during world class golden era hart was also a manager in the georgia and mid-atlantic regions of the nwa joining these two areas exclusively in  shortly after the start of the freebirds-von erichs feud when he left world class due to a pay dispute hart returned to texas in the summer of  and following a short hiatus in  stayed with the federation until  hart was also a promoter and manager in san antonio for texas all-star wrestling the successor of joe blanchards southwest championship wrestling scw group he also worked for the icw first as the heel manager of bruiser brody kevin sullivan and mark lewin during one storyline hart had a falling out with sullivan after which lewin attacked hart with a sleeper hold