911. At Holiday Hell, Mastino defeated El Puerto Ricano in his final match for the promotion, in which he was jeered with "Mantaur" chants from the always-vocal ECW audience. Halac then briefly returned to the Catch Wrestling Association as "Terminator Mastino". World Wrestling Federation (1996) In April 1996, Halac returned to the WWF playing the role of Goldust's unnamed bodyguard. He appeared with Goldust at In Your House 7 in his corner for his match against the Ultimate Warrior. After Goldust lost, Halac attacked Ultimate Warrior but was overpowered and body slammed. United States Wrestling Association; World Wrestling Federation (1997) Halac then worked in the United States Wrestling Association as "Tank", a masked member of The Truth Commission. He won the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship, his first and only wrestling title, on March 15, 1997, after defeating then-champion Jerry Lawler. He lost the belt back to Lawler in a rematch seven days later. Later that spring, Tank was involved in a controversy surrounding the World Tag Team Championship. While The Interrogator and Recon (Tank's teammates in The Truth Commission) held the title, Tank substituted for The Interrogator in one match and his team lost the title to Nick Dinsmore and Flash Flanagan. The title change was declared invalid, however, as Tank was not one of the official holders of the World Tag Team Title. He returned to the WWF in June 1997 with the Truth Commission as he fought as Tank. He was on two Shotgun Saturday Night episodes for 6 tag matches until his release later that summer. World Championship Wrestling (1997) Halac wrestled a dark match for World Championship Wrestling's Monday Nitro, defeating Damián 666 on September 22, 1997, in his only appearance for the company. Catch Wrestling Association; Independent Circuit (1998–2019) Halac returned to the CWA in September 1998, again as "Bruiser Mastino". He wrestled three matches for NWA Germany later that year, winning the first against Franz Schumann on September 22, losing the second to Ulf Herman September 23, and losing the third to Shumann on December 2. He also competed in the European Wrestling Promotion (EWP), defeating Christian Eckstein on November 25. Halac returned to the EWP on May 18, 2001, winning a triple threat match against Eric Schwarz and Martin Nolte. The next day, he defeated Big Tiger Steele. Halac returned to wrestling on June 3, 2005, in Germany for one night only