History Wrestling / AllenCoage

!! These tropes are Bad News:

* BashBrothers: Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher, Gerry Morrow, SD Jones and [[Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} Kokina Maximus]].

* BrooklynRage: Billed from Harlem, but living in Queens, actually.

* CatchPhrase: "Lemme tell you beer-bellied share-croppers/spineless cockroaches one thing...!!!"

* FinishingMove: ''The Ghetto Blaster'' (Lateral Gamengiri, often called wrongly an Enzuigiri[[note]]A proper enzuigiri takes a step on a kneeling opponent's knee/midsection/shoulder or is assisted by "Leg-feed". The Gamengiri is a twisting one-leg dropckick aimed to a side of the head[[/note]]).
* IHaveManyNames: "Bad News Allen/Brown" (of course), in Mexico he was known as "Buffalo Allen".

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

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

* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble '90'', just right after being eliminated by Wrestling/RoddyPiper, Brown (Standing on the apron) took Piper out over the top-rope. A discussion with the referees was ensured, then Brown and Piper went to a vicious bunkhouse brawl that took them up to the isle, and continued all the way to the locker rooms. Piper was ''still legal'' by then, but he didn't returned, eliminating himself; effectively. In a sense it was a very effective use of WrestlingPsychology by Brown's part, because ''it worked out for him pretty well!''

* RedBaron: "Bad News" (of course), "The Ultimate Warrior" (as said above), while in Japan, "Kuroi Osuushi" (黒雄牛,"The Black Bull") and while in Mexico he was known as "Buffalo" Allen.

* JustForFun/OneMarioLimit: He used the RedBaron "The Ultimate Warrior" prior to coming to WWE as Bad News Brown. However, it goes without saying that nowadays 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.

* RedBaron: "Bad News" (of course), "The Ultimate Warrior" (as said above), while in Japan, "Kuroi Moushi" ("The Black Angry Bull") and while in Mexico he was known as "Buffalo" Allen.

* FinishingMove: ''The Ghetto Blaster'' (Lateral Gamengiri, often called wrongly an Enzuigiri).

* SexForServices: What Brown accused WWF President Jack Tunney and Miss Elizabeth of doing to keep him from wrestling Randy Savage for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Randy made B.N regret his words.
* ShoutOut: Used the enzuigiri as a finisher in honor of his wrestling mentor Wrestling/AntonioInoki.

** Regarding this same promo, some people accused him and WWF for ArtisticLicenceAnimalCare, but it wasn't the case, Bad News really didn't bumped the li'l critter nor let it fall head-first into the bin.

* BashBrothers: Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher, Gerry Morrow, SD Jones and [[Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} Coquina Maximus]].

** Possibly his most fiendish acts ever were having used an old tactic on Savage's arsenal, grabbing Liz and hiding behind her when the opponent was chasing him ... but Bad News took things a step farther, he implied that she was providing favors for [[{{Kayfabe}} WWF President]] Jack Tunney in order to keep him from getting shots at Savage's strap, which stung just as hard or worse. Those tactics earned a special place on The Mach's hate list and a series of street fights in which B.N. was badly beaten.

* FinishingMove: Ghetto Blaster (jumping enzuigiri).
* IKnowKarate: Or UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}; he tied for the Bronze at the 1976 Olympics. He also trained Aikido.

He retired from active competence in 1998 and tried his hand as commentator for a while in Canada, then he went back to the States where he became instructor on wrestling and judo. Diagnosticated with cancer in 2005 died of a heart attack on March 6, 2007.

Allen James Coage (October 22, 1943 – March 6, 2007) was an American [[UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} 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.

* BaldOfEvil: ...um "Cool Top Tweener" ...maybe?

* CatchPhrase: "Lemme tell you beer-bellied share-croppers one thing...!!!"

* IKnowKarate: Or UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}; he tied for the Bronze at the 1976 Olympics. He also trained aikido.

* LegacyCharacter: He has a lot of similar traits to Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin (black trunks, bald, goatee, a big mouth that could be backed up, not getting along with anybody, heel or face).
* NiceShoes: His boots´ patterns were reminiscent of those worn by "Dr. D" David Schultz.

* SexForServices: What Brown accused WWF President Jack Tunney and Wrestling/MissElizabeth of doing to keep him from wrestling Wrestling/RandySavage for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Savage made Brown regret his words.

* StoutStrength: Had a noticeably big belly.
* WouldHitAGirl[=/=]BreakTheCutie: He never struck Wrestling/MissElizabeth per se... but more than once he shoved her right into Randy Savage, during his feud with the "Macho Man" over the WWF World Championship[[note]](Brown having used an old tactic of Savage's of grabbing Elizabeth and hiding from her when one of his opponents was chasing him ... but taking things a step farther)[[/note]]. Plus, he implied that she was providing favors for [[{{Kayfabe}} WWF President]] Jack Tunney in order to keep him from getting shots at Savage's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Title]], which stung just as hard. Those tactics earned a special place on Savage's hate list and a series of street fights in which Brown was badly beaten.

* FashionableAsimmetry: He sported one glove on his right hand.

Listen up, all you beer-belly sharecroppers, and you spineless cockroaches!

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Why he hated wrestling Hacksaw Jim Duggan. Duggan's goofy personality made it hard for Allen to stay in character and not laugh.

* BadassBeard[=/=]BeardOfEvil

* BaldOfEvil
* BashBrothers: Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher, Gerry Morrow, SD Jones
* BrooklynRage

* CatchPhrase: "Lemme tell you beer-bellied share-croppers one thing..."

* JiveTurkey

* UnderwearOfPower

* YouDirtyRat: Carried one around in 1990 to counter Jake Roberts' snake Damien.

* OneMarioLimit: He used the RedBaron "The Ultimate Warrior" prior to coming to WWE as Bad News Brown. However, it goes without saying that nowadays 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.

* BadassTeacher: One of his trainees is Wrestling/JinderMahal.

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

** 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, and 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, as 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, and Jacques finally had enough and beat Dynamite with a roll of quarters (not brass knucks).

--->'''JesseVentura''': Look at that, he don't want no friends, he don't NEED no friends.
--->'''GorillaMonsoon''': He doesn't have any friends....
--->'''JesseVentura''': Yeah, and he's happy that way, look at how happy he looks. (Bad News scowling and swatting away the fans)

* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: Tied for the Bronze at the 1976 Olympics. He also trained aikido.

* 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).
* OneMarioLimit: He used the RedBaron "The Ultimate Warrior" prior to coming to WWE as Bad News Brown. 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.

Allen Coage (1943-2007) was an African American [[UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} 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.

* RunningGag: His loner personality made him a liability to Survivor Series partners....he walked out on his team twice, in 1988 and 1989.

* WouldHitAGirl[=/=]BreakTheCutie: He never struck Wrestling/MissElizabeth per se ... but more than once he shoved her right into Randy Savage, during his feud with the "Macho Man" over the WWF World Championship[[note]](Brown having used an old tactic of Savage's of grabbing Elizabeth and hiding from her when one of his opponents was chasing him ... but taking things a step farther)[[/note]]. Plus, he implied that she was providing favors for [[{{Kayfabe}} WWF President]] Jack Tunney in order to keep him from getting shots at Savage's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Title]], which stung just as hard. Those tactics earned a special place on Savage's hate list and a series of street fights in which Brown was badly beaten.

* WouldHitAGirl[=/=]BreakTheCutie: He never struck Wrestling/MissElizabeth per se ... but more than one he shoved her Randy Savage, during his feud with the "Macho Man" over the WWF World Championship[[note]](Brown having used an old tactic of Savage's of grabbing Elizabeth and hiding from her when one of his opponents was chasing him ... but taking things a step farther)[[/note]]. Plus, he implied that she was providing favors for [[{{Kayfabe}} WWF President]] Jack Tunney in order to keep him from getting shots at Savage's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Title]], which stung just as hard. Those tactics earned a special place on Savage's hate list and a series of street fights in which Brown was badly beaten.

'''Allen Coage''' (1943-2007) was an African American [[UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} 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.

* WouldHitAGirl[=/=]BreakTheCutie: He never struck Wrestling/MissElizabeth per se ... but more than one he shoved her RandySavage, during his feud with the "Macho Man" over the WWF World Championship[[note]](Brown having used an old tactic of Savage's of grabbing Elizabeth and hiding from her when one of his opponents was chasing him ... but taking things a step farther)[[/note]]. Plus, he implied that she was providing favors for [[{{Kayfabe}} WWF President]] Jack Tunney in order to keep him from getting shots at Savage's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Title]], which stung just as hard. Those tactics earned a special place on Savage's hate list and a series of street fights in which Brown was badly beaten.

* BadassTeacher: One of his trainees is [[Wrestling/ThreeMB Jinder Mahal]].

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Why he hated wrestling Hacksaw Jim Duggan. His goofy personality made it hard to keep in character and not laugh.

'''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.

** 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 with them. Allen apologized, but they would have none of it and opted for attacking him, only to Coage to ''wipe the floor clean'' with the three men. Supposedly, Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr 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 if they wanted to live.

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

* {{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.
** BadassBeard[=/=]BeardOfEvil
** BadassTeacher: One of his trainees is [[Wrestling/ThreeMB Jinder Mahal]].

* OneMarioLimit: He used the RedBaron "The Ultimate Warrior" prior to coming to WWE as Bad News Brown. 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.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Earned the [[RedBaron nickname]] Bad News in judo before he started wrestling.

* WouldntHitAGirl[=/=]BreakTheCutie: He never struck Wrestling/MissElizabeth. However, he ''did'' imply that she was providing favors for [[{{Kayfabe}} WWF President]] Jack Tunney in order to keep him from getting shots at Savage's [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Title]], which stung just as hard.