 In LA, Boyd teamed up with Coloso Colosetti to defeat Hector Guerrero and Barry Orton to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship on 18 May 1979, only to turn around and lose the title to "The Twin Devils" the very next day.In September, Boyd made his mark on Georgia Championship Wrestling when he beat Ray Candy for the NWA Georgia Television Championship.The mark was short lived as Candy regained the title about 2 weeks later.