[citation needed] Doug Somers made his debut on October 1, 1973 for the Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, defeating Bill Bowman in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The young wrestler was winless during his run, being defeated by various performers including Ricky Gibson, Dudley Clements, Bill Dromo, and Jimmy Golden.

Winless since his initial run with Mid-Atlantic Championship wrestling,[7] Somers defeated Ricky Fields in his debut with the promotion on March 24, 1975.

[citation needed] He then returned to MACW for the first time since his initial rookie run, making his debut on October 18, 1975 as he teamed with Joe Soto to face Ron Starr and Tony Rocco.

During his second run he faced Ron Starr, The Avenger, Ken Patera, Tony Atlas, Ronnie Garvin, and Klondike Bill.

[9] As 1976 progressed Somers began to move up the card, defeating Manuel Soto, Larry Zybysko, and Mr Hayashi in house show encounters.

Somers was winless in his first tour, losing to multiple performers including The Destroyer, Jumbo Tsuruta, and AJPW headliner Giant Baba.

[citation needed] Somers then moved to yet another National Wrestling Alliance territory and joined the NWA Western States promotion.

He made his debut of March 16, 1977 in Lubbock, Texas when he teamed with Alex Perez and Rip Hawk to defeat El Bracero, Jerry Kozak and The Super Destroyer[which?].

Somers continued his ascent, defeating Johnny Boyd, Frank Dalton, Tom Shaft, Brian Blair, and Lynn Denton.

[citation needed] Somers then jumped to the AWA, making his return on December 30, 1978 at a house show in Milwaukee to face Frank Hill.

Somers returned to GCW on May 29, 1979 at a house show in Macon, Georgia, teaming with Kurt Von Hess in a match against Ray Candy and Mr. Wrestling I.

As with in recent AWA run, Somers went on a lengthy winless streak and fell in singles matches against Ray Candy, Jerry Stubbs, and Tommy Rich.

Somers made his debut at a house show on September 17, 1979 in Greenville, South Carolina, battling Nick DeCarlo to a time limit draw.

[15] On the January 16, 1980 episode of MACW television, Somers faced United States Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair but was pinned.

[23] The duo captured the AWA World Tag Team Championship by defeating Curt Hennig and Scott Hall via countout on May 17, 1986.

[citation needed] Somers appeared in the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA), teaming with Soldat Ustinov as a last minute replacement Boris Zukhov (who jumped to the World Wrestling Federation) as Soldat Ustinov's tag team partner in a title defense against The Nasty Boys in Memphis on October 5, 1987.

[27] The Pretty Boy then ventured into Southern Championship Wrestling (SCW), making his debut on February 21, 1988 by teaming with Sunny Beach in a losing effort against Ricky Morton and Tommy Rich.

His first match came on February 23, 1989 as he teamed with Ted Oates in a losing effort to Giant Baba and Tiger Mask in Korakuen Hall.

Somers teamed frequently with Oates during the tour, facing opponents such as Akira Taue, Haruka Eigen, Motoshi Okuma, Shinichi Nakano, Kenta Kobashi, and Rusher Kimura.

[citation needed] His final match came on March 8, 1989 in Nippon Budokan when he teamed with Oates and was defeated by Baba and Haruka Eigen.

Somers would make several appearances for the World Wrestling Federation as an enhancement talent on their weekly syndicated programming, facing The Bushwhackers, J. W. Storm, Tito Santana, Jim Duggan, Sgt.

On May 15 Somers accompanied Vain and Sal Rinauro to the ring during their semi-final match in the NWA RPW tag team title tournament against Valentine and Kyle Matthews.