2 October 2013

Where are they now?

MAGNUM T.A (Terry Wayne Allen)

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.  

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 United States Heavyweight Championship on March 23, 1985.  At The Great American Bash, he successfully defended the title 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 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 ever walk again. Doctors at Carolinas Medical Center said that Allen's physical conditioning saved his life. The right side of his body was paralyzed for months, ending his in-ring career.

Allen, a born again Christian, runs a small commodity hedge fund and a communication towers business.  He currently works using heavy metals and making items for aircraft. Allen first married a woman named Tamara. The couple divorced with Allen later marrying accomplished Broadway dancer and actress Courtney Shattuck-Blanchard, the former wife of Tully Blanchard.  They reside in Charlotte, North Carolina where they are raising Taylor, Tanna, Tessa and Tally (Courtney and Tully's children) as well as their children together, twins Lucy and Tucker (born October 2007). Despite years of feuding in the ring, Magnum and Blanchard are often spotted dining together and all previous animosity seems to have been abolished. Allen also has a third biological child, a son, from a previous relationship who lives nearby. Allen is also the godfather of current WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes, son of his long-time friend Dusty Rhodes, The American Dream. 

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