He formed a tag team with Steve Doll, who was competing as one-half of the Southern Rockers with Scott Peterson.

[5][6] King and Doll left PNW in February 1990 to compete for the United States Wrestling Association (USWA).

[4][7] King remained in USWA, took on a new partner, Joey Maggs, and won the title belts for a fourth time.

After vacating the title due to a controversial match, King replaced Doll with Ray González to win the championship for a fourth time.

[9] Their ring attire led wrestling author RD Reynolds to state that the team was "proof positive that bow ties and thongs do not match".

Matches between the teams were featured on the company's primary television show, Monday Night Raw, as well as a compilation video released by the WWF.

[18] Later that year, he took the place of Shane Sewell as a member of the Canadian Glamour Boys Tag Team with Sean Morley.

[20] While still holding the Puerto Rican title, he also won the Television Championship for a third time, defeating Glamour Boy Shane (Sewell) for the belt on March 19.

[18] In September 2001, King sustained an injury while competing in Puerto Rico, during a match with Mustafa Saed, and retired as a full-time wrestler, although he returned to wrestle on some independent shows until 2004.

A GoFundMe campaign that was set up by his mother for Smith's funeral stated that he had died "from complications from his WWF/WCW 22 year career” and that he had “been incapacitated for last several years.”[24] After his death, his lawyer reported that he had been found to have had chronic traumatic encephalopathy.