 Shrader also returned to the ECWA where he won the ECWA Tag Team Championship with Christian York on March 17, 1999.Shrader's original partner was Glenn Osbourne, however, he and York scored simultaneous pinfalls during a 3-way match between The Extremists Ace Darling & Devon Storm, the Bad Street Boys (Joey Matthews & Christian York), and Mark Schrader & Glenn Osbourne, for the belts.The two rivals were forced to team with each other for over three months until a match was set up in Newport on July 30, where Schrader and his new partner Thunder defeated York and Matthews to become the undisputed champions.