[12] Hido mainly competed as a mid-carder and was usually utilized in tag team matches alongside W*ING members while losing in singles competition.

[14] At 6th Anniversary Show, Hido, Hideki Hosaka and Mitsuhiro Matsunaga lost a match to Takashi Ishikawa, Apollo Sagawa and Kishin Kawabata.

[16] Hido scored only four points with two wins against Koji Nakagawa[17] and Tetsuhiro Kuroda,[18] while losing to Hideki Hosaka,[19] W*ING Kanemura[20] and Masato Tanaka.

[27] Hido's first major win of his FMW career took place at Summer Spectacular on August 1, where he won a Royal Rumble by last eliminating Tetsuhiro Kuroda.

[28][29] Hido received his first title shot on September 20 as he and Hideki Hosaka unsuccessfully challenged The Headhunters for the Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship.

[16] On October 14, Onita, Hido and Kuroda defeated Hayabusa, Masato Tanaka and Koji Nakagawa to win the World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Championship.

[37] Friction began rising in ZEN as Mr. Gannosuke, Kanemura and Hido became upset at Onita for booking himself in the main event of the December 19 show.

[38] After the match, Fuyuki-Gun joined Gannosuke, Kanemura and Hido in attacking ZEN and both groups merged to form Team No Respect.

[39] On March 29, Hido and Kodo Fuyuki defeated their own TNR teammates Mr. Gannosuke and Yukihiro Kanemura to win the Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship.

[44] On June 19, Hido picked up an upset win over Leather in a loser leaves TNR match with the help of Jado and Yukihiro Kanemura.

Hido defeated Takeshi Ono in the quarter-final[49] and Masao Orihara in the final before losing to eventual winner Mr. Gannosuke in the semi-final.

At 10th Anniversary Show, Hido faced karateka Willie Williams in a different style fight, losing via knockout in the second round.

[55] Takayama defeated Tarek Pasca on January 5, 2000[56] and unsuccessfully challenged Tetsuhiro Kuroda for the WEW World Heavyweight Championship on February 25.

[60] Hido travelled to United States and worked for Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South (IWA-MS), debuting for the promotion against Sabu in a losing effort at No Blood, No Guts, No Glory on May 12, 2001.

On April 29, 2003, Hido and YOSHIYA defeated Ryuji Ito and Daisaku Shimoda to win the WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship.

[67] On August 19, 2004, Hido and Kintaro Kanemura defeated Kendo Kashin and Tomohiro Ishii to win the World Magma the Greatest Tag Team Championship at Riki Pro's Take Off event.

[69] On August 6, 2006, Hido and Takashi Sasaki defeated Jun Kasai and Tetsuhiro Kuroda in the final of a round robin tournament to win the reactivated WEW World Tag Team Championship at an Apache Army show.

[70] They lost the title to Kasai and Tomoaki Honma in a scramble bunkhouse barbed wire baseball bat and ladder deathmatch at the company's 3rd Anniversary Show.