After the loss, Ross tweaked his ring name to simply Blitzkrieg and began feuding with Hellblazer, which culminated at APW's event Mini Invasion as Blitzkrieg and Super Dragon defeated Hellblazer and American Wild Child in a tag team match on August 15, 1997.
[4] On January 27, 1999, Blitzkrieg appeared on the first and only Festival de Lucha special, where he competed in and won two six-man tag team matches.
[8] Blitzkrieg then competed at house shows over the next few months[3] before wrestling Evan Karagias on the September 20 episode of Nitro to determine the number one contender for the Cruiserweight Championship, but was defeated.
[1] However, his final match was broadcast a week later on the October 21 episode of Thunder, where he and Kaz Hayashi lost to Juventud Guerrera and Silver King.
As a result, Evans competed as Blitzkrieg II for a short time thereafter out of respect for Ross but retired the gimmick after suffering an injury from a botched move.