[8] Just under a month later at Hardcore Hell and Back on February 17, the Vulgar Display of Power lost to Necro Butcher and Toby Klein in a three-way street fight, which also involved the team of Corporal Robinson and Mitch Page.

[10] After a short hiatus, Damage returned to IWA Mid-South at the end of March, when the Vulgar Display of Power defeated Corporal Robinson and Hardcore Craig at Hurt.

[12][13] In June, Damage competed in the 2006 King of the Deathmatch tournament, defeating Darin Childs, his tag team partner Deranged, and Tank en route to the final, where he lost in a four-way "House of Pain Total Elimination match".

[18][19] The Vulgar Display of Power defeated The Devil’s Rejects (Tank and Iceberg) and Six Feet Under (Insane Lane and Freakshow) and Darin Childs and Massive in a four-way tag team hardcore rumble match at Point Proven later that month, before taking another hiatus until October.

[20] On October 26, the Vulgar Display of Power won the 2007 Double Death Tag Team Tournament by defeating Ian Rotten and Insane Lane in a House of Horrors match in the final.

[23][24] Damage began competing for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) in 2005, appearing at their Tournament of Death IV show on July 30 in New Castle, Delaware.

On April 7, at Out With the Old, In With the New, Damage defeated Danny Havoc, before Drake Younger at Restore the Order in May to win the CZW Ultraviolent Underground Championship.

[27][28][29] After the match, he quickly established himself as a villainous character by joining Maven Bentley's faction, also including Mitch Ryder and D. J. Hyde, and being involved in a scripted altercation with Lobo.

[31][35] At the following CZW show, 9 F'N Years, Damage lost the Ultraviolent Underground Championship back to Younger, although he still remained the Iron Man Champion.

[31][42] In 2004, Damage began competing for the Independent Wrestling Revolution promotion in Detroit, Michigan, and on March 21, at IWR Brawl At The Hall 3, he unsuccessfully challenged Deranged for the XICW Xtreme Championship in a match also involving Necro Butcher, The DBA and George Morbid.

Game Changer Wrestling have announced that Brain Damage is the third name confirmed for their 2023 GCW Deathmatch Hall of Fame on Saturday, June 3rd at The Showboat in Atlantic City, New Jersey.