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My Take
As The Warlord, the 196-centimetre Szopinski was pure intimidation, and that is exactly the wrestling I respond to. His run as half of the Powers of Pain alongside The Barbarian in the late-1980s WWF and Jim Crockett Promotions captures an era when raw size and presence carried a match before any technical wizardry entered the picture. I will admit a bias here: I still find this kind of uncomplicated, monstrous power more satisfying than the most intricate modern style. He was a creature of his time, and that time produced some of the most viscerally fun spectacle wrestling ever offered.
Overview
Terry Scott Szopinski (born March 28, 1962) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name The Warlord and for his tenures in Jim Crockett Promotions and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as one-half of the Powers of Pain alongside The Barbarian.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Terry Szopinski
- Name (Japanese)
- テリー・スゾピンスキー
- Reading
- てりー・すぞぴんすきー
- Born
- March 28, 1962 (age 64)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Tiger
- Origin
- Pompano Beach, Florida, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 196 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- professional wrestler
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.