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===World Wrestling Federation (1995–1997)===

==== Various gimmicks (1995–1996) ====
Sarven began working for the [[World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF) when he signed a contract in August 1995. During his tenure in the company, Sarven wrestled under numerous [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Gimmick|gimmicks]], such as '''Avatar''', which saw him come to the ring unmasked, putting on a [[wrestling mask]] to wrestle, then removing it afterwards. The gimmick was based on ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' and ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' whose popularity the company wanted to capitalize on at that time. During his particularly short run under this gimmick, Sarven's WWF debut as Avatar took place on the October 23, 1995, episode of ''[[Monday Night RAW]]'', defeating Bryan Walsh. About a month after his debut, he was scheduled to be the third man for The Underdogs at [[Survivor Series (1995)|Survivor Series]] but for reasons unknown, was replaced by [[Bob Holly]]. After this, he started teaming with [[Aldo Montoya]]. His two final matches as Avatar were against [[Sycho Sid]] and [[1-2-3 Kid]]. He was also to partake in the 1996 [[Royal Rumble (1996)|Royal Rumble]] match but once again, for unknown reasons, never appeared. His final match in February was against [[Isaac Yankem]]. On February 20, 1996, Sarven wrestled as "Shinobi", a "ninja assassin" hired by [[Jim Cornette]] to dispose of [[Shawn Michaels]], who defeated Shinobi in quick fashion. Avatar returned for one last appearance against [[Justin Bradshaw]] at a house show on March 17, 1996, at [[Madison Square Garden]] in a losing effort.

==== New Rockers (1996–1997) ====
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Sarven received his first mainstream exposure with the WWF as '''Leif Cassidy''', the [[tag team]] partner of [[Marty Jannetty]] in February 1996. The duo were promoted as The New Rockers, a throwback to the original [[The Rockers|Rockers]] team of Jannetty and [[Shawn Michaels]]. Eventually, Jannetty left in December 1996, and Sarven was reduced to [[Job (professional wrestling)|jobbing]] for mid-carders in January 1997. In the late 1990s, WWF and ECW began to cross-promote their organizations to counteract the success of [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW); Sarven was one of the wrestlers sent to [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]] (ECW). He left in July of that year and went to ECW. His last appearance in WWF in September 1997 was a loss to [[Tiger Ali Singh]] at [[WWF One Night Only]].