Real name is Allen Coage. Canadian Wrestling fans know him best as Bad News Allen, but he had that nickname before entering the squared circle. He got that nickname during his days in judo, where he took bronze at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the heavyweight division, and won two straight gold medals at the Pan-American Games. He's even in Black Belt Magazine's Hall of Fame. Coage tutored under Antonio Inoki and the New Japan Pro Wrestling dojo starting in 1977 and spent 15 years with NJPW. In 1982, while wrestlig in Australia, he made his first tour with Stu Hart's Stampede promotion in Calgary, Alberta. Bret Hart and Dynamite Kid had been on tour with Coage in Japan, and convinced Stu to bring him in. He left after only six monthe to go back to Australia.

He came back in 1983 at Stu Hart's insistence and won the Stampede's North American Title four times. He spent most of his career in Japan and Canada, so he was not well known in the States. He was in the WWF from 1988 to 1990 but it wasn't a good experienced for him. He never won a major title but he did win the Battle Royale in Wrestlemania IV and beat Ken Paters in the 1988 Summerslam. He is another in a long list of wrestlers that say Vince McMahon Jr. did not keep his word or commitments to him and cheated him on money. He state Dynamite Kid and Ricky The Dragon Steamboat as the best wrestlers he ever faced.

Titlkes Bad News held were The NWA Americas tag team 1979(3 times. First with Leroy Brown. They defeated Hector and Mando Guerrero, then with Victor Rivera they beat the Twin Devils and the third time again with partner Victor River they beat Chavo Guerrero and Al Madril. The Stampede North American 1982-86(He won it 6 times, twice defeating Bret Hart, defeated the Dynamite Kid another defeating Steve DiSalvo). Bahamas title 1986-87, The Florida State title 1987, The NWA Southern Heavyweight title 1987, the WCCW Unified Heavyweight 1994(defeated Tim Flowers) and the IWA Heavyweight 1998.

Allen and Helen Coage now live in Calgary. They have nine children, three boys and six girls and 14 grandchildren.