The Young Stallions
| The Young Stallions | |
|---|---|
| Tag team | |
| Members |
Jim Powers Paul Roma |
| Heights | Powers: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Roma: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Combined weight |
481 lb (218 kg; 34.4 st) |
| Hometown | Detroit, Michigan |
| Debut | 1987 |
| Disbanded | 1989 |
| Years active | 1987-1989 |
| Promotions | WWF |
The Young Stallions was a professional wrestling tag team composed of Jim Powers and Paul Roma who competed in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1987 to 1989.
The two youngsters were put together by the WWF booking team in March 1987 in what at first likely seemed to be a one-time pairing on March 21, 1987 at a WWF Superstars taping in Las Vegas, NV. Falling to Demolition, Roma & Powers would then go on to lose televised matches to The New Dream Team (Greg Valentine and Dino Bravo) (March 22), and Butch Reed & The Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff (April 23). Finally, a bit of success came at a WWF Superstars taping on April 24 when the two teamed with Tito Santana in a winning effort against Bob Orton, Don Muraco, and Tiger Chung Lee. Shortly after Roma & Powers began teaming on the house show circuit, losing to Demolition and defeating fellow preliminary team The Shadows. Meanwhile, on television, Roma & Powers would again lose to Demolition in May on WWF Superstars, followed by a loss to the New Dream Team on Wrestling Challenge.
The team's first significant victory would come in a huge upset victory over Bob Orton & Don Muraco at Madison Square Garden on May 18. in a house show. The match would air on Prime Time Wrestling later that month. During this time, Powers also wrestled Bob Orton in the house show circuit, all in the losing side for Powers. Roma & Powers would follow this with televised victories over The Shadows (Randy Colley & Jose Luis Rivera) in June 20. This momentum was quickly squashed when the duo teamed with Mario Mancini and Don Driggers in a squad match loss on June 2 to the newly formed Bobby Heenan family (King Kong Bundy, Hercules, Harley Race, and a returning Paul Orndorff). For the next two months Roma & Powers would wrestle The Islanders on house shows, where they were winless.
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