On the July 29, 2021 episode of Impact, Kazarian made his return to TNA, now known as Impact Wrestling, attacking The Elite (Kenny Omega, Doc Gallows, and Karl Anderson). The following week on Impact!, Kazarian teamed with Eddie Edwards and Sami Callihan to defeat The Elite. In May 2022, he would make another appearance, wrestling Chris Sabin. Kazarian would later return at Victory Road as part of the X Division Triple Threat Revolver match to determine the number 1 contender for Mike Bailey's title at the Bound For Glory pay-per-view. Kazarian would defeat Bailey to win the X-Division Championship for the fifth time in his career. On the October 20, 2022 episode of IMPACT, Kazarian announced that he was going to invoke Option C and vacated the X Division Championship in exchange for an opportunity to wrestle Josh Alexander for the Impact World Championship, though he was defeated. At Hard To Kill, Kazarian made his first appearance since losing to Alexander, cutting a promo saying he is officially signed to Impact.
