting for Pete Dunne) to win the NXT Tag Team Championship.[15] They successfully defended against teams such as Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch, Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango), and The Undisputed Era.On 26 October 2021, at Halloween Havoc, Barthel and Aichner captured the championship for a second time by defeating MSK, and would successfully defend their titles at WarGames against Kyle O'Reilly and Von Wagner.At NXT Stand & Deliver in April 2022, Aichner and Barthel lost the titles back to MSK in a triple threat tag team match also involving The Creed Brothers, ending their reign at 158 days.Aichner's final appearance as a member of Imperium was on the April 5 episode of NXT, when he and Barthel faced The Creed Brothers in a losing effort.