On the September 11, 2000 edition of "Nitro", Hugger returned to betray Vito and join several other Power Plant graduates in a stable known as The Natural Born Thrillers, a collection of young wrestlers who sought to challenge more established wrestlers. Hugger eventually reconciled with Vito and reformed the Mamalukes, and the two continued teaming until WCW's closure in March 2001. Their final match in WCW was a loss to the team of Lance Storm and Mike Awesome on 3 December 2001's edition of Nitro.