▁week ▁on ▁Sm ack Down , ▁S ylvan ▁defeated ▁Jimmy ▁Wang ▁Yang , ▁who ▁had ▁ins ult ed ▁Canada ▁the ▁week ▁before . ▁The ▁next ▁week , ▁S ylvan ▁che ated ▁again ▁to ▁take ▁a ▁lead ▁in ▁the ▁fe ud . ▁The ▁following ▁week , ▁S ylvan ▁finally ▁lost ▁to ▁Yang ▁in ▁a ▁six - man ▁tag ▁team ▁match . ▁After ▁disappear ing ▁for ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁weeks , ▁S ylvan ▁finally ▁returned ▁to ▁cost ▁Yang ▁a ▁match ▁versus ▁Gregory ▁Hel ms . ▁After ▁that ▁match , ▁Matt ▁Hard y ▁came ▁out ▁to ▁help ▁Yang ▁w ard ▁off ▁Hel ms ▁and ▁S ylvan . ▁The ▁following ▁week , ▁Hard y ▁and ▁Yang ▁defeated ▁Hel ms ▁and ▁S ylvan , ▁ending ▁S ylvan ' s ▁fe ud ▁with ▁Yang . ▁ ▁S ylvan ▁returned ▁to ▁O V W ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 5 , ▁making ▁a ▁surprise ▁appearance ▁as ▁Syl v ain ▁Gren ier , ▁team ing ▁with ▁Rob ▁Con way ▁to ▁reform ▁their ▁La ▁Rés istance . ▁The ▁reform ed ▁team ▁defeated ▁C ody ▁R unn els ▁and ▁Sh awn ▁Spe ars ▁to ▁ear n ▁a ▁shot ▁at ▁the ▁O V W ▁Southern ▁Tag ▁Team ▁Championship , ▁but ▁were ▁un success ful ▁in ▁the ▁title ▁match . ▁On ▁the ▁December ▁ 2 2 ▁episode ▁of ▁Sm ack Down !, ▁he ▁dis gu ised ▁himself ▁as ▁Santa ▁Cla us ▁and ▁attacked ▁World ▁He avy weight ▁Champion ▁Bat ista ▁with ▁a ▁steel ▁pipe . ▁This ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁match ▁with ▁Bat ista ▁that ▁S ylvan