 Several full comics were prepared and solicited before the LK Management vanished with investors' funds.Gabriele attempted to save the fledgling company, but by the end of 1997 Pyramid had ceased, leaving him with twenty-three unpublished titles.In 1998, Gabriele was enticed back into professional wrestling, reprising his 1980s television show "Powerslam" as "Powerslam2000", and recruiting Big Bang Comics co-creator Chris Ecker as an announcer.