Johnny Powers (born Dennis Waters; March 20, 1943 – December 30, 2022) was a Canadian professional wrestler.

Powers dominated Cleveland Ohio with great battles against Johnny Valentine, The Sheik, Ernie Ladd and Abdullah the Butcher.

Martinez coached and mentored Powers for 20 years from the age of 22 in the art of creative event marketing of pro wrestling.

Martínez and Powers founded National Sports TV on an existing "Wrestling from Buffalo Auditorium" library of black and white films.

Powers held the first barbed wire top rope wrapped match and paid a record athletic commission fine.

After watching a Barnum and Bailey circus, he produced and promoted the only three rings at a time Cleveland Stadium Super Card with 50 global stars.

Powers was defeated by Antonio Inoki for the NWF World Heavyweight Championship December 10, 1973, in Tokyo.

Powers and Pat Patterson fought as NWF North American Tag Team Champions in California and Japan.

He was honored in Yokohama, Japan, before a sellout crowd on September 30, 1991, that was televised nationally, as one of 18 greatest fighters to have appeared in Japanese rings, along with Karl Gotch and Muhammad Ali.