He is also known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling where he is a former TNA X Division Champion and has also made appearances in Ring of Honor and Lucha Underground.

He appeared on the February 26, 2003, episode of Explosion and wrestled a tag team match against Mike Sanders and Glenn Gilberti with Ken Anderson.

He also appeared on the October 5, 2003, episode of Sunday Night Heat as Shawn Daivari, losing his match against Tommy Dreamer.

In the following weeks, they would back up their words with actions, initiating a feud with Raw announcers Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler.

Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff refused to grant a handicap match, but instead ordered Michaels to find a partner.

On the April 18 episode of Raw, Michaels was once again double teamed by Daivari and Hassan until Hogan appeared to make the save.

[17][18] Daivari was squashed easily in that match, after which Hassan began to pray on the ramp, summoning five masked men to the ring.

The controversial imagery aired unedited in North America despite the terrorist attacks in London earlier that day, but was removed from the Australian and UK broadcasts.

Daivari would not be seen on television in the weeks leading up to WrestleMania 22 on April 2 when, at Saturday Night's Main Event XXXII, he suffered a chokeslam and Tombstone Piledriver at the hands of The Undertaker onto the lid of a casket.

On the April 7 episode of SmackDown!, Daivari made his return bringing in the debuting The Great Khali to attack The Undertaker during his match with Mark Henry.

a few months later, teaming up with Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Jamie Noble against Jimmy Wang Yang, Paul London and Brian Kendrick in a losing effort.

On the June 15 episode of SmackDown!, Daivari competed in a fatal four-way number one contender match for the Cruiserweight Championship, which he lost to Yang and also involved Shannon Moore and Noble.

[29] Daivari's losing streak continued when he failed to win the position of General Manager of Raw by been eliminated early in the battle royal the week after Rhodes defeated him.

Daivari then started to get on a roll on Heat (Raw's sister show) being victorious against Super Crazy and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan.

[31] On May 3, 2011, Daivari made his WWE return by competing in a dark match before the SmackDown tapings, losing to Ted DiBiase.

[34] Daivari made his debut for Professional Championship Wrestling in Arlington, Texas, at PCW's Heroes 2 Legends event in November 2007.

Daivari was found guilty and was required to supply the locker room beer and booze, which he did on Tuesday night after the tapings.

In July, Bashir formed an alliance with Eric Young, Kiyoshi and The British Invasion (Doug Williams, Brutus Magnus and Rob Terry) known as World Elite.

[39] Daivari made his return to ROH on February 5, 2010, at the tapings of Ring of Honor Wrestling on HDNet, once again portraying an anti-American heel.

[41] On June 19, 2010, at Death Before Dishonor VIII, he participated in a gauntlet match for Roderick Strong's ROH World Championship.

On September 11, 2010, at Glory By Honor IX, Daivari unsuccessfully challenged Eddie Edwards for the ROH World Television Championship.

Due to the alliance not paying off for Daivari, he attacked Ryck with a steel folding chair during a seven-way match at Ultima Lucha.

On November 10, 2010, in the first event of the tour, he defeated Dunkan Disorderly in Bordeaux, France, to win the AWR No Limits Championship.

On May 8, 2011, at Pro Wrestling Syndicate Vendetta event, Daivari won the vacant PWS New York State Championship.

Several days later at Canadian Wrestling's Elite, he and Ariya Daivari went to the finals CWE Tag Team Championship Tournament, but lost to Danny Duggan and Kenny Omega.

In June 2011, Daivari, working under the ring name Dubai, was announced as one of the four team captains for the pilot tapings of All Wheels Wrestling.

[49] On October 24, 2020, at Bound for Glory, he made an unannounced appearance as a participant in the Call Your Shot gauntlet match under the ring name Daivari, which he failed to win as he was eliminated by Brian Myers.

[51][52] Daivari made his return at Genesis as a competitor in the fourth Super X Cup tournament, where he lost in the first round to Jake Something.

His younger brother Ariya, is also a professional wrestler who performs in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), and was part of the WWE Cruiserweight Division.

[55][56] In 2016, Daivari and fellow WWE alumni Ken Anderson, Molly Holly, and independent wrestler Arik Cannon founded The Academy: School of Professional Wrestling.