nemeth returned to ovw on january 17, 2007, at the television tapings, again using his nick nemeth ring name, along with mike mondo, formerly mikey in the spirit squad, as the "frat pack". the pair teamed with mike kruel in a match against seth skyfire, shawn spears, and cody runnels. the team disbanded in the early parts of 2007. nemeth then competed in several dark matches before the ovw television tapings, competing against several wrestlers including chris cage, bradley jay and jake hager, before he began teaming with mondo again in august.