Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 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 kansa zuwa A-Train kuma ya fara sabon sutura, wanda 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 zuwa 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.