 He became a baby face and the regular tag team partner of the Junkyard Dog.Olympia and JYD won the area’s tag team title by defeating The Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika) in May 1982.The tandem lost the title to a team known as "The Rat Pack" (Ted DiBiase and Matt Borne) in late October 1982.where ether JYD or DiBiase would leave the Mid South territory Olympia turned on JYD and joined DiBiase as a heel to win the Mid-South tag team title from Mr. Wrestling II and Tiger Conway Jr. in April 83 in Shreveport, Louisiana.