Último Dragón
Throughout 2008 and 2009, Ohara feuded with his mentor Último Dragón across three continents and multiple promotions including Dradition in Japan, Nu-Wrestling Evotolution (NWE) in Europe and Toryumon in Mexico. In NWE, Ohara wrestled under a mask as Dark Dragon, an evil counterpart to Último Dragon. On June 28, 2008, Ohara lost a "lucha de apuestas" match to Último Dragón and was forced to unmask. On December 14, Ohara defeated Último Dragón to win the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship. In Japan, he debuted for Hustle as Ray Ohara on December 24, joining the Monster Army and developing a one sided rivalry with the Hustle Supernova Kushida. After trading tag and trios wins, the pair finally met in a singles match on January 29, 2009 where Ohara emerged victories. Nevertheless, on February 19, Kushida was rewarded a title shot for Ohara's NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship which ended in a no contest. Three days later, Kushida defeated Ohara in a tag team match and demanded another title shot. Ohara agreed on the condition that Kushida would leave Hustle should he lose; Kushida accepted. On March 25, Ohara defeated Kushida, forcing Kushida to leave the promotion. Back in Mexico, on August 22, Ohara and Último Dragón finally settled their rivalry in a mask vs hair match which Último Dragón won. On September 13, Ohara exacted some revenge as he defended his NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship against Último Dragón at Dradition. Ohara held the NWA International Junior Heavyweight championship for 291 days before losing the belt to Mineo Fujita on October 1, 2009. At the final Hustle event on November 10, Ohara teamed with Super Crazy and lost to KG and Último Dragón.