10 Things We Learned From Dark Side Of The Ring: Magnum T.A

10. The Bullsh*t $10,000 “Wrestling License”

Jim Cornette didn't mince his words (when does he ever?!) when talking about one Buzz Sawyer. Though talented in-ring, Sawyer was a bit of a crook outside it, and he successfully ripped Magnum T.A off before Terry Allen was even going by that name.

Buzz met Allen when the latter was still bouncing in nightclubs, and told him he'd need to pay $10,000 for a phoney wrestling license before he'd even agree to train him. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, Terry agreed, and his mother helped foot the bill. Then, wouldn't you just know it, Sawyer skipped town.

Cornette revealed that wrestling licenses did exist in some states back then, but they generally cost anywhere between $10-25. Yeah, not quite the 10 grand Buzz had quoted Magnum for. The con worked, but maybe not quite as well as Mr. Sawyer had hoped when he fled the area and hoped he'd never bump into Terry Allen again.

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