Jamie Jones: ‘Nightmare’ passes too soon

Published 11:50 pm Thursday, August 26, 2010

Here are the notes and news from the week in pro wrestling: Georgia lost one of its wrestling sons last week. “Nightmare” Ted Allen of Cartersville passed away after suffering a massive heart attack. He was 54.

Allen spent more than 35 years on the wrestling circuit and sold rings and equipment. He also left his mark as a trainer, showing the ropes to Arn Anderson, Ray Traylor (The Big Bossman), Scotty Riggs and scores of other wrestlers.

“Ted was one of the most incredible men that ever walked on two feet,” Karen Wade Rusk, Allen’s fiancée, told The Daily Tribune News in Cartersville. “You don’t hear this about a lot of people, but the seven years we’ve been together, I never heard anybody say a bad word about him.”

• Skandar Akbar (Jim Wehba) spent most of his career as a villainous manager, frustrating fans while leading his stable of wrestlers to numerous titles in Mid-South Wrestling, Universal Wrestling Federation and World Class Championship Wrestling. Wehba passed away last week. He was 75.

He managed a “who’s who” list of grapplers: Abdullah The Butcher, Cactus Jack, King Kong Bundy, One Man Gang. The list is long. The list is impressive.

The Local Corner: Action continues at TWA.

TWA Friday Night Brawl runs at 8 p.m. on Friday nights at the TWA Arena off Reed Road in north Whitfield County, about three miles north of the bypass. The TWA Action Zone runs at 8 p.m. on Saturdays. Tickets for both shows are $5 for adults and $3 for kids ages 6 to 12. Kids younger than 6 are admitted free. Any military member with proper identification will also be admitted free.

Action continues at DCW.

DCW runs at 7:30 p.m. on Saturdays at the DCW Arena at 1243 Cavender Road. Tickets are $5 for adults, $2 for kids and children 5 and younger are admitted free.

Trivia Teaser: The Midnight Express was billed from what fictional area?

Check back next week for the answer.

Last week’s question: What position did Goldberg play in college and the NFL?

Defensive line.

Jamie Jones was raised on the mean streets of Tiffany Lane. He can be reached at jamiejones@daltoncitizen.com or (706) 272-7723.