In May 2019, Pillman was a participant in a battle royal at All Elite Wrestling's inaugural pay-per-view event, Double or Nothing. In July 2020 - with MLW shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic - Pillman began to appear in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), wrestling on both their flagship show "Dynamite", and their online show "Dark". Pillman remains contracted to MLW, but is allowed to work for AEW as well. He made his in ring return on the July 7th episode of "Dark" in a losing effort against Shawn Spears. After this, Pillman was used as mostly as an enhancement talent losing to the likes of Brian Cage and Eddie Kingston.