Having defeated former champion and mentor El Ligero, Lazarus captured the title from Brown in a singles match at Silent Nightmare but was knocked out at one point during the bout.
He eventually lost the title to Dara Diablo on 27 September at Against All Odds 2 in a four corners chair match which also featured El Ligero and Matt Myers.
[citation needed] Slater made his NGW debut in May 2013 at their Ambition house show, wrestling Ricky Halestorm to a no contest.
He has spent most of his time with NGW working as enhancement talent, competing and losing in matches against wrestlers including Zack Gibson, Rampage Brown, Joseph Connors, Justin Sysum, Mike Hitchman and Dara Diablo.
[citation needed] At WCPW Stacked Slater made his What Culture Pro Wrestling debut as he teamed with Gabriel Kidd as they were defeated by Martin Kirby & Travis Banks.