The Houston E-Z Riders were a charter franchise of World Team Tennis (WTT) founded by husband and wife E.Z.

[4] The E-Z Riders won that match despite the absence of their biggest star, Newcombe, the world's number 1 player at the time.

[7] The E-Z Riders finished the regular season with 25 wins and 19 losses, second place in the Gulf Plains Section, 2 matches behind the Buckskins whom they met in the Western Division Semifinals.

[10] While several of the original 16 WTT franchises from 1974, had financial difficulties resulting in six of them not returning for and four of them moving before the 1975 season, the E-Z Riders had made plans to go forward in Houston.

In order to return to WTT in 1976, the E-Z Riders would need to meet certain league financial requirements and exercise an option by September 15, 1975.

[12] The suspension of operations was so sudden and unexpected that newspaper advertisements for E-Z Riders home matches continued to run after the announcement.