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.
Later that year Apollo left ICW, vacating the championship. He moved to Texas for WCCW where he joined manager Gary Hart's "New Age Management" group, which also included Abdullah the Butcher, Al Perez, Jeep Swenson, and John Nord.