 In his first two months in Pacific Northwest Wrestling, Hrstich feuded with Roy McClarty though both their matches resulted in draws; he and Stan Stasiak, however, did beat McClarty and Enrique Torres in a tag team match in Seattle four months later.On 14 June 1965, he beat Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon via disqualification.That fall, he lost matches to Rick Hunter and Don Leo Jonathan.