Kuniaki Kobayashi
As a team the Southern Boys experienced success, beating Kantaro Hoshino &amp; Osamu Kido, Kuniaki Kobayashi &amp; Norio Honaga, Kensuke Sasaki &amp; Norio Honaga, and Seiji Sakaguchi &amp; Tatsutoshi Goto. Their final match came on December 9, 1988 at the NJPW Japan Cup Series 1988 – Tag 21 television show, where they lost to Kotetsu Yamamoto &amp; Yoshinari Tsuji. On April 17, 1989, Smothers in a singles match lost to Japanese veteran Antonio Inoki. By 1990, Smothers went more into a singles coemption before heading back to the States.