The Car Accident That Ended Magnum T.A.'s Career | DARK SIDE OF THE RING

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  • @VICE-TV
    @VICE-TV  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

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  • @newgoliard6059
    @newgoliard6059 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    The Porsche he bought was called "The Widow Maker". It's a legend for being difficult to master.

    • @quiett6191
      @quiett6191 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Yep, the old 911. The rear mounted engine meant that it was pretty vulnerable to spinning out because the weight of the engine could swing the rear end out.

    • @trappenweisseguy27
      @trappenweisseguy27 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And he had to have been going at an unsafe speed, particularly for the conditions, to snap the pole in half.

  • @barnabuscollins5038
    @barnabuscollins5038 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Talked to the guy for about 30 mins at a TNA house show in Richmond VA called Capital Punishment. Hell of a guy and blew me away that hardly anyone wanted to talk to him there. They got stuff signed sure but that was it. Everyone was more focused on talking to AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, etc.

  • @celestinomagana4347
    @celestinomagana4347 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I started to watch WWF/E since 1999 when I was 15. Surprised so many great wrestlers before my time

  • @OhioRiverFisherman
    @OhioRiverFisherman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This exact thing happened to our good friends mom. She was on a road that she has drove a million times. That night it was pouring down and she came around a curve and hydroplaned, and hit a tree head on, killed her instantly. Tragedy, young, gorgeous, beautiful women, with an awesome husband, and 2 of the most coolest kids ever. Gone in one second.

  • @Steamroller65
    @Steamroller65 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    In the 80’s Magnum TA was my hero. I went in the Army and while I was in training all this happened. He would have been the greatest of all time.

    • @jamesrussell6123
      @jamesrussell6123 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Magnum TA was my favorite wrestler back in the day

  • @carlintaylor3229
    @carlintaylor3229 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thank God he survived if anything I bet that had to be scary as hell going through a car accident like that in the middle of a serious thunderstorm

  • @Bill-tz3wg
    @Bill-tz3wg 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Buzz Sawyer pulled the same dirty trick on a young Mark Callaway (The Undertaker) as he did to Magnum. Specifically, he conned both into giving him thousands of dollars to get into the business, did nothing for them and left town with their money. I think you can hear more on A&E Biography WWE Legends: The Undertaker.

  • @EmmanuelA1
    @EmmanuelA1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Damn, this was way before my time, but I'm still surprised I've never heard of this guy before this video. Sad story 🫤

    • @anthonyburns8563
      @anthonyburns8563 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      He was going to be the next big baby-face then this wreck happen Then a green as spring grass Sting shows up! Great era in the 80s i was lucky as hell to watch it

    • @adamkratos9323
      @adamkratos9323 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Had that crash not happened, he was all but guaranteed to be the next NWA World Champion. Would it of surpassed the WWF at that time? Possibly, but it's one of those great what ifs.

  • @lesschoenberger3070
    @lesschoenberger3070 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It's interesting to see him and Nikita Koloff together on some pretty recent videos, how they continue to keep in touch with each other after all these years and how they turned Nikita into a baby face after this horrible accident.

  • @felixcat9318
    @felixcat9318 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    He admitted that he knew that road very well and that it was torrential raining throught his drive, yet he still drove in a way which was incompatible with safety, which caused his car to aquaplane, which he then made worse by immediately causing his car to crash into a pole.

    • @OliviaKenoyer-qm3oz
      @OliviaKenoyer-qm3oz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      You forgot to mention the part when the vice logo appeared

    • @hi-tych
      @hi-tych 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@OliviaKenoyer-qm3ozbruh, relax. 😂

    • @hessiangardner9134
      @hessiangardner9134 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Hydroplaned 😂 and you can't see elevated water levels in the dark 😂

    • @felixcat9318
      @felixcat9318 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@hessiangardner9134 But he should have known that they would likely have built up where the road dipped.

    • @dylanbrown1440
      @dylanbrown1440 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I hydro planed going 60 km/h so no it's very possible at any speed it has to do with your tires not your driving

  • @Connor-k5g
    @Connor-k5g 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    If the accident didn't happen, he would've been a world champion. Most people already know, but for context, there were plans for Magnum to go against Flair and for Magnum to have a run with the title. It's a shame that Magnum's career will be the big question what if. He had the charisma, promo ability, the looks, etc.

  • @WILLIAMHOWERTON-pz7dk
    @WILLIAMHOWERTON-pz7dk 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    SAD BUT TRUE!

  • @lynwoodcole3749
    @lynwoodcole3749 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I rented my company office from this man after his career. He was extremely nice and humble to me and my family. The office use to be his grandfather's bakery, and then they built a big radio antenna on site.

  • @KeithWickliffe79
    @KeithWickliffe79 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Wow. When i see Terry i have memories of Dr Death Steve Williams and Wahoo McDaniels 😅

  • @Trishula707
    @Trishula707 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’m a paraplegic because I suffer with depression/suicidal tendencies. My last suicide attempt I took my handgun pointed towards my heart and I didn’t realize that it had a light trigger pull it went off and now I’ve been a paraplegic since 2016 when I was 24 years old. I wouldn’t wish paraplegia on anybody also I take pain meds which is even worse because im addicted to them and being in a wheelchair and sometimes going through withdrawal/ pain is worse than the gunshot

    • @robertathey8504
      @robertathey8504 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I’ve heard stories where people try and end it all with a gun but end up living only to have half there face and there teeth missing

  • @Bigbadbedford88
    @Bigbadbedford88 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Magnum TA built one of the 1st lifted honda pioneers

  • @angelocervantes4950
    @angelocervantes4950 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It was tragic. He had everything talent looks was able to do great promos. Someone should do a list of those wrestlers the “could of beens” that had their great careers altered. Rick rude was another one, steve Austin…, who else

  • @connerhuston2613
    @connerhuston2613 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I Remember he was on his way to becoming the NWA champion maybe multiple times (depending on how well things went)

  • @dannyhuskey373
    @dannyhuskey373 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Magnum was definitely gonna be the number 1 guy in NWA. Magnum and Windham would ha e both been better than leaving the belt on flair so long.

  • @sinner-saint361
    @sinner-saint361 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Who drives fast in the rain? Not many smart ppl.

  • @otreed2311
    @otreed2311 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Im sure he was the man and all ... but he's laid out on that Harley like an easy rider model 😢

  • @Cnomore2008
    @Cnomore2008 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Did dusty cut his breaks ??

    • @chrischar9428
      @chrischar9428 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Nah kevin Sullivan. He got owen and Benoit too

  • @joshuagibson2520
    @joshuagibson2520 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    He is still on pain dope. Look at those eyes and pupils.

    • @jond2458
      @jond2458 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And? I'm sure the man is in constant pain and sometimes people gotta do what they gotta do to live the best life they can. While there is problem with pain pills these days and some people abuse them doesn't mean everybody should go without. He might be a miserable prick when in constant pain and taking a pain meds is his only option. A surgery doesn't necessarily mean healed with no pain

  • @blacknight7643
    @blacknight7643 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    He looks like Jake the snake

    • @Bill-tz3wg
      @Bill-tz3wg 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      TA had a physique. They have some facial resemblance, possibly mainly the 1970s stand-alone mustache.

  • @buckster2575
    @buckster2575 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Looks like a blonde jake the snake.i remember this happening and thought damn what a shame.

  • @akingwithwords2144
    @akingwithwords2144 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    😂😂😂 he thinks it’s ridiculous to be in front of people in his underwear at thirty seven, but not at twenty seven?

    • @rickyking1790
      @rickyking1790 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He said 30

  • @americannightmare2109
    @americannightmare2109 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Now I know what a combustion engine is and what hydroplaning means. Cool story...

  • @joeblow871
    @joeblow871 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That’s it, wtf