[6] Schultz became part of Foley's Army[8] feuding with Leo Burke and Mr. Hito over the Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Championship during 1981 and also faced AWA World champion Nick Bockwinkel in a non-title interpromotional match.

The feud lasted until November 1983 when Hogan and André the Giant defeated Schultz, Mr. Saito, and Jerry Blackwell in a handicap match in the Salt Palace.

Schultz made his final appearances with the AWA in December 1983, defeating Baron von Raschke in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

[13] Within a short time, he had become one of the top "heels" in the promotion being aligned with Roddy Piper, Bob Orton and Paul Orndorff in their feud with "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka[14] and later teamed with Piper and Orndorff to defeat S. D. Jones, Rocky Johnson and Bobo Brazil in a 6-man tag team match at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland.

[4] The attack, which attracted a large amount of media coverage, was later aired on national television including ABC News which reported that the network had received more than 1,000 calls from viewers inquiring about Stossel's health.

[17] Marvin Kohn, a deputy commissioner at the New York State Athletic Commission, had been present at the arena during the incident and immediately suspended Schultz for his actions.

Many industry insiders believe that it was not because of his actions against Stossel, but rather because it was alleged, but never proven, that he challenged Mr. T to a fight backstage at a WWF event at Madison Square Garden.

In late-1985, Schultz moved to Lutte Internationale, where he defeated Samula Anoa'i to win the vacant Canadian International Heavyweight Championship.

[25] During the early 2000s, Schultz was under consideration for induction into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in November 2003,[26] and the following month, attended the Fan Slam Convention in Totowa, New Jersey on December 6, 2003.

[27] During the event, he participated in a Q&A panel which included Ted DiBiase, Virgil, Gary Michael Cappetta, Chief Jay Strongbow and The Missing Link.

[28] In October 2006, Schultz was honored along with J. J. Dillon and Missy Hyatt at a dinner banquet hosted by the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and attended by former WWF wrestlers from the 1970s and 80s.

[29] During the event, he would participate on a Q&A panel discussing the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and taking questions from audience members as well as conducted a "shoot interview" with RF Video.