 Also in 1996, Jones teamed up with Peter Collins on 1 February to defeat the "Liverpool Lads" (Rob Brookside and "Doc" Dean) for the vacant British Open Tag Team Championship before retiring later that year.He later returned to finally lose his World Mid Heavyweight title to "Legend of Doom" Johnny South on 27 May 1999 in Bristol.In 2000 he feuded with masked wrestler Kendo Nagasaki due to his dissatisfaction with the latter winning a "Wrestler of the Millennium" trophy which Jones felt he should have won.