 On September 21, he teamed with Toru Tanaka and Thunderbolt Patterson in a 6-man tag team match losing to Johnny Valentine, Jose Lothario and Fritz von Erich.He faced Paterson and Valentine in a three-way elimination match with Valentine defeating pinning Patterson and himself on September 28.Although the "Dallas Morning News" reported that this match was the first ""3-man free-for-all wrestling match"" held in Dallas, this statement in inaccurate.