[5] Albright and Shaw were led by Gama Singh (who was from India), the founder of Karachi Vice, and the stable also included Steve DiSalvo and Kerry Brown.
[6] The two 300+ pound men made a formidable combination and would see success, beating the British Bulldogs for the Stampede International Tag Team Championship on December 30, 1988.
This meant that they presented an in ring product that focused on seemingly legitimate striking, suplexes, and submissions, but like all professional wrestling the outcome was pre-determined.
[9] The highlight of Gary Albright's initial UWFi push came on May 8, 1992 when he knocked out Nobuhiko Takada with his signature German suplex at Yokohama Arena in front of an announced crowd of 14,000.
Albright continued his winning ways in singles and tag matches through the summer of 1992 defeating such notable competitors as "Bad News" Brown.
Hashimikov forced Severn to submit to a cross arm breaker in 13:09 on the first UWFi PPV broadcast in American called "Shootfighting".
On October 8, 1994, Albright forced Vader to submit to the cross arm breaker in a main event tag team match,[8] then on November 30, 1994, Albright forced Takada to submit to a cross arm breaker in the main event to earn a match with Vader in January.
During 1995 UWFi began having problems as while they had pushed Albright, Takada and Vader to the main event they had not succeeded in building up more challengers and their attendance was dwindling.
Albright teamed with Stan Hansen on the following tour and the pair finished third in the World's Strongest Tag Determination League.
Albright teamed with Sabu in the 1996 World's Strongest Tag Determination League, finishing last with 6 points scoring only 3 wins in the tournament.
[15] Albright's AJPW run would reach its pinnacle when he teamed with "Dr. Death" Steve Williams and Lacrosse in early 1997, forming a stable called the "Triangle of Power".
[21] Albright became the leader of the Triangle of Power after Williams left the promotion to join the WWF in June 1998 (right when the WWF Brawl For All started), and Lacrosse dropped the character; their replacements were Yoshihiro Takayama and Masahito Kakihara, two former UWFI mid-carders who Williams and Albright defeated at the pay-per-view the month prior.
[23] In 1999, Albright became an upper midcarder participating in feuds against Bart Gunn, Johnny Ace, Stan Hansen and Big Van Vader, scoring some TV wins against them in tag-team matches.
Albright teamed with Wolf Hawkfield (the renamed Lacrosse) to finish last in the 1999 Tag League, including a defeat to former charge Takayama and Takao Omori.
[26] Albright made a single appearance with the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling in December 1996, squashing Rick Rage at Holiday Hell.
A worried Grimm rolled Albright on top of himself to finish the match after which concerned wrestlers and ring crew tried to resuscitate him.
Close friend and fellow Anoaʻi family member The Rock opened the show by remembering and paying tribute to Albright.