 He wrestled at three major ECW shows in 1996, losing to Spiro Greco at CyberSlam 1996, wrestling to a no contest against Super Nova at Hostile City Showdown 1996, and losing to Louie Spicolli at Heat Wave 1996.In 1997, he started to wrestle under his real name.Also during his ECW run, he competed under the name Ubas.