I was watching Summerslam 88 the other night and noted how over these guys were when they first arrived in the WWF. Whilst the Warlord was a sub par worker, I thought the Barbarian was a solid worker who was very underrated. I quite liked the Powerslam and Headbutt from the top rope finish too.
We all know that the Powers turned heel at Survivor Series 88 and aligned with Mr Fuji, thus turning Demolition face in the process. I heard rumours that Demolition were jealous of the insane pops that the Powers were getting and asked to be turned face and the Powers turned heel. But I thought that there would have been major potential in a face Powers v Heel Demolition feud with the payoff being that the Powers took the belts at Wrestlemania 5. But instead they just became a glorified jobber tag team post Wrestlemania 5.
Had they remained face and won the titles and had a decent run as champions and continued their feud with Demolition, does anyone think that we may have been talking about the Powers of Pain as a solid tag team as we do with the likes of Demolition, LOD, Bulldogs and the Hart Foundation? My point being that if all this played out, the Powers of Pain could have been remembered as one of the best tag teams in WWF history as opposed to just being remembered as an afterthought? Does anyone agree that turning them heel so soon derailed their momentum?
Also does anyone know why the Baron was axed as their manager so quickly?
I do know that LOD had requested for them to be split up before they joined the WWF which was not a problem as they were not really an established team anyway by that point, but I happen to think that if the scenario I set out happened, it would have not been so easy for them to be split up and we may have even had a Powers/LOD feud.
We all know that the Powers turned heel at Survivor Series 88 and aligned with Mr Fuji, thus turning Demolition face in the process. I heard rumours that Demolition were jealous of the insane pops that the Powers were getting and asked to be turned face and the Powers turned heel. But I thought that there would have been major potential in a face Powers v Heel Demolition feud with the payoff being that the Powers took the belts at Wrestlemania 5. But instead they just became a glorified jobber tag team post Wrestlemania 5.
Had they remained face and won the titles and had a decent run as champions and continued their feud with Demolition, does anyone think that we may have been talking about the Powers of Pain as a solid tag team as we do with the likes of Demolition, LOD, Bulldogs and the Hart Foundation? My point being that if all this played out, the Powers of Pain could have been remembered as one of the best tag teams in WWF history as opposed to just being remembered as an afterthought? Does anyone agree that turning them heel so soon derailed their momentum?
Also does anyone know why the Baron was axed as their manager so quickly?
I do know that LOD had requested for them to be split up before they joined the WWF which was not a problem as they were not really an established team anyway by that point, but I happen to think that if the scenario I set out happened, it would have not been so easy for them to be split up and we may have even had a Powers/LOD feud.