What disturbs Ninja Man further is the fact that Merciless took his title and did nothing much to advance himself after doing so. Ninja referred to Shabba Ranks, Super Cat and Cobra who in the past toppled him in clashes and went on to do great things for themselves. Not so with Merciless. Ninja reportedly said, Merciless come tek mi title and do nuting wid it. Mi come back and kill Merciless wid one tune and show seh me a di don.

In need of a challenge, Ninja Man said he wants to test himself at this point to see how good he is in the business, so he would only clash with competition like: Bounty Killer, Beenie Man and Vybz Kartel. In fact he made such a request to Isaiah Laing the power behind STING, but was not accommodated on that count for the 2008 edition.

Still, in Merciless eyes, Ninja Man avoided him and ran away at STING 2008, after talking a good game in the media. He said that the war is not over and anywhere he meets up Ninja Man or Cobra, the lyrical war will be on.