Pairing Fernandez and Rude together, the duo defeated The Rock 'n' Roll Express for the NWA World tag team title.

Fernandez teamed with Ivan Koloff for the rest of the summer and left for the Mid-Southern promotion in late 1987.

The two veterans, who had feuded briefly in the NWA, engaged in an "Indian Strap match" at the AWA pay-per-view Super Clash III.

During the match, Fernandez landed a knee drop off the top rope to Invader #3's midsection; the impact apparently ruptured Invader #3's stomach cavity, causing him to vomit blood all over the ring while Fernandez landed two more knee drops.

There have been debates on whether Invader #3's injury was a work, with some theorizing that the incident came about due to real life bad blood between Fernandez and Jose Gonzalez, the booker of WWC who was acquitted of murdering Bruiser Brody earlier that year.

Manny won the APW Universal Heavyweight Championship defeating Robert Thompson on March 8, 1997.

On December 5, 2002, he lost to Mexican legend Mil Mascaras at LWE Explosion in Fort Worth, Texas.

He defeated Pablo Marquez in a bull rope match at UXW on February 23, 2019, in Orlando, Florida.