Ophidian served as an assistant trainer at The Wrestle Factory, operated by Chikara founder Mike Quackenbush.

[3] Amasis and Ophidian made their debut as a tag team on September 22, 2007, at the Chikara show Cibernetico and Robin, defeating ShaneSaw (Shane Storm and Jigsaw) in their first match together.

[5] In early 2008 Amasis and Ophidian entered the King of Trios tournament along with Mecha Mummy forming Team Egypt.

Ophidian began using a new look at Chikara shows for the eleventh season, switching to a red snake mask instead of a cobra's head at Chikarasaurus Rex: How to Hatch a Dinosaur.

[9] Ophidian was a trainer at the Chikara Wrestle Factory and independently ran training seminars in Japan, England, Wales, Canada, Jersey (The Channel Islands), Denmark, and the United States of America before his retirement.