▁which ▁Jim ▁Ross ' ▁job ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁line . ▁He ▁was ▁quickly ▁" reh ired " ▁by ▁co - General ▁Manager , ▁Stone ▁Cold ▁Steve ▁Austin . ▁After ▁returning ▁as ▁Val ▁Ven is , ▁he ▁participated ▁in ▁a ▁battle ▁royal ▁at ▁Jud gment ▁Day ▁for ▁the ▁vac ant ▁Inter cont inental ▁Championship , ▁won ▁by ▁Christian . ▁Through out ▁mid - 2 0 0 3 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Ven is ▁became ▁a ▁face ▁again , ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁get ▁much ▁in ▁the ▁way ▁of ▁a ▁push . ▁Ven is ▁began ▁wrest ling ▁as ▁a ▁mid - card er ▁on ▁He at ▁and ▁on ▁a ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁episode ▁of ▁He at , ▁he ▁faced ▁Inter cont inental ▁Champion ▁Christian ▁in ▁another ▁match ▁for ▁the ▁Inter cont inental ▁Title , ▁which ▁Christian ▁won . ▁ ▁He ▁reform ed ▁his ▁previous ▁tag ▁team ▁with ▁L ance ▁Storm ▁as ▁faces , ▁but ▁the ▁partners hip ▁f aded ▁and ▁Ven is ▁became ▁util ized ▁mainly ▁as ▁a ▁" job ber ▁to ▁the ▁stars ". ▁At ▁Arm aged don , ▁Ven is ▁and ▁Storm ▁competed ▁in ▁a ▁Tag ▁Team ▁Tur mo il ▁match ▁for ▁the ▁World ▁Tag ▁Team ▁Championship ▁which ▁was ▁won ▁by ▁Bat ista ▁and ▁Ric ▁F la ir . ▁He ▁defeated ▁Ring ▁of ▁Honor ▁wrest ler ▁and ▁future ▁W WE ▁Champion ▁C M ▁Punk ▁in ▁Punk ' s ▁first ▁W WE ▁try out ▁match ▁on ▁May ▁