They won the NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship and they feuded with Ole and Arn Anderson in Jim Crockett Promotions.

He had just begun a feud with The Barbarian over who was the strongest man in the territory when he abruptly left the company after a confrontation with Jim Crockett in his office which became physical.

In June 1986, Haynes went to the World Wrestling Federation and feuded with Randy Savage over the Intercontinental Championship[2] and then with Hercules Hernandez over who was stronger, more muscular, and who had a better version of the full nelson (their mutual finishing maneuver).

In October 1990, he did several shows for Herb Abrams' Universal Wrestling Federation, where they built another strongman feud between Haynes and Ken Patera.

In May 1991, Haynes returned to major promotions when he appeared under a mask in World Championship Wrestling as Black Blood in Kevin Sullivan's stable.

[8] In October 2014, the Portland Tribune reported that Haynes filed a lawsuit in federal court against WWE, alleging "egregious mistreatment of its wrestlers for its own benefit, as well as its concealment and denial of medical research and evidence concerning traumatic brain injuries suffered by WWE wrestlers."

This litigation was taken after research into chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which was attributed to causing the deaths of Chris Benoit in 2007 and Andrew Martin in 2009.

At the time of dismissal, dozens of former WWE wrestlers had joined a class action lawsuit while being represented by the same attorney, Konstantine Kyros.

[11][12] He was questioned by police, and he is expected to be charged with the murder of his wife, Janette Becraft, who died by gunshot wound.

[11][14] On February 28, 2024, Portland Police announced that Haynes had been charged with second degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon.