[4] On February 2, 1986, Cooley won his first singles title in Memphis, Tennessee defeating Dutch Mantel for the AWA International Heavyweight Championship.
On December 28, 1987, Cooley won a Mink Coat Tournament defeating Dutch Mantel in the finals in Birmingham, Alabama for Continental Championship Wrestling.
[10] The following year, Lancaster joined Austin Idol's short-lived USA Wrestling promotion based in Dothan, Alabama.
[13] After Frankie Lancaster left WCW in 2000, The Heartbreakers reunited in the independent circuit and continued teaming up occasionally.
He won the Texas Heavyweight Title defeating Tom Prichard on November 22, 2014, at GCW Southern Legends Fanfest in Pell City, Alabama.