On the September 13 episode of Hardcore TV, the World Television Champion Jason added Dean Malenko into his group as his insurance policy and Malenko would manage Jason during matches at ringside and help him in retaining the World Television Championship. On the September 27 episode of Hardcore TV, Malenko assisted Jason to victory against Dino Sendoff and continued to attack Sendoff after the match until The Tazmaniac made the save and brawled with Malenko. The two brawled with each other again on the following week's Hardcore TV. On the October 18 episode of Hardcore TV, it was announced that Malenko would compete against Tazmaniac at November to Remember.
