Super Powers (professional wrestling)
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The Super Powers were a tag team in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions in the 1980s. The name was due to the fact that an American and a "Russian" made up the team while the Cold War was still going strong.
[edit] History
Dusty Rhodes had been teaming with Magnum T.A. in the NWA for most of 1986. They were battling The Four Horsemen and were scheduled for a cage match against Tully Blanchard and Ole Anderson on October 24, 1986. Magnum had a car wreck that ended his career before the match and Jim Crockett, Jr. needed a replacement.
On the night of the match, James J. Dillon (Blanchard was injured) and Ole Anderson were waiting in the cage to see who Dusty would bring out. It turned out to be "The Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff, a top heel in the promotion, with whom Magnum had previously been feuding. Nikita and Dusty whipped them in minutes and The Super Powers were born.
Dusty and Nikita feuded with the Horsemen until early 1988, when they stopped teaming. They also feuded with Nikita's "uncle" Ivan Koloff, who was mad that Nikita turned on him, along with Ivan's partners Vladimir Petrov and Dick Murdoch.
They participated in all of the first "War Games" matches teaming with The Road Warriors against The Four Horsemen, winning them all.
In 2003, they had a reformation of sorts in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling when Nikita was unmasked as "Mr. Wrestling IV" after attacking Rhodes several times. He then rejoined Dusty in fighting Vince Russo's S.E.X. stable before leaving.
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
- Winner of the 1987 NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament.
- They also won the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Feud of the Year Award in 1987. The feud was The Super Powers & the Road Warriors vs. The Four Horsemen.
