[7] Reforming his team with Gino Brito the two jumped to the International Wrestling Association on March 9, 1975 but were defeated in their debut by IWA Tag-Team Champions The Mongols in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dino Bravo ventured into singles competition extensively for the first time in his career and challenged Bulldog Brower on July 7, 1975 in Roanoke, VA for the IWA North American Championship.

Bravo made his debut on December 5, 1975 and battled Tony Charles to a draw at a house show in Atlanta, GA.[9] After going undefeated against Beautiful Bruce, Roger Kirby, and Ron Starr he formed a team with Jerry Brisco.

[2] Bravo held the Jim Crockett Promotions version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Woods, winning the title from Gene and Ole Anderson on May 5, 1976 in a televised match in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Bravo re-entered singles competition and challenged Blackjack Mulligan for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship at a house show in Raleigh, North Carolina, defeating the champion via countout on March 29, 1977.

[16] After unsuccessfully challenging Race and Mulligan for their respective singles championships, Bravo and Conway lost the Mid Atlantic titles to Greg Valentine & Ric Flair on June 30, 1977 in Anderson, South Carolina.

[18] Three days later he faced Randy Savage for the first time, pinning him at a house show in Atlanta, GA.[19] Dino then travelled north, making his debut for the World Wide Wrestling Federation (the future WWF) at a TV taping in Philadelphia, PA on January 31, 1978 and defeating Frank Marconi.

Bravo quickly formed a team with Dominic DeNucci, with the duo appearing together for the first time on March 4, 1978 episode of Championship Wrestling with a victory over Baron Mikel Scicluna & former WWWF World Champion Stan Stasiak.

After unsuccessfully challenging the Lumberjacks in a series of rematches, Bravo moved on to singles competition and defeated Superstar Billy Graham via disqualification in multiple matches.

While still finishing up his WWWF commitments, Bravo jumped to Maple Leaf Wrestling and appeared on December 16, 1978 at a TV taping and defeated Rocky Della Serra.

[23] One day later he faced Gene Kiniski in a match for the vacated NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship, and that night Dino Bravo secured his first ever singles title.

[24] Bravo forfeited the Canadian Heavyweight Championship in September 1979 and moved to the American Wrestling Association a month later, making his debut as part of a 17 man battle royal (won by Andre the Giant) in an event held in St Paul, Minnesota on October 23, 1979.

Bravo was undefeated in singles competition, defeating Buddy Wolff, Super Destroyer Mark II (Sgt Slaughter), Sonny Driver, Lord Alfred Hayes, until finally losing to Adrian Adonis on January 27, 1980 in Green Bay, WI.

Bravo was enjoyed success, defeating Ryuma Go, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Kantaro Hoshino, Kengo Kimura and Osamu Kido as the tour ran from October to November.

[28] Teaming with Adonis he enjoyed limited success, defeating Canek and Perro Aguayo but losing to Dick Murdoch and The Masked Superstar and Antonio Inoki and Hulk Hogan, amongst others.

[35] Bravo then formed a new team with Tony Parisi and challenged Frenchy Martin & Pierre Lefebvre for the Canadian Tag-Team Championship, winning the belts on February 20.

Still billed as the Canadian Heavyweight Champion, Bravo ventured into singles competition on November 26, 1985 edition of Prime Time Wrestling and defeated Nikolai Volkoff.

However the match was cancelled at the last moment due to the WWF's fears that Hogan would be booed; Bravo instead faced and defeated Big John Studd at a joint .

[44][45] At this point Bravo disappeared from WWF rings and resumed competition exclusively within International Wrestling, defending the title against Kamala before finally losing it to Samu later in the year.

However he became embroiled in a house show series with Billy Jack Haynes as the year commenced and this time began the first losing streak of his WWF run, dropping multiple matches to the Oregonian.

Bravo and Valentine entered a tournament on July 19, 1987 in Buffalo, NY to earn a championship opportunity against then WWF Tag Team Champions The Hart Foundation.

Under his new gimmick, Bravo was initially unbeaten and faced various competitors like Hillbilly Jim, Koko B Ware, Ken Patera, David Sammartino, and The Junkyard Dog.

[60] On February 26 he faced Brutus Beefcake on WWF Superstars; both men battled to a double countout and The Barber cut Frenchy Martin's hair after the match.

Jimmy Hart's stable of the Rougeau Brothers, Bravo, and Valentine was bolstered by the arrival of John Tenta on November 11, 1989, edition of WWF Superstars of Wrestling.

After a month of consecutive defeats Bravo finally gained a measure of revenge and pinned Tugboat on July 7, 1990 in Calgary, Alberta after Jimmy Hart put his feet on the ropes.

[69] With Hulk Hogan still recovering, long-time Bravo foe Jim Duggan joined forces with Tugboat to face Earthquake and Dino in a house show series in July and August.

On November 22 at the 1990 Survivor Series Bravo teamed with Earthquake, Haku, and The Barbarian to face Hulk Hogan, Tugboat, Big Bossman, and Jim Duggan.

On January 28 in Macon, GA Bravo and Earthquake teamed up to face Hulk Hogan and Tugboat on the Main Event V prime time special on NBC, and were defeated.

[72] He returned to television on July 1 at Prime Time Wrestling taping and finally ended his losing streak by pinning Shane Douglas in a match recorded in Madison Square Garden.

Nine days on July 9 at an episode of WWF Superstars recorded in Alberta, he appeared without his dyed blond hair and interrupted fellow Jimmy Hart stablemate The Mountie and struck him to turn babyface.