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* EyeScream: How he won his I Quit Match against Tully Blanchard. Magnum was carving up Blanchard's forehead with sharp wreckage from a broken wooden chair and it wasn't getting Blanchard to quit. When Magnum threatened to go after Blanchard's eye with it though, Blanchard's nerve broke and he quit.
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* EyeScream: How he won his I Quit "I Quit" Match against Tully Blanchard. Magnum was carving up Blanchard's forehead with sharp wreckage from a broken wooden chair and it wasn't getting Blanchard to quit. When Magnum threatened to go after Blanchard's eye with it though, Blanchard's nerve broke and he quit.quit.
* GimmickMatches: His Steel Cage "I Quit" match against Tully Blanchard at NWA's ''Starrcade 1985'' is considered the pinnacle of his career.
* GimmickMatches: His Steel Cage "I Quit" match against Tully Blanchard at NWA's ''Starrcade 1985'' is considered the pinnacle of his career.
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* ManlyFacialHair: He had a very manly, very '80s-worthy mustache. It's what led to him taking on the "Magnum" name, deriving it from famous mustache-wearer Creator/TomSelleck's ''Series/MagnumPI'' character Thomas Magnum.
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* BadassMustache: He had a very '80s-worthy mustache. It's what led to him taking on the "Magnum" name, deriving it from Creator/TomSelleck's ''Series/MagnumPI'' character Thomas Magnum.
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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: As much of his gimmick was based on him looking like the title character of ''Magnum'', he still was very strong in the ring. He hit the belly-to-belly suplex on '''Wrestling/{{Kamala}}'''.
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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: As much of his gimmick was based on him looking like the title character of ''Magnum'', he still was very strong in the ring. He hit the belly-to-belly suplex on '''Wrestling/{{Kamala}}'''.Wrestling/{{Kamala}}, who had a gimmicked weight of 450 lbs and probably weighed over 350.
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* CutShort: One of the most dramatic examples of this in pro wrestling (at least not involving death); Magnum T.A. was one of the most popular stars in the NWA, even viewed as being groomed to become world champion, until a car accident ended his career.
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* CutShort: One of the most dramatic examples of this in pro wrestling (at least not involving death); Magnum T.A. was one of the most popular stars in the NWA, even viewed as being groomed to become world champion, until a car accident and resulting back injury ended his career.career.
* EyeScream: How he won his I Quit Match against Tully Blanchard. Magnum was carving up Blanchard's forehead with sharp wreckage from a broken wooden chair and it wasn't getting Blanchard to quit. When Magnum threatened to go after Blanchard's eye with it though, Blanchard's nerve broke and he quit.
* EyeScream: How he won his I Quit Match against Tully Blanchard. Magnum was carving up Blanchard's forehead with sharp wreckage from a broken wooden chair and it wasn't getting Blanchard to quit. When Magnum threatened to go after Blanchard's eye with it though, Blanchard's nerve broke and he quit.
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** He occasionally had an unstoppable rage variant, best seen in his United States Championship defense against Wrestling/{{Kamala}}, after he got sick of the Ugandan hitting him in the head the strikes stopped staggering him, even as he bled.
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** He occasionally had an unstoppable rage variant, best seen in his United States Championship defense against Wrestling/{{Kamala}}, Kamala, after he got sick of the Ugandan hitting him in the head the strikes stopped staggering him, even as he bled.
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As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_TA his page]] at [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]].
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[[caption-width-right:325:As [[http://www.wrestling-titless.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html NWA United States Heavyweight Champion]]]]
Terrance Wayne "Terry" Allen (born June 11, 1959) is an American retired {{professional wrestl|ing}}er, manager and commentator and from Chesapeake, VA who competed from 1978 to 1986 as Magnum T.A.
He debuted under his own name for the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories Championship Wrestling from Florida and Pacific Northwest Wrestling in Portland, Oregon, before switching to Mid-South, where he changed his name to Magnum T.A. He found his greatest success working for the NWA in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, until he was forced to retire after a car accident in October 1986. He worked as a commentator and managed Wrestling/{{Sting}} and Wrestling/LexLuger to victory in the 1988 ''Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup'' tag team tournament. He also worked in the WCW office until he left in the mid-1990s to return home to Virginia to work in telecommunications.
Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former 2x NWA United States Heavyweight Champion, a former Mid-South North American Heavyweight Champion, a former 2x Mid-South Tag Team Champion (1x w/Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan and 1x w/Mr. Wrestling II), a 5x NWA Florida Global Tag Team Champion (3x w/Scott [=McGhee=], 1x w/[[Wrestling/DustyRhodes The Midnight Rider (Dusty Rhodes)]] and 1x w/Wrestling/BradArmstrong) and, in 2017, the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame awarded him its "Lou Thesz World Heavyweight Championship Award."
As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_TA his page]] at [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]].
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!!"Magnum Trope A":
* BadassMustache: He had a very '80s-worthy mustache. It's what led to him taking on the "Magnum" name, deriving it from Creator/TomSelleck's ''Series/MagnumPI'' character Thomas Magnum.
* TheBigDamnKiss: He gave one to Tully Blanchard's valet Baby Doll during his feud with Blanchard. She [[https://thesmartmarks.com/printer_433.shtml spoke well]] about it years later.
* CarpetOfVirility: He had the chest pelt to go with the Magnum mustache.
* CelebrityResemblance: Basically the entirety of his "Magnum T.A." gimmick was based on him having a passing resemblance to actor Creator/TomSelleck, who at the time was starring in the popular television series ''Series/MagnumPI''. Allen adopted the ring name after Wrestling/AndreTheGiant suggested that he combine the Magnum name with the initials of his real name, resulting in a ring name similar to the title of the TV show.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: As much of his gimmick was based on him looking like the title character of ''Magnum'', he still was very strong in the ring. He hit the belly-to-belly suplex on '''Wrestling/{{Kamala}}'''.
* CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown: He joined Wrestling/DustyRhodes when he masqueraded himself as "The Midnight Rider" as The James Boys.
* CutShort: One of the most dramatic examples of this in pro wrestling (at least not involving death); Magnum T.A. was one of the most popular stars in the NWA, even viewed as being groomed to become world champion, until a car accident ended his career.
* HeroicSecondWind:
** He occasionally had an unstoppable rage variant, best seen in his United States Championship defense against Wrestling/{{Kamala}}, after he got sick of the Ugandan hitting him in the head the strikes stopped staggering him, even as he bled.
** He also had one of these during his Best of Seven series with Nikita Koloff over the vacant U.S. Championship. After losing the first three matches in a row to Nikita, Magnum began a comeback, winning the next three matches to keep the series going. However, in the tie-breaking seventh match, Nikita defeated Magnum to win the series and the title after interference from Ivan Koloff and Krusher Khruschev.
* GimmickMatches: His Steel Cage "I Quit" match against Tully Blanchard at NWA's ''Starrcade 1985'' is considered the pinnacle of his career.
* RedBaron: "American Heart Throb".
* SuplexFinisher: His FinishingMove was the Belly-to-Belly Suplex.
* TagTeam: America's Team, with Dusty Rhodes.
* TalkShowWithFists: "Straight Talk with the Boss," after he had to retire.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Inverted. While in Mid-South, his mentor Mr. Wrestling II turned on him.
* WrestlingFamily: His stepdaughter is Wrestling/TessaBlanchard.
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[[caption-width-right:325:As [[http://www.wrestling-titless.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html NWA United States Heavyweight Champion]]]]
Terrance Wayne "Terry" Allen (born June 11, 1959) is an American retired {{professional wrestl|ing}}er, manager and commentator and from Chesapeake, VA who competed from 1978 to 1986 as Magnum T.A.
He debuted under his own name for the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories Championship Wrestling from Florida and Pacific Northwest Wrestling in Portland, Oregon, before switching to Mid-South, where he changed his name to Magnum T.A. He found his greatest success working for the NWA in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, until he was forced to retire after a car accident in October 1986. He worked as a commentator and managed Wrestling/{{Sting}} and Wrestling/LexLuger to victory in the 1988 ''Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup'' tag team tournament. He also worked in the WCW office until he left in the mid-1990s to return home to Virginia to work in telecommunications.
Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former 2x NWA United States Heavyweight Champion, a former Mid-South North American Heavyweight Champion, a former 2x Mid-South Tag Team Champion (1x w/Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan and 1x w/Mr. Wrestling II), a 5x NWA Florida Global Tag Team Champion (3x w/Scott [=McGhee=], 1x w/[[Wrestling/DustyRhodes The Midnight Rider (Dusty Rhodes)]] and 1x w/Wrestling/BradArmstrong) and, in 2017, the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame awarded him its "Lou Thesz World Heavyweight Championship Award."
As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnum_TA his page]] at [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]].
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!!"Magnum Trope A":
* BadassMustache: He had a very '80s-worthy mustache. It's what led to him taking on the "Magnum" name, deriving it from Creator/TomSelleck's ''Series/MagnumPI'' character Thomas Magnum.
* TheBigDamnKiss: He gave one to Tully Blanchard's valet Baby Doll during his feud with Blanchard. She [[https://thesmartmarks.com/printer_433.shtml spoke well]] about it years later.
* CarpetOfVirility: He had the chest pelt to go with the Magnum mustache.
* CelebrityResemblance: Basically the entirety of his "Magnum T.A." gimmick was based on him having a passing resemblance to actor Creator/TomSelleck, who at the time was starring in the popular television series ''Series/MagnumPI''. Allen adopted the ring name after Wrestling/AndreTheGiant suggested that he combine the Magnum name with the initials of his real name, resulting in a ring name similar to the title of the TV show.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: As much of his gimmick was based on him looking like the title character of ''Magnum'', he still was very strong in the ring. He hit the belly-to-belly suplex on '''Wrestling/{{Kamala}}'''.
* CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown: He joined Wrestling/DustyRhodes when he masqueraded himself as "The Midnight Rider" as The James Boys.
* CutShort: One of the most dramatic examples of this in pro wrestling (at least not involving death); Magnum T.A. was one of the most popular stars in the NWA, even viewed as being groomed to become world champion, until a car accident ended his career.
* HeroicSecondWind:
** He occasionally had an unstoppable rage variant, best seen in his United States Championship defense against Wrestling/{{Kamala}}, after he got sick of the Ugandan hitting him in the head the strikes stopped staggering him, even as he bled.
** He also had one of these during his Best of Seven series with Nikita Koloff over the vacant U.S. Championship. After losing the first three matches in a row to Nikita, Magnum began a comeback, winning the next three matches to keep the series going. However, in the tie-breaking seventh match, Nikita defeated Magnum to win the series and the title after interference from Ivan Koloff and Krusher Khruschev.
* GimmickMatches: His Steel Cage "I Quit" match against Tully Blanchard at NWA's ''Starrcade 1985'' is considered the pinnacle of his career.
* RedBaron: "American Heart Throb".
* SuplexFinisher: His FinishingMove was the Belly-to-Belly Suplex.
* TagTeam: America's Team, with Dusty Rhodes.
* TalkShowWithFists: "Straight Talk with the Boss," after he had to retire.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Inverted. While in Mid-South, his mentor Mr. Wrestling II turned on him.
* WrestlingFamily: His stepdaughter is Wrestling/TessaBlanchard.
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