Akira Taue
He went back to AJPW and had a second full-time run from 2000 to 2003. He held a tag-team title reign with Big Van Vader when they captured the tag team titles in February 2000. They split in early April when Vader left the company. Williams then notably feuded with success in singles against Akira Taue in the spring, Jinsei Shinzaki in the summer, Scott Norton in the fall at NJPW Do Judge!!, and Mike Barton again at the beginning of 2001 in a revenge match.