 Training under Dory Funk, Jr. at the Funking Conservatory for a brief time in 1999, he returned to the WWF appearing on "Sunday Night Heat" in January 2000 and on "Jakked" in January 2001.He also made a one-time appearance on Monday Night Raw as Buck Quartermaine teaming with Steve Madison to lose to The Big Show in a handicap match in Tampa on August 29, 2005.On September 1, 2005, he would also appear on "SmackDown" in a tag team match with Antonio Banks in a losing effort against The Shane Twins in a dark match.