I'v been going back and watching some nwa world wide wrestling from the 1980's and iv seen a lot, Magnum T.A on there, his feud with Tully Blanchard and Baby Doll, and a 30 minute match where he lost to Ric Flair.
My questions for anyone who was watching back then are, if it wasn't for his car accident in 1986, how would his career have gone, would he have taken the title from Flair somewhere down the line, would Flair still be a 16 world champion and how would he have been remember today
Flair probably still would have been super successful but Magnum T.A. would have had a significant impact on the sport I think. Guy was really guy at being a babyface. His Mid South stuff was hella good. I hope WWE puts out a Mid South DVD now that they finally own the rights to the library.
yeah i get Flair would have still been the guy, but would some of the title runs that Flair got have gone to Magnum, lets say Flair would have been a 12 time world champion and Magnum a 4 time world champion
He would have been the babyface that Flair needed but didn't get until Sting. The landscape of MidSouth wrestling would have been quite a bit different. It was immediately apparent to everyone that when Magnum T.A. had his wreck and couldn't wrestle anymore, it was a huge loss for pro wrestling.
Crockett promotions were lining him up for a run with the belt. He probably would have been Flair's main rival through the late eighties and early nineties.
Another good question would be, would Sting have been able to take off like he did had Magnum continued?
Yeah thats a more interesting question. I think Sting would have still accomplished a measure of success but I think Magnum was the better talent of the two.
I'm sure there was a similar thread a few weeks ago in which i said Magnum T.A would have been the top babyface post Dusty Rhodes and pre Sting and probably would have played second top babyface to Sting from mid 1990 onwards through to when he either left or retired. He was being groomed to take the NWA title from Ric Flair and be his main rival through the mid to late 80's and his feud with Tully Blanchard is criminally underrated and produced in my mind the best I Quit match after Flair/Funk in the match concepts history.
Magnum would have been the NWA's version of Hogan, he had the look but he could wrestle. I think he and Flair would have faced off for years for the title.
Supposedly, he was booked to beat Flair for the belt.
Don't know much about the guy but I heard he was to be a top star for years to come and his car accident resulted in the face turn for Nikita Koloff and possibly, the rapid push of Sting.
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