[2] Woyan eventually adopted the ring name "Hacksaw" Brett Sawyer and formed a tag team with his brother.

[4][1] In early 1985, Sawyer began wrestling for the Charlotte, North Carolina–based Jim Crockett Promotions, with he and his brother losing a "loser leaves town" cage match to The Midnight Express in September 1985.

[6] In late 1985, he wrestled for the Kansas City, Missouri–based Heart of America Sports Attractions promotion, winning the NWA Central States Heavyweight Championship.

The duo briefly held the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship in the summer of 1989.

On February 7, 1992, Bruce Woyan died of drug overdose-induced heart failure.