1. Paul Roma is best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling between 1984 and 1995.
23 Facts About Paul Roma
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Paul Roma is known for his appearances in World Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions, and New-Japan Pro Wrestling.
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Paul Roma was teamed with fellow preliminary wrestler Jim Powers in what at first likely seemed to be a one-time pairing on March 21,1987, at a WWF Superstars taping in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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In later interviews, Paul Roma called Powers difficult to work with.
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Paul Roma defeated King Haku and "Ravishing" Rick Rude by disqualification on house shows in January 1989 in successive nights, and scored multiple pinfall victories over Boris Zukhov, Barry Horowitz, and Iron Mike Sharpe.
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Paul Roma found himself on the losing end of multiple encounters with The Genius and The Widowmaker at house shows.
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Now slotted as a top-level card opener, Paul Roma continued to win numerous matches with Boris Zukhov, Barry Horowitz, and others, but was unable to move up the card.
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Paul Roma defeated Zukhov in a dark match at the 1989 Survivor Series, and pinned Steve Lombardi in dark matches at both Royal Rumble and WrestleMania VI.
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On May 14,1990, on Prime Time Wrestling Paul Roma teamed with Hercules Hernandez for the first time, defeating Ken Johnson and Buddy Rose.
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Paul Roma said that Hernandez did not even like him when they first met but that their partnership developed into a brother to brother type of relationship.
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Paul Roma squared off against Powers in singles competition on several house shows in August 1990.
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Paul Roma was featured in numerous televised singles matches in the summer of 1991, including against Davey Boy Smith, Virgil, Bret Hart, and Ricky Steamboat.
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Paul Roma then left the Federation, while Hercules would remain with the company for a few months before departing as well.
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In 1993, Paul Roma signed a contract with World Championship Wrestling and became part of the Four Horsemen alongside "Nature Boy" Ric Flair and Arn Anderson.
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Pretty Wonderful was granted a rematch against the new champions with a match booked for Halloween Havoc, Pretty Wonderful regained the titles when Paul Roma dropped an elbow from the top rope on Bagwell, who had Orndorff trapped in a fisherman's suplex, but the referee's back was turned.
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Paul Roma was asked to help make WCW newcomer Alex Wright look good at SuperBrawl V Roma was upset over the decision to lose the match that he went off script and dominated Wright for most of the match and no-sold any offense from Wright, yet Wright was able to score the upset win via pinfall.
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Paul Roma actually had his shoulders up before three, but the referee called the match anyway as Paul Roma was refusing to lose the match.
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Paul Roma would receive a FedEx letter the next day informing him that his contract would not be renewed the following month as a result of his actions in the match with Wright.
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Paul Roma's contract ended in March 1995 and was not renewed.
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Paul Roma attempted to make a WWF comeback in December 1997 alongside a student of Mr Fuji called Alex Roma.
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Paul Roma won a singles match at the same taping, defeating Nick Barberry.
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Paul Roma had a sum total of three professional boxing matches.
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Paul Roma said in a 2013 shoot interview he regularly visits and speaks to children in St Jude's Hospital.