 During 1987, Cox appeared on several Mid-South supercards defeating Super Ninja at Superblast at the Superdome on April 11  and Gary Young at the
Superdome Extravaganza on June 13  before losing to Terry Taylor at
Superdome Extravaganza on August 1.After short stints in All Star Wrestling and Central States Wrestling, he was introduced by Michael P.S.Hayes as his protégé and new tag team partner soon becoming involved in a feud with the Samoan Swat Team  and defeating them for the World Class Tag Team titles on September 16 before losing it back to them three days later.