Buck Quartermain, who lost to Christopher Daniels during his debut, formed a tag team with Lex Lovett and was invited as a guest at the pre-show of Against All Odds and at Destination X 2005.
Quartermain made his TNA debut losing to Christopher Daniels on January 21, 2005. After competing In singles action for a while, Quartermain formed a tag team with Lex Lovett. On February 13, 2005 at Against All Odds, Quartermain and Lovett lost to Phi Delta Slam on the pre-show. On March 13, 2005, after losing to Andy Douglas and Chris Candido at Destination X 2005 in a dark match during the Pay per view broadcast Johnny Fairplay offered to become their manager and sign them to TNA contracts. 
