text: On February 27, 2007, Místico (later known in WWE as Sin Cara) defeated Malenko in a tryout dark match before a TV taping in San Jose, California. Malenko then appeared on the March 31, 2008, episode of Raw to join The Four Horsemen and other WWE superstars in a farewell tribute to Ric Flair. He made an appearance on the June 28, 2010, episode of Raw congratulating Ricky Steamboat on his DVD release. He and all the others in the ring were attacked by the Nexus. Malenko appeared along the rest of the WWE roster after the April 23, 2012, episode of Raw to celebrate John Cena's 35th birthday. In November 2015, Malenko was inducted into 2300 Arena Hardcore Hall of Fame. On the September 11, 2017, episode of Raw, Malenko made a brief backstage appearance alongside Jamie Noble, where the two were seen as possible choices by Raw Tag Team Champions Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose as their partners for an eight-man tag-team match, but were quickly dismissed. On the June 5, 2018, episode of Smackdown Live, Malenko appeared during the contract signing between AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura.
  On April 26, 2019, Malenko and WWE ended their working relationship. This came after Malenko was a road agent for them for the previous 18 years. Pro Wrestling Insider would later report that he did not do anything wrong, WWE was just in the process of cycling out some of the older agents, due to the recent signings of multiple new agents.
  All Elite Wrestling (2019–present)
  On May 24, 2019, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) announced that Malenko has joined them as a senior producer, which he makes occasional appearances on TNT since his last match on the December 27, 1999, episode of WCW Monday Nitro. He made an appearance in Philadelphia following the October 8, 2021, edition of Rampage when Tony Khan called him out alongside Jerry Lynn, Taz and Chris Jericho to thank them for inspiring him.
  Personal life
  Simon is Jewish. He and his wife Julie have three children. Their eldest, Larrisa, was born December 25, 1997.