 Sugi made his American debut (as El Blazer) for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla on May 17, 2008.Replacing Kota Ibushi, he teamed with Kagetora on PWG's second annual "DDT4" tournament, defeating Scott Lost and Joey Ryan in the first round, but losing to the PWG World Tag Team Champions Kevin Steen and El Generico in a title match in the next.Sugi signed up with Lucha Libre AAA World Wide in 2009 and made his return to México, now under a modified, black and red version of his Yoshitsune outfit and the name of Sugi San (his last name followed by the Japanese honorific -san).