[citation needed] In March 2006, Drake returned to Insanity Pro Wrestling in a losing effort to "Diehard" Dustin Lee.

[5] On January 3, 2009, Younger lost his IPW World Heavyweight Championship to Jon Moxley at Animosity 09 in a Dog Collar Match.

[6] On January 30, 2010, Drake Younger would lose his CZW World Heavyweight Title belt to B-Boy at High Stakes 4 - Sky's The Limit.

In February 2007, Younger defeated Ian Rotten, Mad Man Pondo, 2 Tuff Tony, Mickie Knuckles and "Diehard" Dustin Lee in a Hardcore Rumble to become the new IWA Mid-South Deathmatch Champion.

The shattering of the light tubes caused a big tear in Drake's left ear due to which he could not finish the tournament.

Younger made his Pro Wrestling Guerrilla debut on July 21, 2012, at Threemendous III, PWG's nine-year anniversary event.

The next evening, Younger teamed with B-Boy and Willie Mack to defeat Kyle O'Reilly, Davey Richards, and Joey Ryan.

At the 2013 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament, which took place on January 12, 2013, Younger fought Callihan in a non-tournament knockout or submission-only match.

[12] In late August, Younger made it to the semifinals of the 2013 Battle of Los Angeles, before losing to eventual tournament winner Kyle O'Reilly.

[19] Later that month, it was reported that Wuertz had worked as a professional wrestling referee at a house show for WWE's developmental system NXT.

[25] According to Fightful, in the year preceding his release, Wuertz had loudly criticized other wrestlers for receiving vaccinations, and he also stormed out of the 2020 NXT TakeOver: In Your House event after Triple H said that people of all religions were welcome in WWE.

[24] Also in 2020, Wuertz used his WWE corporate email to coordinate activities for QAnon-adjacent anti-child trafficking charity Operation Underground Railroad.