History Wrestling / AllenCoage

** A popular story tells that Bad News stood up to Wrestling/AndreTheGiant when Andre apparently cracked a racist joke with Brown in earshot. Andre not only backed down, he never told another joke like that again (at least not with Bad News around). Ironically, Allen later commented that he was not sure if he could really take on Andre in a brawl, but he was nonetheless willing to try.
** Another story tells that Bad News's friend, the equally badass Wrestling/DynamiteKid, got jumped by the Rougeau Brothers backstage at a WWF event in the 80's. As soon as Bad News saw what was happening, he went after the Rougeau Brothers. Even at a 2 on 1 advantage and sporting brass knuckles, they were terrified to mix it up with Bad News and ran away. It should be noted that this story is told differently by everyone who had not come from Stampede. According to others, Raymond wasn't there at all, and Dynamite Kid had been using Raymond's absence to relentlessly bully Jacques (Raymond being a noted tough guy who'd been Jacques' protector in the locker room). Dynamite had even broken Jacques' jaw. Jacques finally had enough and beat Dynamite with a roll of quarters (not brass knucks).
** Then another story tells how the three Guerrero brothers, Héctor, Chavo Sr. and Mando, confronted Coage in a locker room in New Japan Pro Wrestling to complain about he worked too stiff. Allen apologized, but they would have none of it and ended attacking him, only to Coage to ''wipe the floor with the three men''. Supposedly, Wrestling/ChavoGuerrero Jr. became a personal fan of Coage after hearing this story from his relatives, and warned all the other wrestlers in the WWF to never mess with Coage.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Judo]]: Tied for the Bronze at the 1976 Olympics.

Listen up, all you beer-belly sharecroppers, and you spineless cockroaches! '''Allen Coage''' (1943-2007) was an African American [=judoka=] and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Harlem, UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, NY best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s as '''Bad News Allen''' and '''Bad News Brown.''' He debuted in 1977 in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and made it his home for years, with the exception of an undercard run in Wrestling/{{WWE}} in 1980 and some appearances in the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territory in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. He also competed in Stampede, in Hawaii and in Florida before he returned to WWE in 1988. He left in 1990 to go back to Japan with some side trips to independent promotions in Canada, the GWF in Dallas, the UWA in Mexico, and, it would seem, anywhere except the continental U.S. He retired in 1998. Among his in-ring achievements, he was a 4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/ab/stampede/ab-na-h.html Stampede North American Heavyweight Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/s/hw/ams-t.html NWA Americas (Los Angeles) Tag Team Champion]] (1x w[=/=]Leroy Brown and 2x w[=/=]Victor Rivera) and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/nwa/fl-south-h.html NWA Southern (Florida) Heavyweight Champion]]. He died of a heart attack on March 6, 2007.

!!! These tropes are Bad News:

* RedBaron: "Bad News" (of oucrse), "The Ultimate Warrior" (as said above) and, while in Japan, "Kuroi Moushi" ("The Black Angry Bull").

* {{Badass}}: A real life Olympian.
** To take it further, he won the bronze in the judo heavyweight division at the '76 games, making him the ''only'' American representative to medal in the Olympics at that weight class.
** A popular story tells that Bad News stood up to Wrestling/AndreTheGiant when Andre apparently cracked a racist joke with Brown in earshot. Andre not only backed down, he never told another joke like that again (at least not with Bad News around). Ironically, Allen later commented that he was not sure if he could really take on Andre in a brawl, but he was nonetheless willing to try.
** Another story tells that Bad News's friend, the equally badass Wrestling/DynamiteKid, got jumped by the Rougeau Brothers backstage at a WWF event in the 80's. As soon as Bad News saw what was happening, he went after the Rougeau Brothers. Even at a 2 on 1 advantage and sporting brass knuckles, they were terrified to mix it up with Bad News and ran away. It should be noted that this story is told differently by everyone who had not come from Stampede. According to others, Raymond wasn't there at all, and Dynamite Kid had been using Raymond's absence to relentlessly bully Jacques (Raymond being a noted tough guy who'd been Jacques' protector in the locker room). Dynamite had even broken Jacques' jaw. Jacques finally had enough and beat Dynamite with a roll of quarters (not brass knucks).

* AFriendInNeed: After seeing how the older Hart brothers (not Owen or Bret) were mistreating Wrestling/ChrisBenoit in Stampede Wrestling, Bad News called Inoki to make a place for Benoit in New Japan Dojo. The rest is history.

** A popular story tells that Bad News stood up to Wrestling/AndreTheGiant when Andre apparently cracked a racist joke with Brown in earshot. Andre not only backed down, he never told another joke like that again (at least not with Bad News around).

* FinishingMove: Ghetto-Blaster (Jumping Enzuigiri)

* LegacyCharacter: He has a lot of similar traits to Stone Cold Steve Austin(black trunks, bald, goatee, a big mouth that could be backed up, not getting along with anybody, heel or face).

* AFriendInNeed: After seeing how the older Hart brothers (not Owen or Bret) were mistreating Wrestling/ChrisBenoit in Stampede, Bad News called Inoki to make a place for Benoit in New Japan Dojo. The rest is history.

* AFriend inNeed: After seeing how the older Hart brothers (not Owen or Bret) were mistreating Wrestling/ChrisBenoit in Stampede, Bad News called Inoki to make a place for Benoit in New Japan Dojo. The rest is history.

* AFriendinNeed: After seeing how the older Hart brothers (not Owen or Bret) were mistreating Wrestling/ChrisBenoit in Stampede, Bad News called Inoki to make a place for Benoit in New Japan Dojo. The rest is history.
** When training in the New Japan Dojo, he saw a young Wrestling/AkiraMaeda being bullied because he is of Korean descent. Bad News told him to stand up and fight back. He did for the rest of his career.

Listen up, you spineless cockroaches! '''Allen Coage''' (1943-2007) was an African American [=judoka=] and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Harlem, UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, NY best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s as '''Bad News Allen''' and '''Bad News Brown.''' He debuted in 1977 in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and made it his home for years, with the exception of an undercard run in Wrestling/{{WWE}} in 1980 and some appearances in the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territory in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. He also competed in Stampede, in Hawaii and in Florida before he returned to WWE in 1988. He left in 1990 to go back to Japan with some side trips to independent promotions in Canada, the GWF in Dallas, the UWA in Mexico, and, it would seem, anywhere except the continental U.S. He retired in 1998. Among his in-ring achievements, he was a 4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/ab/stampede/ab-na-h.html Stampede North American Heavyweight Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/s/hw/ams-t.html NWA Americas (Los Angeles) Tag Team Champion]] (1x w[=/=]Leroy Brown and 2x w[=/=]Victor Rivera) and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/nwa/fl-south-h.html NWA Southern (Florida) Heavyweight Champion]]. He died of a heart attack on March 6, 2007.

'''Allen Coage''' (1943-2007) was an African American [=judoka=] and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Harlem, UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, NY best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s as '''Bad News Allen''' and '''Bad News Brown.''' He debuted in 1977 in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and made it his home for years, with the exception of an undercard run in Wrestling/{{WWE}} in 1980 and some appearances in the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territory in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. He also competed in Stampede, in Hawaii and in Florida before he returned to WWE in 1988. He left in 1990 to go back to Japan with some side trips to independent promotions in Canada, the GWF in Dallas, the UWA in Mexico, and, it would seem, anywhere except the continental U.S. He retired in 1998. Among his in-ring achievements, he was a 4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/ab/stampede/ab-na-h.html Stampede North American Heavyweight Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ca/s/hw/ams-t.html NWA Americas (Los Angeles) Tag Team Champion]] (1x w[=/=]Leroy Brown and 2x w[=/=]Victor Rivera) and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/fl/nwa/fl-south-h.html NWA Southern (Florida) Heavyweight Champion]]. He died of a heart attack on March 6, 2007.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Coage and BretHart engaged in the first ladder match is Stampede, years before it would be used in the [[{{WWE}} WWF]].

* LegacyCharacter: He has a lot of similar traits to Stone Cold Steve Austin(black trunks, bald, goatee, a big mouth that could be backed up, not getting along with anybody, heel or face).

* ShoutOut: Used the enzuigiri as a finisher in honor of his wrestling mentor Antonio Inoki.

** Another story tells that Bad News's friend, the equally badass Wrestling/DynamiteKid, got jumped by the Rougeau Brothers backstage at a WWF event in the 80's. As soon as Bad News saw what was happening, he went after the Rougeau Brothers. Even at a 2 on 1 advantage and sporting brass knuckles, they were terrified to mix it up with Bad News and ran away.
*** It should be noted that this story is told differently by everyone who had not come from Stampede. According to others, it wasn't brass knuckles, but rather a roll of quarters and Dynamite had broken Jacques' jaw before this.

* IWorkAlone: His whole gimmick In the WWE was a misanthropic loner who hated everybody. This was less so everywhere else, as noted above, he was a 3x tag team champion in Los Angeles and he teamed regularly in Japan.

* IWorkAlone: In WWE. As noted above, he was a 3x tag team champion in Los Angeles and he teamed regularly in Japan.

* ArchEnemy: The Mongolian Stomper, Wrestling/BretHart, Wrestling/RandySavage, Wrestling/JakeRoberts, Lex Luger. That said, he is the second example in the folder for Pro Wrestling on the page for HatesEveryoneEqually.

* ArchEnemy: The Mongolian Stomper, Wrestling/BretHart, Wrestling/RandySavage, Wrestling/JakeRoberts, Lex Luger

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: For some reason, he would pronounce the "wrestle" in ''[=WrestleMania=]''' as "res-la."

* LastOfHisKind: He was the last [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/bah/bah-h.html NWA Bahamas Heavyweight Champion]], as it was retired in 1987 and he had won it in December 1986.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Abandoned his teammates in both of his ''Survivor Series'' matches (1988 and 1989), getting himself counted out.

* OneMarioLimit: He used the RedBaron "The Ultimate Warrior" prior to coming to Wrestling/{{WWE}} as However, and Website/{{Google}} backs this up, the name "The Ultimate Warrior" conjures up [[Wrestling/UltimateWarrior one image]], and it's ''not'' a {{Badass}} black guy from Harlem, NY, or even a 1975 Creator/YulBrynner movie. It's the wrestler whose birth name was Jim Hellwig.

* OneMarioLimit: He used the RedBaron "The Ultimate Warrior" prior to coming to Wrestling/{{WWE}} as However, and Website/{{Google}} backs this up, the name "The Ultimate Warrior" conjures up [[Wrestling/UltimateWarrior one image]], and it's ''not'' a {{Badass}} black guy from Harlem, NY, or even a 1975 YulBrynner movie. It's the wrestler whose birth name was Jim Hellwig.

* OneMarioLimit: In his pre-WWE career, he used the RedBaron "The Ultimate Warrior" prior to coming to Wrestling/{{WWE}} as However, and Website/{{Google}} backs this up, the name "The Ultimate Warrior" conjures up [[Wrestling/UltimateWarrior one image]], and it's ''not'' a {{Badass}} black guy from Harlem, NY, or even a 1975 YulBrynner movie. It's the wrestler whose birth name was Jim Hellwig.

* BadassBeard

* IWorkAlone

'''Allen Coage''' (1943-2007) was an African American [=judoka=] and {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Harlem, UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, NY best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s as '''Bad News Allen''' and '''Bad News Brown.''' He debuted in 1977 in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and made it his home for years, with the exception of an undercard run in Wrestling/{{WWE}} in 1980 and some appearances in the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territory in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. He also competed in Stampede, in Hawaii and in Florida before he returned to WWE in 1988. He left in 1990 to go back to Japan with some side trips to independent promotions in Canada, the GWF in Dallas, the UWA in Mexico, and, it would seem, anywhere except the continental U.S. He retired in 1998.