January:
Scott turns face after a lengthy heel run in NWA Battlezone, feuding with Atomic
Kid, AC Brown, and SuperPro in the process...Debuts in SCCW with Brian Blaze as the Playboys...Competes in what is now NWA
New South for the first time in Greenville MS taking on Scott Storm.
February:
Teams with Blaze in the opening round of the NWA tag team title tournament, but
leaves the promotion following the match after an infamous confrontaion with NWA BattleZone owner Danny McLain...Rebounds
by signing for several events in LA and MS with other organizations.
March:
Competes in ASW battling Brian Blaze and Joe Kane...Makes it to the finals of
the NWF title tournamend, defeating Monty Warbucks and SuperPro before falling to Blaze in the finals...Defeats Blaze in Summit
MS for ASW.
April:
Led by former ECW star Rod Price, teams with Killian O Conn to defeat Bones and
Rufus, the match is written up in Wrestle America...Wins the NWF tag title with Eddie Breland...Debuts in AAW, teaming with
Killian O Conn in a loss to Skandor Akbar's latest discovery, Brique St. Pierre, a 7' 325 man who signs with TNA as Ryan Wilson
of Red Shirt Security.
May:
Takes on Blaze in a Ladder Match for the NWF title, their best match of the year...Battles
WCCW champion Minotaur in Gonzales, LA...Finally wins the NWF title from Blaze in Sandersville, MS.
June:
Receives ASW title match vs. Joe Kane in Runnelstown MS....Begins training Kurt
King, who will go on to become one of his most consistent rivals towards the end of the year...Loses to Kane in AAW, over
800 people are in attendance.
July:
Defeats AC Brown in Petal MS at an NWF event...Drops NWF title to Calvin Rose
in a controversial match...Splits with Killian in New Orleans after a loss to Stan Sweetan and Bones.
August:
Teams with Elix Skipper of TNA in a loss to Joe Kane and Hotshot Cassidy in Morgan
City, LA in what is called Scott's best performance of the year...The next night loses to Cassidy, but saves former ECW champion
Jerry Lynn from a vicious beating from Cassidy and Kane setting up a tag match for the next event, which is unfortunately
cancelled...Scott, Kurt, Jason "Ronnie McDidher" Dill, Mike Thrash and Hattiesburg bodybuilder Tom McIlwain head up the security
for WWE Raw's Hattiesburg house show.
September:
Scott travels to Tennessee for several days to compete with Bert Prentice's USA
Championship Wrestling, the results are mixed, but feedback from the matches are good...The Masked Superstar debuts in ACW
defeating Kurt King.
October:
Scott returns to NWA New South defeating Cowboy Cody Mantell by reverse decision,
but takes the rest of the month to begin the early planning stages of Mississippi Premier Wrestling. The organization
plans to begin running events in early 2004.
November:
Debuts with ECW Columbia MS, but not that
ECW...The following week debuts in NWA Wildside falling to New York standout Kevin Matthews...Also
debuts for Gulf Coast Wrestling Alliance, IWC and the Alabama Wrestling federation...Battles Kurt King and Marcell Pringle.
December:
Returns to NWF battlling Southern Comfort...Begins competing weekly for the AWF
in Mobile...Defeats King in GSWA in Poplarville MS...Competes in a 6 man cruiserweight
match in Milton FL.