Briggs debuted on December 14 at CW Red Carpet Chaos in a match lost to Brick Mastone. He returned the following year on April 21 in a match lost to Brett Domino. During the July 14th edition of CW Live!, Briggs challenged for the CW New England Championship held by Christian Casanova, winning the match by disqualification but did not succeed in winning the title on that occasion. The next month on August 4 at CW Rhodes Of Gold, Briggs entered a three-way match against Donovan Dijak and the defending New England Champion Christian Casanova, resulting in Dijak becoming the new champion. During September 15, 2017, Briggs entered a CW New England Title Tournament, advancing to the final round where he defeated JT Dunn to win the New England Championship. He successfully retained the title during the remainder of the year, defeating challengers including Christian Casanova, Kongo, Maxwell Jacob Friedman and Ethan Page. On February 2, 2018 at CW Invades Lowell MA!, Briggs retained the title defeating Brian Milonas. He successfully retained the New England title at CW Cold Fury 17: Resurrection, where he defeated Eddie Edwards. On April 13 at CW Cold Fury Fallout, Briggs successfully retained the championship against Rex Lawless. During the April 27 edition of CW, Briggs defeated Bryan Logan to retain his title. The next month on May 17 at CW Thursday Night Chaos, Briggs defeated Bryan's tag team partner Matt Logan to retain the championship. Between June and July, Briggs continued a successful title reign, defeating challengers including Chris Dickinson and Cam Zagami in singles matches as well as the Logan Brothers (Matt and Bryan) in a three-way match. On August 3, Briggs lost the New England Championship to Anthony Greene.