Death" Steve Williams and Dan Spivey joined the Varsity Club in late 1988, and Rotunda teamed with Williams to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship from the Road Warriors. Steiner eventually left the group and began feuding with Rotunda, with the enemies trading the Television Championship before Rotunda lost the title to Sting. He then began a feud with Jimmy Garvin because Sullivan wanted Garvin's wife Precious. Rotunda went on to win the NWA World Television Championship from Nikita Koloff in January 1988 and subsequently gave the Florida title to Steiner. This in turn led to the two arguing over which of them was the superior wrestler. Rotunda began bickering with fellow Varsity Club member Rick Steiner, a graduate of the University of Michigan, over which of the two had a superior alma mater. Later in the year, Rotunda joined the National Wrestling Alliance affiliate Jim Crockett Promotions, where he lingered at mid-card level as a face before turning heel and joining Kevin Sullivan's Varsity Club, a group of wrestlers with amateur wrestling credentials. There, he feuded with Sir Oliver Humperdink's "Shock Troops". Rotunda left the WWF in early 1987 and returned to Florida, where he won the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship in March. Express", but they were more or less used as a jobber team against up and coming teams such as Demolition in house shows.
He briefly returned to the WWF in the fall of 1986 to team with "Golden Boy" Dan Spivey as a new version of "The U.S. Rotundo stayed around for a few more months with minimal success. The team did not stay long as Windham left the AWA almost as soon as he came in. Express reunited in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) to wrestle at WrestleRock 86 on April 20, 1986, where they won against the Fabulous Ones. Rotundo continued to wrestle in singles matches until he eventually left the WWF himself in early 1986. The US Express regained the belts in June 1985, but lost them two months later to Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine. The US Express' most notable feud was with The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff, to whom they lost the tag titles the first WrestleMania. They won the WWF Tag Team Championships twice, first winning them from Dick Murdoch and Adrian Adonis in January 1985. Rotunda and Windham joined the World Wrestling Federation as the U.S. He often teamed with his real life brother-in-law, Barry Windham. 1.6 World Championship Wrestling (1995–2000)Īfter graduating from Syracuse University, Rotunda began wrestling in 1981 as a face in Championship Wrestling from Florida.1.2 American Wrestling Association (1986).
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