 In 1975 Von Steiger moved on to Alabama, where he began to work for Nick Gulas' NWA Mid-America territory.In NWA Mid-America Von Steiger would team with another "German", Otto Von Heller, like Steiger he too was only pretending to be German.The team defeated George Gulas and Jackie Fargo to win the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship on May 26, 1975.