Antonio gets the US championship and has a face turn. Antonio wins his rematch against Santino, then from under the ring Wade comes out and ambushes Antonio with a lead pipe and beats him up. Wade keeps sneak attacking him for a couple of weeks until Antonio comes out and finally calls out Wade. He asks what Wade wants, and Wade comes out and tells him the US championship. Then Antonio says no because Wade hasn't proved why he should be US Champion, so he declines and gives it to someone like The Great Khali. The Great Khali has a match that night, and Wade ambushes him and beats him up so badly that he can't wrestle for a couple of weeks. Wade says he'll do this to every wrestler until he gets his shot. So he does, and Wade loses. Then Wade demands another rematch at Night of Champions, and he does. Wade wins the belt from Antonio. Then they feud over it for a few months, and finally Wade loses it to Antonio permanently. Then Wade gets into a match where it's a number one contender for the Word championship match, which has Antonio in it too, and Wade pins Antonio to get a world title shot. That way, he has a good feud, and they both gain something from it.