 On the March 31, 2008 "Raw", Anderson came out to say his final goodbye to Ric Flair and thank him for his career.At the No Mercy event, he was backstage congratulating Triple H for retaining the WWE Championship against Jeff Hardy.On an episode of "Smackdown Live" in August 2016, Anderson made an appearance as one of the people asked by Heath Slater to be his tag team partner for the tournament to determine the inaugural winners of the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship.