Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Daga baya, ya shafe mafi yawan lokacinsa a kan "Velocity" har zuwa Disamba 2002, lokacin da ya haɗu da Paul Heyman da Big Show, wanda ya ga Heyman ya shawo kan shi ya sake ba da sunan kansa zuwa A-Train kuma ya fara sabon sutura, wanda na biyun ya ga magoya baya suna yawan rera "Shave Your Back!" a gare shi a lokacin wasanninsa saboda gashin kansa. A-Train da Big Show sun yi rashin nasara ga The Undertaker a WrestleMania XIX, bayan haka A-Train ya ci gaba da rikici, wanda ya ƙare a wasan a
SummerSlam, wanda A-Train ya rasa ga Undertaker. A-Train sannan ya rasa Chris Benoit a No Mercy kuma, a Survivor Series, yana cikin ƙungiyar Brock Lesnar a cikin wasan Survivor Series na mutum goma a cikin ƙoƙari na rashin nasara ga ƙungiyar Kurt Angle, wanda Bradshaw ya ɗaure shi. Ya fafata a wasan Royal Rumble na 2004, kuma wanda ya yi nasara a karshe, Chris Benoit, ya fitar da shi. Bayan Benoit ya yanke shawarar yin gwagwarmaya da Triple H don Gasar WWE ta Duniya a kan Raw brand, Babban Manaja Paul Heyman ya gudanar da SmackDown! alama ta musamman Royal Rumble, don tantance wanda zai hadu da Lesnar don Gasar WWE a No Way Out. An kawar da A-Train daga Eddie Guerrero, wanda ya ci gaba da lashe wasan. An yi ciniki da A-Train zuwa alamar Raw a ranar 22 ga Maris, 2004 kafin ya yi aikinsa na farko na "Raw" a ranar 7 ga Yuni, ya rasa Chris Jericho. Wasansa na karshe shi ne rashin nasara ga Val Venis a kan "Heat". Makonni biyu bayan haka, an cire shi tare da fashewar rotator cuff kuma an sake shi daga kwangilar WWE a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 2004 kafin ya iya dawowa.