From 2016 to 2019, Kenny and Mikey reunited as a duo and made appearances for WWE, Major League Wrestling (MLW), and the independent circuit.

Burke, however, turned down McMahon's offer to join the Spirit Squad, feeling that he could not perform the acrobatics required from members of the group, and chose to remain in OVW.

The villainous McMahon ordered the Spirit Squad to perform disrespectful cheers about Michaels, attack him on numerous occasions, and face him in multiple handicap matches.

[9] This led to Styles confronting color commentator Jerry Lawler and eventually quitting the show in a worked shoot promo.

[10][11] The match never started, however, because the Spirit Squad attacked Michaels, ripping apart his ring attire and, in storyline, shattering his knee with a steel chair.

The Spirit Squad successfully defended the championship against the teams of Jim Duggan and Eugene, Charlie Haas and Viscera, and Snitsky and Val Venis before entering a lengthy feud with The Highlanders.

[21][22][23] After Johnny and Mikey lost to the debuting Cryme Tyme on October 16,[24] Kenny started yelling at the other members of the Spirit Squad in the ring and walked off shouting "I'm tired of losing".

[25] Later in the night he was successful, with help from the rest of the Spirit Squad, despite Flair bringing a number of fellow "Legends" (Dusty Rhodes, Sgt.

[25] It was then decided that Flair and one of those legends, of the fans choosing, would wrestle the Spirit Squad at Cyber Sunday for the World Tag Team Championship.

[27] In a backstage segment later that night, DX placed all members into a crate stamped "OVW, Louisville, Kentucky", a reference to the developmental territory from which the Spirit Squad had come.

[27] After the breakup, Kenny emerged as the only member to remain on WWE television, gaining the last name "Dykstra" and continuing the feud with Flair that led to the Spirit Squad's break up.

[33] In September 2008, Nicky was repackaged as Dolph Ziggler[34] and has gone on to have success as a singles wrestler, having won the Intercontinental, United States, World Heavyweight and NXT Championships.

[49] On February 26, 2017, Kenny and Mikey defeated the UK Hooligans and 2 mates Pissing Around to win the Preston City Wrestling's Tag Team championship.

On April 8, 2017, Kenny and Mikey answered The Young Bucks' open challenge for the Ring of Honor (ROH) World Tag Team Championship, losing the subsequent title match.

They wrestled on the pre-show main event to MLW Saturday Night SuperFight on November 2, 2019 in a 3 way tag match vs Contra Unit (Simon Gotch and Ikuro Kwon) and the team of Douglas James and Dominic Garrini.