In February 2002, he made his return by winning Frontier Wrestling Alliance's King of England tournament, beating Doug Williams in the finals, before being presented with a medal by "Dynamite Kid" Tom Billington for his achievement.

While back in England, Fleisch defeated Flash Barker to win the FWA Heavyweight title for the first time, only to be stripped of it on 3 August.

During this time he faced stars such as Juventud Guerrera, Low Ki, Christopher Daniels, The Backseat Boyz, and James Tighe.

Fleisch went on to be a part of the 1 Pro Wrestling roster and become one half its tag team champions with long-time rival and friend Jonny Storm.

[7] Between 2015 and 2019, Fleisch would work for Glasgow's Insane Championship Wrestling, debuting in a tag team victory with Storm over The Sumerian Death Squad (Tommy End and Michael Dante)[8] in London.

[9] Fleisch made a number of appearances for ICW Fight Club and appeared on several ICW PPVs where he traded wins and losses with Super Crazy, James Storm, Andy Wild, Mark Coffey, Bram, Leyton Buzzard, Ricky Knight Jr., Mikey Whiplash, The Kinky Party (Jack Jester & Sha Samuels) and others.

rumble match (won by Stevie Boy, who earned the title shot) and faced Joe Hendry, Ravie Davie, DCT, Kid Fite and Aaron Echo in a Seven Man Ladder match for ICW World Heavyweight & Zero-G title contendership at ICW Fear & Loathing X at the SSE Hydro which was won by Bram.