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Power and Glory was a professional wrestling tag team in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1990 to 1991. [2] The team consisted of Hercules (Power, strength) and Paul "Romeo" Roma (Glory, looks). [ 2 ]
Roma finally faced Jim Powers in singles competition in six house show matches in August 1990, coming out victorious in each encounter. Power & Glory would last until October 1991, when Roma left the WWF. Powers would remain with the WWF until October 1994, occasionally teaming with various wrestlers, and ended his tenure on a winning streak.
Power & Glory then challenged WWF Tag Team Champions The Hart Foundation, [13] but never won the gold. They also challenged The Rockers during the latter's brief run as champions (which was erased from record books when the Rockers' title win over the Hart Foundation was reversed) [ 13 ] Power & Glory's misfortune continued at WrestleMania VII ...
Power and Glory would split after the events of SummerSlam; Paul Roma departed WWF in October 1991, took some time off, then moved to WCW and joined the Four Horsemen (instead of Tully Blanchard, who was offered but refused due to low pay) in 1993, and Hercules would also move to WCW in early 1992 and become "The Super Invader" before heading ...
After SummerSlam 1991, Roma left the WWF. [10] Hercules spent the rest of his time in the WWF jobbing again, losing to wrestlers such as the Bushwackers, Jim Neidhart, the Big Boss Man and Sid Justice, and Intercontinental champion Bret Hart. [7] Hercules lasted nearly forty minutes in the 1991 Royal Rumble; in 1992, he lasted less than a minute.
One week later, Roma and Hercules appeared on the Brother Love Show, an interview segment, and formed a tag team known as Power and Glory. [8] A match between the two teams was later scheduled for SummerSlam. The feud between Mr. Perfect and Brutus Beefcake began at the 1990 Royal Rumble.
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As Roma began teaming with Hercules to form the team of Power and Glory that spring, Powers began to occasionally partner with Jim Brunzell. Powers had an opportunity to face his former partner in the August 6, 1990, episode of Prime Time Wrestling when Power and Glory defeated Powers and Brunzell. On house shows, Roma faced off against Powers ...