During that year, he and Modest were selected by Barry W. Blaustein to appear in his wrestling documentary Beyond the Mat, which profiled their lives as independent wrestlers breaking into professional wrestling. The documentary, which was released theatrically in 2000, gave both wrestlers national exposure, as Jones and Modest had a tryout match with the World Wrestling Federation in September. It later led to Jones being invited to the WWF Dojo Training Camp, training under Tom Prichard in November 1999.
