On July 16, 2015, though not signed to WWE, Sorensen made an appearance on an NXT television taping, losing to Baron Corbin. On August 19, he teamed with Aaron Solow, Mr. 450 and Jonny Vandal and competed in an eight-man tag team match against Enzo Amore, Colin Cassady and The Hype Bros (Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley), losing again. Sorensen made another appearance on the November 25 tapings losing to Apollo Crews. On February 10, 2016, Jesse Sorensen made another appearance on NXT television, losing to Elias Samson. Sorensen made yet another appearance on the March 16 tapings, this time losing to Tommaso Ciampa.