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{{short description|Professional wrestling tag team}}
{{about|the pro-wrestling tag-team|other|Superpower (disambiguation)}}
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|members=[[Dusty Rhodes]]<br>[[Nikita Koloff]]
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'''The Super Powers''' were a tag team in the [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]]'s [[Jim Crockett Promotions]] in the 1980s. The name was because an [[United States|American]] and a "[[Soviet Union|Russia]]n" made up the team while the [[Cold War]] was still going strong.

==History==
[[Dusty Rhodes]] had been teaming with [[Magnum T. A.]] in the NWA for most of 1986. They were battling The [[The Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)|Four Horsemen]] and were scheduled for a cage match against [[Tully Blanchard]] and [[Ole Anderson]] on October 24, 1986. Magnum had a car wreck that ended his career before the match and [[Jim Crockett, Jr.]] needed a replacement. On the night of the match, [[J. J. Dillon]] (Blanchard was injured) and Ole Anderson were waiting in the cage to see who Dusty would bring out. It turned out to be "The Russian Nightmare" [[Nikita Koloff]], a top heel in the promotion, with whom Magnum had previously been feuding. Koloff was actually American but was billed as being from Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/n/nikita-koloff.html|accessdate=2009-04-13|work=Online World of Wrestling|title=Wrestler Profiles: Nikita Koloff}}</ref> Koloff and Rhodes defeated Dillon and Anderson in minutes and '''The Super Powers''' were born. Rhodes and Koloff participated in the [[Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament#1987|1987 Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament]]. They received a [[Bye (sports)|bye]] into the second round before defeating the teams of [[Bill Dundee]] and [[The Barbarian (wrestler)|The Barbarian]], [[Rick Rude]] and [[Manny Fernandez (wrestler)|Manny Fernandez]], and [[The Midnight Express (professional wrestling)#Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane|The Midnight Express]] ([[Bobby Eaton]] and [[Stan Lane]]) to advance to the finals. In the final round, they defeated [[Lex Luger]] and Tully Blanchard, two members of the Four Horsemen, to win the tournament and its [[kayfabe]] prize of one million dollars.<ref name=cup>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/cup.html#2nd|title=2nd Annual Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament Cup|work=Pro Wrestling History|accessdate=2009-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Crockett Cup 1987|work=Kayfabe Memories|url=http://www.kayfabememories.com/TapeReviews/crockettcup/ccup87.htm|accessdate=2009-04-13|first=Scott|last=Keith}}</ref> They participated in several [[WarGames match]]es, teaming with [[The Road Warriors]] against The Four Horsemen. The Super Powers teamed with several partners for the four-on-four matches, which took place in 1987 and 1988, and won each time.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Great American Bash|work=Pro Wrestling History|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/gabash.html#87|accessdate=2009-04-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The History of War Games|work=The History of WWE | first=Graham | last=Cawthon|url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/wargames.htm|accessdate=June 8, 2015}}</ref> Dusty and Nikita feuded with the Horsemen until early 1988, when they stopped teaming. They also feuded with Nikita's "uncle" [[Ivan Koloff]], who was mad that Nikita turned on him, along with Ivan's partners [[Vladimir Petrov (wrestler)|Vladimir Petrov]] and [[Dick Murdoch]].

In 2003, they had a reformation in [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] when Nikita was unmasked as "Mr. Wrestling IV" after attacking Rhodes several times. He then rejoined Dusty in fighting [[Vince Russo]]'s [[Sports Entertainment Xtreme]] (S.E.X.) stable during a [[ladder match]] between Rhodes and S.E.X. member [[Brian Christopher|Brian Lawler]]. Koloff interfered by climbing the ladder to retrieve the belt that was suspended above the ring. He then presented it to Rhodes, and the former partners hugged in the ring.<ref>{{cite web|title=NWA/TNA: Super Powers reunited|work=SLAM! Wrestling|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/04/10/61929.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717112225/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/04/10/61929.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 17, 2012|date=2003-04-10|accessdate=2009-04-13|first=Donnie|last=Abreu}}</ref>

==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''[[National Wrestling Alliance]]'''
:*[[Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament]] ([[Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament#1987|1987]]) <ref name=cup/>
:*[[WCW World Television Championship|NWA World Television Championship]] ([[List of WCW World Television Champions|2 time]])-Dusty Rhodes (1), Nikita Koloff (1)
:*[[WWE United States Championship|NWA United States Heavyweight Championship]] ([[List of WWE United States Champions|2 Times]])-Nikita Koloff (1), Dusty Rhodes (1)
:*[[UWF Television Championship]] (1 Time)-Nikita Koloff
*'''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''
:*[[PWI Feud of the Year]] (1987) - with [[The Road Warriors]] vs. the [[The Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)|Four Horsemen]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/n/nikita-koloff.html Koloff's profile at Online World of Wrestling]
*[http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/d/dusty-rhodes.html Rhodes' profile at Online World of Wrestling]
*[http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/s/super-powers.html Team profile at Online World of Wrestling]

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