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Magnum T.A.

マグナムTA　/　まぐなむTA

American professional wrestler

June 11, 1959 (age 67)　・　Chesapeake, Virginia, United States

Virginia
professional wrestler

My Take

Magnum T.A., born Terry Wayne Allen in Chesapeake, Virginia, in 1959, is one of wrestling's great what-ifs for me. He won the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship twice and was clearly being groomed for a World title run before a 1986 car crash forced him into retirement. I always wonder how the territory era might have shifted had that night gone differently. What I respect is that an Old Dominion University background and that kind of star momentum could have curdled into bitterness, yet his legacy reads as one of charisma cut short rather than squandered. The phantom title run still looms large.

Overview

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, Magnum T. A.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Magnum T.A.
Name (Japanese): マグナムTA
Reading: まぐなむTA
Born: June 11, 1959 (age 67)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Boar
Origin: Chesapeake, Virginia, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 185 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: professional wrestler

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Old Dominion University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B0%E3%83%8A%E3%83%A0TA

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