Powers of Pain
Powers of Pain | |
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Tag team | |
Members | The Barbarian The Warlord |
Name(s) | Powers of Pain Super Assassins Super Destroyers |
Billed heights | Barbarian: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Warlord: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Combined billed weight | 623 lb (283 kg; 44.5 st)[1] |
Debut | 1987 |
The Powers of Pain are a professional wrestling tag team.
History
Paul Jones had previously managed The Barbarian (Sione Vailahi) in National Wrestling Alliance's (NWA) territories from 1985–1987, while The Warlord (Terry Szopinski) joined the NWA in late 1986, where he was managed by Baby Doll. Soon, The Warlord and Doll left the NWA and went to the Central States area, where Jones was managing The Barbarian. A feud then took place between The Warlord and The Barbarian. Doll soon stopped managing The Warlord, and The Warlord and The Barbarian stopped feuding. Jones then started to manage The Warlord as well and teamed him up with The Barbarian as the "Powers of Pain".[2] Later on Jones brought The Powers of Pain to the NWA in late 1987.
Jim Crockett Promotions (1987–1988)
After Paul Jones and the Powers of Pain came to the National Wrestling Alliance's Jim Crockett Promotions in late 1987, they were joined by Ivan Koloff.
The Powers of Pain then began
They feuded for several more months until the Powers of Pain left the NWA while still the champions with Koloff when the Powers of Pain refused to do
World Wrestling Federation
Tag team championship pursuit (1988–1989)
The Powers of Pain made their debut in a dark match (of which footage survives) at a TV taping on 18 June 1988 as a replacement for Strike Force in a WWF World Tag Team Championship match where they beat Demolition by count-out when the champions walked out.[5] Their televised debut was filmed later that evening and screened on the 16 July episode of Superstars where they defeated enhancement talents "Iron" Mike Sharpe and Tony Ulysses.[6][5] Upon their arrival, the Powers of Pain were faces managed by Tito Santana.[7][8] They feuded with Demolition[1] who had defeated Strike Force (Santana and Rick Martel) for the title and then injured Martel (kayfabe). The Powers of Pain were introduced as mercenaries to help Martel and Santana gain revenge on Demolition for both the title loss and the injury to Martel. They had their first televised rivalry against The Bolsheviks (Nikolai Volkoff and Boris Zhukov). They defeated Bolsheviks in their pay-per-view debut at the inaugural SummerSlam, where they introduced their new manager The Baron.[9] The Baron left the WWF in early November.
At the
Various feuds and split (1989–1990)
Following their failure to win the titles, the Powers of Pain feuded with teams such as
In March 1990, the team split,
Reunion (1991–1992)
They reunited in Japan at
World Championship Wrestling (1995–1996)
Upon returning to the
Independent circuit (2003–present)
They lost to
The Powers of Pain continue to wrestle occasionally, including schedule matches for Big Time Wrestling (BTW) in February 2016.[15]
Other media
They filmed a shoot interview in 2004 with RF Video and spoke about their careers.[16]
In 2008, they introduced an energy drink in association with Gladiator Championship Wrestling.[16]
Championships and accomplishments
- American Pro Wrestling Alliance
- APWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)[17]
- Jim Crockett Promotions
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked them #97 of the 100 best tag teams during the "PWI Years" in 2003
- World Wide Wrestling Alliance
- WWWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)[18]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Worst Tag Team(1989)
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
- ^ Inside Wrestling, December 1988 issue, article: The Powers of Pain who they are and why you can't trust them.
- ^ The Powers of Pain and Road Warriors bench press contest, NWA 1988, retrieved 2022-04-09
- ^ Barbarian on Leaving NWA over Scaffold Match, retrieved 2022-03-06
- ^ a b "History of WWE (88)". Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ The Powers of Pain's debut vs jobbers, WWF 1988, retrieved 2022-03-18
- ^ Warlord and Barbarian - Demolition's Nightmare - Pro Wrestling Illustrated November 1988
- ^ PWI Poll - The Powers of Pain - Pro Wrestling Illustrated December 1988
- ^ "Powers of Pain". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
- ^ The Powers of Pain split up as Mr. Fuji sells their contract, WWF 1990, retrieved 2022-03-18
- ^ "History of WWE (90)". Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ "History of WWE (92)". Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ The Super Assassins vs The Nasty Boys, WCW 1996, retrieved 2022-03-21
- ^ "Past results". Chikara. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
- ^ "The BIG TIME WRESTLING and OMEGA CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING come to Raleigh, NC Friday, February 26th 2016 LIVE at the world famous DORTON ARENA!". big-time-wrestling. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ a b "FAN Countdown: Top 75 Wrestling Tag Teams (Starts on Page 2) | Freakin' Awesome Network Forums". officialfan.proboards.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "APWA World Tag Team Championship « Titles Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database".
- ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.