In the summer of 2000, Boss Man disappeared from the WWF's primary television shows, wrestling mainly on "Jakked" and "Heat", where he had a minor feud with Crash Holly until suffering a legit injury in April 2001. When he returned on the December 20, 2001 of "SmackDown!", he formed a team with Booker T, after Vince McMahon ordered him to be Booker's enforcer. On the December 27 episode of "SmackDown!", Boss Man and Booker T defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin in a handicap match. On the January 7, 2002 episode of "Raw", Boss Man and Booker T were defeated by Austin and The Rock. On the January 17 episode of "SmackDown!", Boss Man lost to Diamond Dallas Page. At the Royal Rumble, Boss Man competed in the Royal Rumble match where he was eliminated by Rikishi. On the January 24 episode of "SmackDown!", Boss Man lost to Rikishi. The team quietly split in late January 2002, and Boss Man returned to "Jakked/Metal" and "Heat". On the February 2 episode of "Metal", Boss Man defeated The Hurricane. On the February 9 episode of "Metal", Boss Man defeated Perry Saturn. On the March 23 episode of "WWF Jakked", Boss Man and Mr. Perfect lost to The APA. In April, he formed a short-lived tag team with Mr. Perfect after both were drafted to the Raw brand. On the April 1 episode of "Raw", Boss Man and Mr. Perfect lost to The Hardy Boyz. On the April 14 episode of "Heat", Boss Man lost to Bradshaw. On the April 28 episode of "Heat", Boss Man defeated Crash Holly. On the May 12 episode of "Heat", Boss Man lost to D'Lo Brown. On the May 26 episode of "Heat", he lost his final WWE match to Tommy Dreamer. Once again he was taken off the main roster after an injury from a motorcycle accident.