 Wenzel made his World Wrestling Entertainment debut on the March 18, 2007 episode of "Heat", where he and Mike Tolar lost to Cryme Tyme.After Alexiev was called up to World Wrestling Entertainment's main roster in April, Strongko began teaming with Vladimir Kozlov.Strongko and Kozlov continued to team throughout 2007 and on August 22, Strongko wrestled his last match in OVW as he lost to Jacob Duncan.