They were unsuccessful in their attempt for the titles. He challenged Randy Orton on July 30 episode of "Raw", only to become another victim of the "Legend Killer", and was wheeled out on a stretcher. On "Raw XV", the 15th-anniversary "Raw" special on December 10, 2007, Slaughter participated in the 15th Anniversary Battle Royal. On March 31, 2008, on an episode of "Raw", Slaughter paid tribute to longtime friend Ric Flair at the end of the show. He appeared on "Raw"'s 800th episode in Kung Fu Naki's dance-off and also made an appearance in the Slammy Awards. Slaughter, who had been working as a producer for WWE for the past several years, was released from his backstage producer duties with the company on January 13, 2009. His first appearance on the independent circuit following his 1997 signing with WWF, was for World Wrestling Alliance (WWA) in a tag team match with George "The Animal" Steele. After that, he would only wrestle for WWF/WWE until making two appearances for WWA in 2003. He started slowing down starting in 2006, wrestling only a few matches a year. To finish off his career he had one match in 2013 and two matches in 2014, all tag team encounters. His last two matches were for Northeast Wrestling (NEW), who he had competed for in the past. He was the special guest host on "Raw" on August 10, 2009, where he made fun of Canadians and saying how the USA is the greatest country in the world. He made an appearance on the "Decade of SmackDown" on October 2, 2009, where he had an altercation with the Iron Sheik about which country was the greatest, USA or Iran. He later appeared on December 31, 2012 edition of "Raw", where he was challenged by then-United States Champion Antonio Cesaro in a match for the WWE United States Championship. He lost the match and failed to capture the title. This would be his final match for WWE. He then made an appearance on Old School RAW, serving as the special guest referee for The Great Khali vs Damien Sandow match after he got the most votes. Slaughter made an appearance on November 24, 2014 edition of "Raw", where he confronted United States Champion Rusev and his valet, Lana, and attempted to force Lana and Rusev to recite the Pledge of Allegiance (with the alternative, per an edict from Daniel Bryan, who was running the show that night, being that he would be forced to defend his title against the entire "Raw" roster).