Wahoo McDaniel
In August 1985 Rose began a tour of Championship Wrestling from Florida and formed a partnership with Rick Rude. Rose was more dominant in this run, defeating Billy Jack Haynes, Frank Lang, and Cocoa Samoa. On October 6, 1985 he earned a NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship shot against Wahoo McDaniel but lost via DQ. He did capture the NWA Florida Bahamian Championship and held it until October 18, where he lost it to Tyree Pride in Nassau, Bahamas.