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Magnum T.A. Full wrestling profile of Magnum T.A., with Career History, Real Name, Height, Weight, Age, Face/Heel Turns, Titles Won, Finishers, Theme Songs, Tag Teams, appearance changes, and more.
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Early years
Allen started wrestling in 1977 and joined the National Wrestling Alliance, where he began competing for the Championship Wrestling from Florida and the Pacific Northwest Wrestling territories. While in the CWF, Allen would win the Global Tag Team Championship on five different occasions before then moving to Mid-South Wrestling. Upon debuting in Mid-South, Allen renamed himself to Magnum T.A. and adopted a character known as the "American Heart Throb", based on Allen's slight resemblance to...
Jim Crockett Promotions
In 1984, the National Wrestling Alliance's Jim Crockett Promotions signed Allen. After debuting, Magnum began feuding with Wahoo McDaniel and defeated him for the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship on March 23, 1985. At The Great American Bash, he made his first successful title defense by defeating Kamala. He then began feuding with the Four Horsemen before feuding solely with Horsemen member Tully Blanchard and his valet Baby Doll. On September 28, Magnum lost to the Horsemen's lead...
Car accident and retirement
On October 14, 1986, Allen was driving in his Porsche in the rain and lost control, wrapping the car around a telephone pole.The accident happened on Sardis Road in Charlotte, N.C., only a couple of miles from Allen's home. Initially, investigators believed he was speeding, but forensic reports showed he was driving the speed limit and he was left in his car for two hours before a witness called 911. The accident caused his C-4 and C-5 vertebrae to explode, and it was doubted that he would ev...
Allen attended high school at Norfolk Collegiate School in Norfolk, Virginia. He was a member of the collegiate wrestling team and won the state championship in the 167 pound division. After graduation, he attended Norfolk's Old Dominion University but did not graduate. Allen, a born again Christian, runs a small commodity hedge fund and a communic...
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Happy Birthday to Magnum T.A! Terry Allen, a two-time NWA United States Heavyweight Champion, is 65 today. Of course, Magnum’s career is one of the big “what could have beens” in the history of the professional wrestling business.
Join us for an extremely rare up-close-and-personal interview with one of the business's greatest In ring performers ever, the enigmatic "Magnum TA" Terry Al...
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Happy 71st Birthday to the Honky Tonk Man! pictured with the legendary “Magnum T.A.” Terry Allen and shared on his Instagram at: magnum_ta
Terry Wayne Allen (born June 11, 1959) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Magnum T. A. Allen won the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship twice and was being groomed for a potential run with the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, but a car crash in 1986 forced him into retirement. After retiring ...
