[4] Smith had also been a tag team partner and ally of Luger's real-life friend Sting in World Championship Wrestling during 1993.
[8] With no long-term contract, Luger signed with WCW, appearing on the first episode of Monday Nitro on September 4, 1995, thus ending the Allied Powers.
In a subsequent interview, Smith, now managed by Jim Cornette (and thus an ally to former foes Owen Hart and Yokozuna) explained that he had turned because of resentment at American fans' only chanting "U.S.A.", implying support for Luger only.
Smith, along with The Hart Foundation stablemate and relative Jim Neidhart, would leave the WWF after the Montreal Screwjob in November 1997, and join WCW.
On June 29, 1998, Smith and Neidhart lost to Luger and Sting in the only match in which the former tag team partners met.