Marella made several appearances throughout 2014 and 2015, including one appearance on the November 24 episode of "Raw" to promote his new movie, "Jingle All the Way 2" with co-star Larry the Cable Guy, serving as the Guest General Manager for the December 5 episode of "SmackDown" and hosted his own Royal Rumble lottery on the 20 January, exclusively on the WWE Network. Marella made his return to WWE television on the December 21 episode of "Raw" to present an award at the Slammy Awards. The next night, on "Super SmackDown", Marella became angry when Stardust and The Ascension ruined his Christmas Party and vowed revenge, receiving the help of Neville and Titus O'Neil. On May 6, 2016, after not appearing on WWE television in 2016, Marella was released from WWE along with seven other superstars; the reason was due to an injury.