(with Commissioner Cross and an unknown masked man) attempted to win the title back from McBride in the fall. He was unsuccessful at Sumner Civitans SuperBrawl III on September 6 but regained the belt in a "street fight challenge" at Fatback Rising! two weeks later. After a victory over Otto Schwanz at the 8th annual CWF Rumble!, Converse and stablemate Ryan O'Reilly briefly feuded with CWF Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champions Xsiris and Mikael Yamaha. They lost to the tag team champions at CWF Mid-Atlantic's "200th Live Event Celebration" on November 1. With Soloman Spades, they also lost a best 2-of-3 falls 6-man tag team match to Xsiris, Yamaha, and Brass Munkey at Ultimate Survivor VI on November 15. Converse ended up losing the heavyweight title to Brass Munkey at BattleCade IX on December 20, 2008. On January 3, 2009, at New Years Knockout, Alex Adonis interrupted an in-ring promo with Converse and William L. Cross to issue a challenge to the former champion. Adonis had been brought into the CWF by Converse several years earlier and pointed out that he was the only person on the active roster that Converse had never beaten. Converse responded by leading the Aftermath in a 4-on-1 attack on the young wrestler and leaving him unconscious in the ring. Two weeks later, he and O'Reilly again wrestled Xsiris and Mikael Yamaha for the CWF Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship at Night of Challenges but were unable to win the belts. He also faced former rivals Joey Silvia and Steve Greene in a tag team match with Marcellus King at End of an Era on February 7. At Fallout! on February 21, he pinned Cecil Scott. Nearly two months after New Years Knockout, Converse finally met Alex Adonis in a match at Don't Call It A Comeback! on March 7, which he won by pinfall. He and Marcellus King also defeated Adonis and Mitch Connor in a tag team match at Holding Out For A Hero! later that month. On April 4, Converse attempted to interfere in the Adonis-King match at Nowhere To Run! but was unable to prevent Adonis' victory. Afterwards Commissioner Garry Stevens ordered Converse to face Adonis, with The Kamakazi Kid as special guest referee, at the promotion's next show. Converse's match against Adonis at The Bunkhouse Stampede on April 25 ended in his defeat. On May 5, Converse defeated Chiva Kid by submission