After graduating, Woermann obtained a job selling cars while trying to pursue a career in Law Enforcement through one of his brothers with the Village of Terrace Park Police Dept.

Stryker immediately sought revenge, which led to Baldwin suing him for $55 million and imposing a restraining order on him for assault, stalking and defamation of character.

The Icons defeated TJ Dalton and JT Stahr for the HWA Tag Team Championships on April 2, 2004, dropping the titles to Benjamin Kimera and Shawn Osbourne on June 15.

[3] Stryker debuted in Ring of Honor on January 11, 2003, at Revenge on The Prophecy, losing to fellow HWA wrestler Chad Collyer.

[4] At the Second Anniversary Show on February 14, 2004, Stryker unsuccessfully entered a tournament for the newly created ROH Pure Wrestling Championship.

After becoming the number one contender to the ROH World Championship, Stryker lost to the defending champion, Samoa Joe, at Reborn: Stage Two on April 24, 2004.

Stryker subsequently appeared only sporadically with Ring of Honor, losing to Ricky Reyes in his final match on October 14, 2005, at Enter The Dragon.