They feuded with the Zambuie Express (Elijah Akeem and Kareem Muhammad), the Long Riders (Ron Bass and Black Bart) and Hector Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero Sr. On March 14, 1984, they defeated the Long Riders for NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Florida version).

The U.S. Express made their WWF wrestling debut on October 30, 1984, when they defeated the team of Mohammad Saad & Bobby Bass.

[2] On January 21, 1985, the U.S. Express beat the team known as the “East West Connection (Adrian Adonis & Dick Murdoch) for the WWF World tag-team titles.

[3] The U.S. Express became two-time Tag Team Champions when they regained the titles from Volkoff and the Sheik on June 17, 1985 in Poughkeepsie, New York on an episode of WWF Championship Wrestling.

[4] Initially, Rick Derringer, who was working with the WWF at the time, wrote the track "Real American" for the team.

The brothers-in-law reunited to defeat The Fabulous Ones (Stan Lane and Steve Keirn)[5] while Rotunda was on a brief break from the WWF between January and May 1986.

Only days after Barry Windham left the WWF, Mike Rotunda was linked up with Dan Spivey[6] and they became the American Express.

On October 7, 1987, they reunited for Bill Watts's Universal Wrestling Federation as they teamed with Brad Armstrong and Tim Horner as they lost to The Four Horsemen.

On May 5, 2004, for IWA Japan they teamed with Ryo Miyake as they defeated Jim Duggan, Animal Warrior and Keizo Matsuda being refereed by Ted DiBiase.

On the March 10, 2008 episode of WWE RAW, U.S. Express made an appearance in a rematch from WrestleMania I against Volkoff & The Iron Sheik.