 Teaming with Haru Sasaki, the two would capture the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Titles on January 19, 1962, holding them for two months.A year later, while traveling between Oregon and the Hawaiian Islands, King Curtis would capture the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title on September 5, 1963,
In Australia, King Curtis was a part of the face tag team known as the People's Army with Mark Lewin and Spiros Arion.His first sojourns to Australia were in the 1964–1965 season, where he was a Heel.