Thomas Magee (born July 1, 1958) is a Canadian former world champion powerlifter and strongman competitor from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
At that same competition, Tom placed ahead of future World's Strongest Man, Jon Pall Sigmarsson.
[2] In 1982 he also won the IPF World Powerlifting Championships in Munich, Germany in the +125 kg super heavyweight division.
Magee was the only Canadian to have reached this position until Mitch Hooper won the 2023 World's Strongest Man title.
[7] He received acclaim after one of his first matches on February 22, 1986, in the main event of a major All Japan Pro Wrestling show, where he took on Riki Choshu.
[8] Magee was given the nickname "Mega Man" and named third runner-up for the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Rookie of the Year in 1986, which was won by Lex Luger.
[10] The infamous match, a carry job by Hart, reportedly impressed WWF chairman Vince McMahon; the tape was thought to have been lost, as the WWE could not locate it in its vault, but was uncovered over 30 years later.
After the Hart dark match, Magee began wrestling on C-level house shows in January 1987, facing Terry Gibbs, Barry O, and Frenchy Martin.
[12] On December 6, 1988 Magee returned and faced Arn Anderson at a WWF Superstars of Wrestling taping in Daytona Beach, Florida, winning via countout.