World's Strongest Tag Determination League
In 1992, he began competing in Japan as The Eagle, forming a successful tag team with The Patriot. They competed in the 1992 and 1993 World's Strongest Tag Determination League as well as winning the All Asia Tag Team Championship from Tsuyoshi Kikuchi &amp; Kenta Kobashi in Koyama, Japan on June 2, 1993. After losing the titles to Doug Furnas &amp; Dan Kroffat on September 9, The Patriot left AJPW for World Championship Wrestling while Hines began teaming with The Falcon together competing in the 1994 World's Strongest Tag Determination League.