On December 12, he lost in the tournament final to Frankie Laine for the Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship.

In 1976 he also appeared briefly in the television series "Starsky and Hutch" (Season 1 Episode 2 - "Texas Longhorn").

Afterwards he won the titles three more times with Killer Karl Krupp, Les Roberts, and Ox Baker.

In August 1978 he and Les Roberts won a tournament to win the vacated tag titles in Papua New Guinea.

Then on October 27 found a new partner Ox Baker and defeated O'Dea and Milano.

They dropped the titles to Andre the Giant and Ron Miller becoming the last champions on December 8.

On September 17, 1981, he won the NWA British Empire/Commonwealth Championship defeating Steve Rickard.

He died just a few days after his 61st birthday on September 7, 2009, of kidney failure and heart disease.