Michael walked into the office in Tampa, Florida, to talk to Dusty. When he walked back out, he was renamed Sam Houston from Texas, baby, from Waco, Texas (in my best Dusty lisp). He had his first match in front of a crowd the next night against Charlie Cooke, who he knew from his father’s booking days in Louisiana.
Sam Houston would leave the CWF, pursuing the road to new territories like most workers. He made his way to Mid-Atlantic, where the Crocketts put him to work against their top heels at that time.
Sam Houston married Nickla Roberts, better known as the valet Baby Doll to wrestling fans, in 1986. A year later, he got his shot at the WWF in St. Louis, against Sika. From there, his career was off and running.