 After holding the titles for 2 months, the Mad Dogs lost the titles to Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi on August 28, 1999 at Jingu Climax.In 2000 he became a Masahiro Chono loyalist, joining "Team 2000".After joining Team 2000, Goto would briefly continue to team with Ohara but the team quietly broke up towards the end of 2000.