On August 4, 2006, James made his SmackDown! debut when he was introduced (along with Idol Stevens) by Michelle McCool as one of her favorite "Teacher's Pets". The two went on to defeat Funaki and Scotty 2 Hotty with the help of McCool. The following week, Stevens and James defeated WWE Tag Team Champions Paul London and Brian Kendrick in a non-title match. On the August 18 edition of SmackDown, Stevens and James ambushed the Tag Team Champions. James and Stevens had many run-ins with the WWE Tag Team Champions Paul London and Brian Kendrick and The Pit Bulls (until Kid Kash was released from his contract), leading up to a title match at No Mercy, which London and Kendrick won.
After McCool was injured, the tag team fell apart in early March 2007, and James and Stevens were both taken off of television. In September, James once again started wrestling dark matches for WWE.
He then appeared regularly on ECW as a jobber throughout the end of 2007 and the start of 2008, losing to wrestlers such as Kevin Thorn, CM Punk, Shelton Benjamin and others. After a period of inactivity, he returned on the July 22, 2008 edition of ECW, losing to Evan Bourne. He wrestled his final WWE match on the August 5 edition of ECW in a losing effort to Braden Walker.
On August 8, 2008, James was released from his WWE contract.