He immediately was thrust unto the house show circuit, defeating Taylor in multiple rematches as well as defeating Oz and Cactus Jack. He made his WCW television debut on the October 15 episode of "Saturday Night", defeating Paul Lee. Twelve days later, he made his pay-per-view debut at Halloween Havoc, defeating Doug Somers. On November 3, he gained a non-title victory over WCW TV Champion Arn Anderson at a house show in Charleston, West Virginia. Hammer would go on to amass a 42-0 record competing on both house shows and television before finally having his streak ended when he lost a match to Cactus Jack at "Clash of the Champions XVII". At Starrcade, Hammer teamed with Big Josh in a losing effort to Steve Austin and Rick Rude.