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Former WWE Superstar Paul Roma experienced a successful professional wrestling career throughout the mid-1980s and early 1990s.
Roma is perhaps best known by fans for his tag team, known as Power and Glory, with former WWE Superstar Hercules Hernandez.
He is also known for his brief time as a member of The Four Horseman in 1993, as well as the Pretty Wonderful tag team with "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff in World Championship Wrestling.
Sportskeeda Wrestling's Dr. Chris Featherstone recently interviewed Paul Roma for another episode of UnSKripted.
A variety of topics were discussed, including his wrestling career in WWE, his memorable moments and matches in World Championship Wrestling, and much more.
Let's take a closer look at five things we learned from Paul Roma's Sportskeeda interview.
#5 Paul Roma criticizes modern WWE Superstars
Paul Roma competed in the then-World Wrestling Federation for seven years from 1984 to 1991.
During his tenure with the company, Roma competed in tag teams such as Power and Glory, plus The Young Stallions.
When discussing today's crop of WWE Superstars, he criticized the current roster, questioning their look, presentation and dignity:
"It's really a question of money. How much are you willing to get paid for your dignity? For your respect? In today's day and age, with these wrestlers, most of them look like they were sitting on a barstool and an agent walked in and said "Hey man, you want to become a wrestler" and just threw them in the ring. There's not that group of guys anymore: the Muracos, the Atlases, the Paul Romas and the guys that were chiseled and we had a herd of them. That's what Vince was into."
"Now, you look at them and you're like 'Where'd they find this guy? In the gutter?' . . . This has nothing to do with their wrestling ability but you have guys that come out blowing horns and trumpets and acting the fool and throwing pancakes. If that's what is paying your bills, god bless you. That's fine but again I don't see that. I'm a person of standard and principals," Roma said.
Referencing "throwing pancakes," it is clear that Paul Roma is referencing The New Day, who are known for throwing pancakes into the WWE Universe during their entrance.
#4 Paul Roma on why Hercules didn't get pushed in WWE
Paul Roma is perhaps best known for his time in WWE as part of the Power and Glory tag team, managed by Slick.
Roma partnered with Hercules Hernandez and feuded against the likes of The Hart Foundation, The Rockers and The Legion of Doom.
His tag team partner Hercules boasted an incredible physique, which WWE prioritized in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Paul Roma addressed why Hercules Hernandez was never pushed to a higher level in the company:
"Without a doubt [Hercules could have been a top babyface] because of the size and he could compete with anybody but you gotta remember something too. When you're in that business that we're in and you have people calling the shots, that's fine. I get all that. But also when you have other wrestlers that are Prima Donnas then there lies the problem," said Paul Roma.
Despite Roma being best known for teaming up with Hercules in WWE, Power and Glory never captured the WWE Tag Team Championships during their tenure in Vince McMahon's promotion.
#3 Former WWE Superstar Paul Roma on working with The Four Horsemen in WCW
Outside of WWE, Paul Roma initially competed in WCW as a member of The Four Horseman, teaming with Arn Anderson.
When discussing his time as a member of The Four Horsemen, Roma admitted that initially it was rough as Ric Flair was consistently critiquing his performance:
"Working with the The Four Horsemen started out rough. Again, I was tagged with Arn for the most part, my partner. In the beginning it was little hard to understand what they expected of me. Every time i came out of the ring it was Ric [Flair] talking in my ear, 'The horsemen don't do that.' And I'm like, 'Oh ok,'" said Roma.
The former WCW World Tag Team Champion discussed his frustration with wanting to find out how The Four Horseman are supposed to perform in the ring:
"And I'm like, 'What do we do? Just tell me.' So I'm not supposed to clap to get my guy going, you want me to go to the turnbuckle and hit the turnbuckle instead. Ok, so we're talking semantics here, little things and i just started getting aggravated," Roma recalled.
Paul Roma only competed with the faction for a brief period of time in 1993 before forming a tag team with "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff.
#2 Paul Roma on how the death of former WWE Superstar Hercules affected him
Former WWE Superstar Paul Roma's Power and Glory tag team partner Hercules Hernandez passed away in March 2004.
He was only 47 years of age when he passed. His passing was attributed to heart disease.
When discussing the passing of his tag team partner, Roma described Hercules as his "soulmate":
"Hercules was my soulmate as far as a man is concerned. That's what he is and always will be. I try not to go to funerals because I wanna remember you as you are now, not laying still . . . Ray - Hercules - is not dead to me. I talk to him still. I continue to train with him still. How did it affect me? Well, he's not here physically but he is here for me mentally. So, no one that I love in my life ever dies. I just don't see that but I continue to talk to them and that's how I live my life," said Paul Roma.
Despite only teaming for a short period of time in WWE, Power and Glory are often cited as an inspiration to many modern tag teams in professional wrestling.
#1 Paul Roma describes WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan as a "big phony"
Hulk Hogan is one of the most influential, well-known and controversial names in professional wrestling history.
Paul Roma's tenure as a WWE Superstar came during the height of 'Hulkamania' during the 1980s in the company.
However, Roma described a moment in which he lost respect for The Hulkster during a fan signing in Detroit:
"I lost respect for Terry [Hulk Hogan] when we were in Detroit, and they brought in somebody from one of the local hospitals, and we had just got done meeting kids, and then they said there's one more kid. And they wheeled him in on a bed, and [asked] if he can come see him, and Hogan threw up his hands. He was all frustrated and all pi**y," said Roma.
The former WWE Superstar continued and described Hogan as a "big phony" for the way he portrayed himself on-screen and acted off of it:
"I looked at him and I was like, "Really? So you're a big phony, that's really what you are,'" Roma continued. "For the cameras you're 'Eat your vitamins and say your prayers,' and when the cameras are off, it's 'To hell to those kids' who live for wrestling. I got you man, I got your number, and that was it. From that point on, I was cordial, but I had no respect for him anymore."
Hulk Hogan was most recently seen on WWE television as the host of WrestleMania 37 Night One and Two in April of this year.
