text: At Genesis in November 2005, Joe teamed with Christopher Daniels, Alex Shelley, and Roderick Strong to face Austin Aries, Chris Sabin, Matt Bentley, and Sonjay Dutt in an eight-man elimination match. After Joe's team won the match, Joe attacked Daniels, supposedly giving him a grade 3 concussion. After AJ Styles criticized Joe, claiming he did not respect the X Division "code", Joe defeated Styles to win the X Division Championship at Turning Point in December 2005. At Final Resolution in January 2006, Joe defended the X Division Championship against Daniels, winning by technical knockout after Styles threw in the title on behalf of Daniels. At Against All Odds in February 2006, Joe defeated Daniels and Styles in a rematch from Unbreakable to retain the X Division Championship. At Destination X in March 2006, Joe lost the title to Daniels in an Ultimate X match (a match in which there is no pinfall or submission, thus preserving Joe's undefeated streak).
  On the April 13, 2006 episode of Impact, Joe defeated Christopher Daniels to win the X Division Championship for a second time. At Lockdown later that month, Joe successfully defended his title against Sabu in a Six Sides of Steel match. At Sacrifice in May 2006, Joe teamed with Sting to defeat Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner in a tag team match; after the match, Joe left the ring and allowed Sting to be attacked. In late-May 2006, Joe was absent for two weeks while rehabilitating a major tear to his posterior cruciate ligament. At Slammiversary in June 2006, Joe defeated Steiner. On June 19, Joe defended his X Division Championship against Senshi and Sonjay Dutt in a triple threat match; after Steiner interfered in the match and gave Joe a chair shot, Senshi pinned Dutt to win the Championship, ending Joe's second reign.