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Quentin Bell"Sputnik Monroe Obituary" DeclarationofIndependents.net. Ed. Sean McCaffrey. N.p., Nov. 2006. Web. 5 Oct. 2011.
Like his father, Monroe too competed in the Memphis territory in late-1986 before moving on to the Global Wrestling Federation and Mark Von Erich's version of World Class Championship Wrestling. He also made brief appearances in World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation. The end of the NWA territory system saw Monroe spend his final years working for various independent organizations in the Houston-area until his retirement in 2000. As of 2009, he continued to operate his own wrestling school, the "Too Bad School of Professional Wrestling", in Pineville, Louisiana.
On November 1, 1986, Monroe teamed with The Memphis Vice (Jerry Bryant & Lou Winston) in a 6-man tag team match against Jerry Lawler, Uncle Elmer and David Haskins. After Monroe was pinned by Haskins, in what was viewed as a controversial finish, his partners Bryant and Winston demanded the match continue as a two-out-of-three falls match. Their request was granted but turned into a 6-way brawl within a few minutes. Outside interference from Don Bass and Larry Wright would disqualify Monroe's team and, after Lawler hit Bass with a trash can, all five men fled back to the locker room. He challenged Jerry Lawler in a singles match on November 8, 1986, but was pinned in 22 seconds. This was his final appearance for the promotion. His brief time with the promotion may be explained by his inexperience at the time, especially while being pushed as a main eventer, as well as bookers promoting him as a "heel" despite his father being a longtime favorite in the area. Sputnik Monroe would continue to be involved in his career, occasionally joining him in father-son tag team matches, up until the late 1990s.
He also wrestled for the newly established Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation where he again faced McGill as well as forming a brief alliance with The Lords of Darkness (Pain & Agony). On August 17, 1991, he joined them in a 6-man tag team match against Ray Odyssey, Chris Evans, and The Spider at an event for Larry Sharpe's World Wrestling Association in Blackwood, New Jersey; this match was featured on the first video release from the official video library of Sharpe's Monster Factory."OTW Opens The Monster Factory Video Vault." DeclarationofIndependents.net. Ed. Sean McCaffrey. N.p., Mar. 2004. Web. 5 Oct. 2011.
Also that summer, Monroe made his first television appearances for World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation. He wrestled Dustin Rhodes on the August 24th edition of WCW Power Hour as well as earlier edition airing on WCW Worldwide. The following month, he faced Kerry von Erich on the September 7th edition of WWF Superstars and Million Dollar Champion Virgil on the September 22nd WWF Challenge.
Monroe returned to the MEWF at the end of the year where, on December 1, 1991, he agreed to help The Lords of Darkness defend the MEWF Tag Team Championship by taking the place of an injured Pain. He and Agony were unsuccessful in defeating their opponents, Cream Team (Dave Casanova and Rip Sawyer), losing the tag titles in Dunbolt, Maryland that night.
Later that year, Monroe joined the Global Wrestling Federation where he had mixed success as a singles and tag team wrestler. He made his GWF debut on November 13, 1992, wrestling to a time-limit draw with Calvin Knapp and later defeating Tribal Nation (Mark Youngblood & Chris Youngblood) in a tag team match with Mike Davis; he also teamed with The Metal Maniac against Tribal Nation later that month. In singles competition, Monroe was able to defeat Rainbow Brown on November 20 but was disqualified in his match against GWF Television Champion Manny Villalobos at the Dallas Sportatorium a few weeks later.
Budget cutbacks resulted in the GWF dropping much of its talent and Monroe found work with Danny Davis' Associated Wrestlers of the Universe in Houston. He won the AWU Heavyweight Championship from American Warrior in Houston on July 31, 1993, and held the title until the promotion's close the next year. At an independent show held at Brazoswood High School on March 11, 1995, a bout between him and Charles Sprott was part of the semi-main event in addition to a championship match between "Gentleman" Chris Adams and King Parsons.
During his second year with the promotion, Monroe wrestled in both the singles and tag team division. In April 1996, he and Dapper Dan fought to a time-limit draw while a rematch against Action Jackson ended in a no-contest. Forming a tag team with Dan, the two spent the next few months wrestling Action & Al Jackson, Sam Houston & Charlie Norris, and Bo Vegas & Devon Michaels. His last appearance was at a CWA television taping at the Sportatorium where he wrestled former tag team partner Mike Davis.
Although never competing for the original World Class Championship Wrestling under the Von Erich family, Monroe took part in the several revival attempts in the years following it close. The Global Wrestling Federation and the Confederate Wrestling Alliance were examples of these later efforts to bring wrestling back to the Sportatorium. In the late-1990s, Monroe joined Mark Von Erich's version of WCCW and participated in its shows to raise money for local charities. He later wrestled Von Erich for the WCCW Heavyweight Championship at Brazoswood High School on November 14, 1998. Elsewhere on the Texas independent circuit that month, Monroe wrestled Bill Dundee at the University of Houston's Hofheinz Pavilion.
In one of his last matches as an active wrestler, Monroe wrestled Tony Atlas for the United States Heavyweight Championship at "Slamfest 2000", a benefit show for Bridgewood Farms, at Houston's Montgomery County Fairgrounds.
Later years hadn't been good for Monroe as he had had many run-ins with the law with multiple drug charges and parole violations.
Bubba Monroe died on September 10, 2022, at the age of 61.
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