 Rocco continued to portray Black Tiger in NJPW until 1990, and has the distinction of being the first man to wrestle as Black Tiger outside Japan, having faced The Cobra at Madison Square Garden in a World Wrestling Federation match on December 28, 1984.In August 1993 Black Tiger made a return, this time portrayed by Eddie Guerrero.His Tiger Mask rival at this time was Koji Kanemoto.