Later that year Apollo left ICW, vacating the championship in the process. He moved on to working in Texas for World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) where he became part of manager Gary Hart's "New Age Management" group who also included Abdullah the Butcher, Al Perez, Jeep Swenson and John Nord.
Apollo left ICW later that year, vacating the championship. He then moved to Texas for WCCW, joining manager Gary Hart’s “New Age Management” group which also included Abdullah the Butcher, Al Perez, Jeep Swenson, and John Nord.