On the January 22 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Josh Woods submitted Dalton Castle in a Pure Rules match. Dalton had been on a losing streak for some time after ROH returned to television, and the loss to Woods only exacerbated it. With the potential of leaving ROH after another loss, Castle challenged Woods to a rematch on March 6. Castle won after feigning a serious back injury. After the match, Woods' tag team partner Silas Young came with an ultimatum for Woods: He can keep going as a singles competitor and chase for the Pure Championship, or 2 Guys 1 Tag can reunite and run through the tag team division. On the March 16 episode of Week By Week, Castle-Woods 3, this time a normal singles match, was signed for the 19th Anniversary, with Young in Woods' corner.
