two months later at wrestlepalooza, taz lost to sabu in the rematch, marking his first loss since 1995. however, later in the night, he won the world television championship from shane douglas to begin his second reign. he defended the title against all comers, including douglas, lance storm, john kronus, al snow, jerry lynn and chris candido. throughout late 1997, taz began feuding with the triple threat in addition to sabu and van dam, where he sometimes teamed up with tommy dreamer during the feud. at november to remember, he issued a challenge to world heavyweight champion bam bam bigelow. the two would eventually meet, after bigelow turned on taz in a match against shane douglas and chris candido. taz would ultimately lose the title to bam bam bigelow at living dangerously on march 1, 1998.