Jim Powers worked for the World Wrestling Federation from 1984 to 1994, then elsewhere until 2010.
38 Facts About Jim Powers
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Jim Powers was born in Washington Heights, Manhattan, and grew up watching the then-regional promotion at Madison Square Garden.
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Jim Powers made his WWF debut on October 2,1984, losing to Carl Fury at a house show in Lindenhurst, New York.
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Jim Powers then made his televised debut on the December 8,1984 edition of Georgia Championship Wrestling, teaming with Jose Luis Rivera in a match against Nikolai Volkoff and The Iron Sheik.
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Jim Powers went on to lose to The Moondogs, The Spoiler, and Bob Orton Jr.
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Jim Powers gained his first victory when he pinned Gino Carabello at a house show in the Bronx, New York, on December 5,1984.
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In July 1985, Jim Powers ventured outside the WWF to gain more experience, including two Texas based promotions: Texas All-Star Wrestling and World Class Championship Wrestling where he appeared at a couple of the federation's featured "Star Wars" events.
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Jim Powers arguably reached the peak of his career in the WWF when Powers, on March 11,1987, along with another preliminary wrestler Paul Roma, formed a tag team called The Young Stallions.
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At first the team had no name, and the original pairing saw Roma and Jim Powers teamed with Tito Santana in a six-man tag team match against the team of Don Muraco, Bob Orton, Jr.
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That night Jim Powers scored perhaps the greatest upset of his career to date when he pinned the future WWF World Champion.
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Roma and Jim Powers went their separate ways and both floundered on the undercard afterward, with Jim Powers sustaining an injury that forced him out of action until March 1990.
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Roma and Jim Powers feuded for a while during this period, but this soon was scrapped, and they both returned to competing in singles matches.
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Jim Powers had an opportunity to face his former partner in the August 6,1990 episode of Prime Time Wrestling when Power and Glory defeated Jim Powers and Brunzell.
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In 1991, Jim Powers teamed with a variety of partners, with such wrestlers as Marty Jannetty, and Owen Hart, in both house Shows, and televised shows.
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Jim Powers followed this up with numerous house show victories, and closed 1992 with a Wrestling Challenge victory against Brian Lee in October.
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Jim Powers defeated The Tazmaniac on a house show on June 30,1993, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Jim Powers ended 1993 with a victory over Papa Shango at a house show on July 23 in Syracuse New York.
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Jim Powers then departed, a full decade after first signing with the company.
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In 1994, Jim Powers competed for the short lived American Wrestling Federation on the TV series Warriors of Wrestling where he was a fan favorite.
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Jim Powers teamed with Johnny Gunn while in the AWF.
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Unlike his WWF run, Jim Powers had a more successful run as a whole in the AWF, most of the time coming out victorious, even wrestling enhancement talent alongside his tag-team partner Gunn.
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Jim Powers joined World Championship Wrestling, making his initial appearance on the June 10,1996 WCW Monday Nitro in Wheeling, West Virginia in a match against Diamond Dallas Page.
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Jim Powers was attacked and spray painted during a mid-1996 match by the emerging New World Order.
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Jim Powers teamed briefly with Bobby Walker, and they were managed by Teddy Long.
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Jim Powers defeated Pat Tanaka in the dark match of Halloween Havoc 1996 on October 27.
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Still managed by Teddy Long, Jim Powers entered 1997 by facing Hugh Morrus on the January 6th episode of Monday Nitro in Monroe, LA, but was defeated.
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Jim Powers faced Lex Luger, The Barbarian, Curt Hennig, and others in singles competition during the year, but was winless.
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Jim Powers later lost to Bill Goldberg, Scott Norton, and Fit Finlay.
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Jim Powers spent close to a decade retired, rehabbing a neck injury.
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Jim Powers returned to wrestling for an independent promoter on March 9,2007.
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Since returning to wrestling, Jim Powers has wrestled for several independent based organizations and has appeared, pairing back up with Young Stallions partner Paul Roma, at several wrestling fan fests meeting his fans and signing their autographs.
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In 2007, Jim Powers was contacted by WWE to be a part of their developmental territory and train wrestlers there.
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Jim Powers said in recent interviews that he almost left his then-current job to work with the WWE, and said Laurinaitis told him there weren't any places available in the developmental territories, but would call him if there was one.
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Jim Powers said Laurinaitis repeated this so many times he did not believe him anymore.
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Jim Powers then embarked on the Wrestling Legends Tour 2009, facing Joe E Legend and Tatanka in March 2009.
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In 2012, Jim Powers was hospitalized, and had two hip surgeries.
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In July 2016, Jim Powers named part of a class action lawsuit filed against WWE which alleged that wrestlers incurred traumatic brain injuries during their tenure and that the company concealed the risks of injury.
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Jim Powers has been a resident of East Rutherford, New Jersey.