On January 16, 1990, he made his first WCW appearance at the Center Stage Theatre in Atlanta where he and Rick Fargo lost to The Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson).
[3][4] In July 1990, he appeared on NWA Worldwide against Star Blazer[5] and, with Fred Avery, against The Southern Boys (Steve Armstrong & Tracy Smothers).
[10] On May 16, Kyle pinned Rex Hargrove in Hazard, Kentucky and defeated Tommy Angel at a SMW television taping in Spartanburg, South Carolina later that month.
Along with Joe Cazana, Kyle would face Brad & Bart Batten the following week at a house show held at the Raleigh County Armory in Beckley, West Virginia.
Although losing to him in Castlewood, Virginia two days later, he defeated him at Fire on the Mountain '92 at Freedom Hall in Johnson City, Tennessee on August 8.
[12][13] Defeating Dixie Dynamite in another "taped fist" match at the Raleigh County Armory the next night, Kyle also beat Tommy Angel by submission at Polk High School on August 10.
Although disqualified in a match in Johnson City against Brian Lee a week later, he beat Newton Stephie at East High School in Morristown, Tennessee on September 27.
[15] In early 1993, Kyle faced both Tim Horner and Brian Lee in failed attempts to win the SMW "Beat the Champ" Television Championship.
He later participated in the main event, the 10-man "Rage in the Cage" match, teaming with Kevin Sullivan, The Tazmaniac and The Heavenly Bodies against Jimmy Golden, Brian Lee, Robert Fuller and The Rock 'n' Roll Express.
He also lost to Doug Furnas at the Night of Legends supercard on August 5 [13][21] Later that month, he faced Tony Anthony for the SMW Heavyweight title.
[23] Kyle defeated Boo Bradley to win the vacant SMW "Beat the Champ" Television title in Lenoir, North Carolina on February 6, 1995.
While in Japan he would wrestle some of the promotions top stars including Kintaro Kanemura, Crash The Terminator and Mr. Pogo as well as finding himself teaming with the likes of Freddie Krueger, Víctor Quiñones and Bart Sawyer.
From 1996 to 1999, he appeared in the World Wrestling Federation losing to Yokozuna in a handicap match, Ken Shamrock, Faarooq, and Tiger Ali Singh.