On a taped edition of "Saturday Night" on September 2, Windham teamed with Dustin Rhodes to defeat Steve Williams and Terry Gordy for the unified WCW World Tag Team Championship and NWA World Tag Team Championship (their NWA title reign is not recognized by NWA); the match would air on October 3. They held the belts for about two months before losing them to Steamboat and Shane Douglas in a memorable match on November 18 at "Clash of the Champions XXI". Windham turned heel on Rhodes after the match when Rhodes refused to pin Steamboat after an accidental low blow.