NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship
On October 13, he returned to Florida once again for the "NWA 53rd Anniversary Show" at The Wrestleplex in St. Petersburg where he pinned Lex Lovett for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship in a Fatal Five-Way match also involving Jimmy Rave, Brandon K, and BJ Turner. Shortly after winning the World Junior Heavyweight Championship, he lost NWA New England Heavyweight title to Beau Douglas on October 27, 2001, in Woburn, Massachusetts.