#4. The Warlord never wanted The Powers Of Pain to split up

The Warlord & The Barbarian a.k.a. The Powers of Pain

When it's all said and done, The Warlord will likely be known for his run alongside The Barbarian as one half of legendary tag team The Powers of Pain. The duo had memorable feuds with some of the all time great teams, such as The Road Warriors, The Hart Foundation, Demolition, and The Rockers.

Flash forward to the early 1990s, and wrestling was changing. WWE needed two massive Superstars to feud against the company's top two stars (Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior) in singles competition, so the company split up The Powers of Pain. The Barbarian would go on to join Bobby "The Brain" Heenan's stable of heels known as The Heenan Family. Meanwhile, The Warlord would be managed by the unscrupulous Slick.

Neither man knew of WWE's plans, nor did they approve. The Warlord wasn't anywhere near ready for singles competition and preferred tag team life with The Barbarian where the two excelled.

He told Sean Mooney,

"I was [lost] at first. I sucked. I'm dead serious. I sucked at first. It had been a long time. When you get into a tag team, you get into that rhythm of working with your partner and you know each other so well. All of a sudden you're doing it on your own and it's like OK, I am kind of lost here now. It's like growing back to ground zero and starting from the ground up again."

The Warlord's singles run wasn't nearly as memorable as his time in Powers of Pain and by 1992 he was gone from the WWE for good.