Goldust made his return to WWE at Sunday night's Survivor Series event, teaming with Neville, The Dudley Boyz, and Titus O'Neil against The Miz, Bo Dallas, Stardust, and The Ascension in a Traditional Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination Match as part of the WWE Network's Survivor Series Kickoff Show.

Goldust last appeared on WWE programming as part of the October 7th NXT Takeover: Respect event, where he and his brother Cody presented Finn Balor and Samoa Joe with a trophy for winning the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.