100 Best Wrestling Moves EVER
81. Power & Glory | Power-Plex
Like so many of the best moves, the Power-Plex is often imitated but never truly duplicated, even if the most loving contemporary tribute is delivered by the pair paying homage to the very genre of doubles wrestling as much as the finisher itself.
If anything, it’s FTR’s impressive ability to ape numerous tag finishers that puts over how incredible the original was that they can’t quite match Hercules and Paul Roma’s finesse on delivery.
A product of its time in all the best ways, the Power-Plex is the highspot microfeast that still slaps a 450 or shooting star press square in the face and tells it to grab a hold. Superplexes and splashes were two of the most impressive moves one was likely to see delivered from the top rope in North America in 1990, but seeing both back-to-back and beautifully in sync from two guys who traded as much on their hubris and looks as their in-ring prowess was all the more incredible.
Capturing the vibes of the kitsch street toughs from 80s action flicks and double-team devastation that meshed The Road Warriors with The Rockers, ‘Herc & Jerk’ lived up to their nicknames as much as their actual ones every time the Power-Plex did the business.