legitimate shoot, with The Acolytes dominating Public Enemy for the entirety of the four-minute match. Following the Public Enemy's subsequent release, the APA claimed that they "ran The Public Enemy out" of the WWF. They said they could do the same to another famous ECW tag team (the Dudley Boyz); after the Dudley Boyz succeeded in the feud, it was commonly referred to as "Passing the Acolyte Test" since the Dudley Boyz did get over after a feud with the APA while The Public Enemy failed. The Public Enemy would wrestle a final time on March 30, 1999, in a match taped for Shotgun Saturday Night, losing to the Hardy Boys via disqualification. The match was aired on television on April 10, 1999. Shortly after airing, both members of Public Enemy were released in mid-April, along with "Dr Death." Steve Williams (who main-evented that same episode), Bart Gunn, and LOD 2000. World Championship Wrestling (1999) After leaving the WWF, the Public Enemy returned to WCW in July 1999 at the Bash at the Beach pay-per-view, taking part in the "Junkyard Hardcore Invitational" that was won by Fit Finlay. Over the following weeks, the Public Enemy wrestled in the tag team division, facing teams such as the Insane Clown Posse; Chris Benoit and Perry Saturn; and Barry Windham and Curt Hennig. On the August 5, 1999 episode of WCW Thunder, Rock lost to Goldberg. They made their final appearance with WCW on the August 19, 1999 episode of WCW Thunder, losing to Sid Vicious in a handicap match. Late career (1999–2002) After leaving WCW in late-1999, the Public Enemy began wrestling on the independent circuit. In June 1999, they briefly held the NWA World Tag Team Championship. From December 1999 to May 2000, they appeared with Xtreme Pro Wrestling. In July and August 2000, they wrestled in Perth and Sydney for the Australian i-Generation Superstars of Wrestling promotion, briefly holding the i-Generation Tag Team Championship on two occasions. In November 2001, Rock and Grunge (as the "South Philly Posse") took part in television tapings for the X Wrestling Federation in Orlando, Florida. In May 2002, Rock and Grunge began appearing with the Philadelphia-based Pro-Pain Pro-Wrestling promotion. Death Petty died of a heart attack on September 21, 2002, while en route to a Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling show where he was scheduled to wrestle against Gary Wolfe in a match for the promotion's