World Wrestling Entertainment
After the World Wrestling Federation purchased WCW in March 2001, Mark Jindrak came into the company in July 2001 as part of
The Alliance that invaded the WWF roster. In late August of that year Mark Jindrak was sent to the
Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA, then
OVW) for training. He made a few appearances on
Sunday Night Heat in late 2002, defeating wrestlers such as
Justin Credible, Raven, Mike Owens, and
Stevie Richards . In early 2003, Mark Jindrak joined
Kenny Bolin's "Bolin Services" and teamed with
Garrison Cade.
Mark Jindrak was soon called up by WWE in June 2003 and started out forming a
tag team with
Garrison Cade on the
RAW brand. The team feuded with teams the like of
La Resistance, Evolution, and
The Dudley Boyz. The team soon separated when Jindrak was drafted to
SmackDown! on
March 22, 2004.
He first appeared on SmackDown!'s sister show
Velocity where he adopted a
gimmick of an egotistical,
narcissistic heel obsessed with his own physique (similar to
Lex Luger), calling himself "The Reflection of Perfection" and standing in front of a mirror to admire himself. He even started using Luger's entrance theme when he first came to WWE. On
April 8, 2004 he would gain
Theodore Long as a
manager for a brief period until the pair split in July 2004 when Long went on to become the general manager of
SmackDown! and Mark Jindrak remained mostly on
Velocity.
In September 2004 Mark Jindrak aligned himself with
Kurt Angle and
Luther Reigns, whom he helped take down and shave
Big Show bald during the fifth Anniversary episode of
SmackDown!. After a teaming with Reigns for a while, the pair began to have a falling out, most notably after a "Double Jeopardy" handicap match on the
February 24, 2005 episode of
SmackDown! in Philadelphia against
The Undertaker.
After this, Jindrak defeated Luther Reigns in their short feud only to become a lower card star performing on
WWE Velocity, and only appearing on
SmackDown! to
job for other wrestlers, portraying neither a heel or face character.
On
June 30, 2005, Mark Jindrak became one of the last minute trades in the 2005
WWE Draft, which saw him jump from
SmackDown! back to
RAW. He appeared on an episode of Sunday Night Heat, tapping out to a cobra clutch from
Rene Dupree. Jindrak was released five days later on
July 5, 2005.