[5] Ruff made his debut at Evolve 106 on June 23, 2018, teaming with Tommy Maserati in a losing effort against Adrian Alanis and Liam Gray.
[7][8] At Evolve 142 on December 7, Ruff and Fox lost the titles to The Besties in the World (Davey Vega and Mat Fitchett), ending their reign at 147 days.
[9] Though not under contract, Ruff made an appearance on the December 4, 2019 episode of NXT, teaming with Adrian Alanis in a losing effort against The Forgotten Sons (Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake).
[10][11] Throughout early 2020, Ruff wrestled as a local competitor on a variety of WWE television programs including Raw, SmackDown, NXT, 205 Live, and Main Event.
He made his televised debut on the June 17 episode of AEW Rampage, teaming with Bear Country in a losing effort against The Gunn Club and Max Caster.
He made a further appearance on the July 6 episode of AEW Dynamite teaming again with Bear Country and Fuego Del Sol in a losing effort to The Gunn Club, Caster, and Anthony Bowens.