Jurassic Powers

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Jurassic Powers
Tag team
Members Scott Norton
Hercules Hernandez
Name(s)Jurassic Powers
Billed heights6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) (Norton) [1]
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) (Hernandez) [2]
Combined
billed weight		630 lb (290 kg)
Debut1993
Disbanded1994

The Jurassic Powers was a professional wrestling tag team that competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The team consisted of Scott Norton and Hercules Hernandez.

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History

The Jurassic Powers first formed in March 1993 when Hercules joined New Japan. [2] [3] The two spent the first few months in the midcard as they took part in six- and eight-man tag team matches. [3] Eventually they began to climb the rankings and they defeated The Hellraisers on August 5, 1993 to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship. [4]

After winning the title, the Jurassic Powers would hold them for 5 months and make 3 successful title defenses against the Hellraisers, Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Mutoh, and The Nasty Boys, [5] as well as non-title victories over The Japanese Jolly Jacks and Brutus Beefcake and Jake Roberts. [6] The team also entered the 1993 Super Grade Tag League and would ultimately be the runners-up as they lost to Hase and Mutoh in the finals.

The team would finally lose the title back to the Hellraisers at Battlefield on January 4, 1994. [7] After the title loss, the Jurassic Powers would make few appearances as a team, eventually making their last appearance as a team in a losing effort against The Steiner Brothers on August 4, 1994. [8] After that loss, they split up as Hernandez left New Japan.

Championships and accomplishments

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