At Inferno 12.1, general manager Spectre announced he would be temporarily leaving the show to be by the side of his lovely assistant, Satisfaction, who had been badly burned by cYnical at Dead Reckoning. Spectre put backstage interviewer, Sara St. James, in charge. However, cYnical attacked St. James and took over as GM himself.
With three men claiming a title shot to Michaels' title (Samuels wanted a rematch, Mang was the number one contender, and Sheepster had been waiting three years for his guaranteed title shot), cYnical booked Michaels with Samuels in a tag team match against Mang and Sheepster. After Inferno 12.3, it was further announced that Samuels had been dropped from the championship match, making it a triple threat match.