He returned to wrestling in 2005 and entered Chikara's Tag World Grand Prix 2005 with partner Claudio Castagnoli and made it to the finals to face Superfriends, Chris Hero and Mike Quackenbush.

In October 2007, Cannon went to Japan for a tour with Dragon Gate and was brought into the Muscle Outlawz faction by Naruki Doi along with fellow gaijins Kevin Steen and Jimmy Rave.

[7][8] On June 5 at Enter The Dragon 2011, Cannon and Callihan were joined by Pinkie Sanchez, before picking up a major win over the tag team of Open the Dream Gate Champion Masaaki Mochizuki and Susumu Yokosuka.

[10] In recent years, the promotion has expanded to host events at an eclectic assortment of locations throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area, including the Mall of America, James Ballentine VFW [11] and Temple of Aaron Synagogue.

[12] Several performers from F1RST Wrestling have found later success in larger promotions, such as Seth Rollins, Ethan Page, Erick Rowan, Danhausen, Orange Cassidy, Darius Martin and Dante Martin of Top Flight, Colt Cabana, Gigi Dolin, Chuck Taylor, Josh Alexander, Johnny Gargano, Bryan Keith, and Ariya Daivari.

First was June 5 where he teamed up with Kevin Blackwood in a tag match and faced Eddie Kingston and Penta El Zero Miedo in a loss on Dark: Elevation in Jacksonville, Florida.

On August 10, 2022, Cannon teamed with Travis Titan for a tag match taped for Dark: Elevation during the Quake by the Lake special.