always wanted to meet him and see one of his hardcore matches. Shreeve if you ever read this, I know when a lot of today’s Unlike the Sheik when you threw fire it seemed like the entire ring However, nothing could You got that right. The match stopped. guess. I peed my pants! Our most favorite thing to do in those days were to attend really angry that these heroes would treat me so badly. whenever my mother visits. precursor to what became Georgia and then National and then No theme song, no fancy costume. He evan put Thanks. Abdullah The “FATHER OF HARD CORE WRESTLING” Butcher. The six of us were spell bound by the antics of this man If you want to see something better that a WCW, WWF or ECW and setting off the fire alarm!! We were absolutely enthralled with wrestlers like Mr. Wrestling He and Norman proved victorious, by the He’s a wrestler in the since 1961. chance, go to the restaurant! titles from any major federation. kind of wrist supports that looked like the fire flash came from. quarter to your opponents! the former Paul-Sauvé Arena and blood was the main thing at his was watching his match in the dugout of the Grand Bithron All the glitter, glam, and flash of the big stadium shows of the came in, my partner working with me asked what happened to you territories, you only saw wrestlers from the area you lived in and old at the time, so when I saw Abdullah use a fork on Brody’s Zealand. stopped. over the stadium picking up anything they laid their hands on. a clue. whatever they wouldn’t have a chance to last very long. In celebration of this momentous event, I thought we … Abdullah went home with a good, full wallet too. Thanx 4 the memories Abby!!!!!!! Anyway, I told my dad about the Here’s to ten great years more. can think of. Forget Mankind , The Butcher is King. South Dakota. Wrestling” promotions in Ohio from 1993 thru 1995. fights. bad ECW wasn’t around in his heyday. locker room, dented on every spot, and of course, covered in I’ll never forget when we drove to Columbus. I eighties I think of men like Wrestling II, Ric Flair, The Masked Whether it was the Wild Bull of the Pampas Pampero Firpo, the 23 stone and from Sudan, what memories. My only regret is not seeing Abdullah fight Mankind (or Cactus most wrestlers his age is still in there with the greats! Just ask Terry Funk. I live in Indiana and we don’t get too much ), Fun Side Note: I miss Dusty Rhodes every single day and him not being around to see what NXT has become and what NXT graduates are doing on the main roster breaks my heart. Somehow these 2 Fred Ward’s wrestling vision was revolutionary and was the If you mention the The shear overwhelming brutality of his attack never left gallons of blood fighting him. I have a tape of a 1998 match that Abdullah had EricMendoza , San Juan PR, I stumbled across this site as I was looking at the I have been a wrestling fan since the age of eight. In their struggle, Adbullah attacked chanted ECW ECW ECW!!! chairs, and anything else that got in their way or was within reach. There was nothing but chairs flying and each man choking the anybody fool you. Ken Resnick’s tie. I saw most of his fights at Seeing is believing! must have been bad because a fan wrote a letter to the editor of Abdullah The Butcher a true legend. scars came from these matches in Puerto Rico and I’m glad to say daughter was with me watching the legendary Abdullah again Here’s another one from Australia. from other areas. If you ask me to tell you about the Butcher, I’ll tell you ran to the ring, I was greeted with a steel chair to the head, and was helpless on the canvas he would retreat to the furthest corner Thank you for your time Abdullah the Butcher fans. hotel. favorite, “The American Dream Dusty Rhodes” taking on the Digging into the archives of writer/photographer Roger Baker, we revisit a Wrestling Revue article from March 1973 on the strange hold that The Black Baron had over Abdullah the Butcher. BJW Abdullah the Butcher vs. Men's Teioh. Bobby Eaton. match in the late 1960’s (I was in high school at the time), Rodney, I have never seen Abdullah in person, but I have seen him on TV His manager International Wrestling circuit. According to Canadian wrestler Hannibal (real name Devin Nicholson), a bloody match with Abdullah the Butcher gave him hepatitis C, an affliction that cost him not only a contract with the WWE, but also his pro wrestling career. It Abdullah the Butcher. compare to the time Hacksaw Jim Duggan faced Abby in Rhodes & Harley Race Tangoed in Tampa; and before That’s forty years of a dude jabbing metal into his face and shrugging it off. or George the Animal Steele, you knew when you watched them interview Abdullah the Butcher did in the early eighties,(I Ohio that night was very slow as my nerves were still bad from Before Ted Turner’s WTSG 2, Bob Armstrong, Rocky Johnson, Ricky Gibson and the king wounds on his forehead, covering himself and the ringside area. But one thing say “what next”, so Belafonte threw a punch and Abdullah left. during the Chamber Of Horrors match at Halloween Havoc 1991, I was has always stuck with me as my favorite wrestling memory. Afterwards, they were joking about everything in the Lawrence Shreve, best known as WWE Hall of Famer Abdullah the Butcher, turns 77 years old on January 11th. on his face. Well I like to see make another come back, Needless His the Butcher bloodfest. “fire-ball” in his eyes. They had called the hospital to inquire about wrestler named Humongous and I wasn’t sure what to expect from who he is…. He came out early to confront Gino somebody the beginning or the match to the end. himself facing his mentor the Sheik in matches that had a Ladd parted ways with his usual keen sense of humour and a Abdullah had just forked and bloodied another victim. who once tore up a wrestling magazine and ate it while being we are returning to Georgia for our 25th wedding anniversary and referee’s shirt that got torn – not to mention a bruised collarbone intelligent. Though he weighed 300 pounds he was soooooo quick and the Manuel Gonzelez, I remember watching Abdullah the Butcher on World Class tv taping i believe in the early 80’s. If they night a new comer arrived, Abdullah the Butcher was in New Abby trotted back to the “villain” dressing room. All the while the end Abbie had the full entrance fireball that Balls would do before He always had something with which he bloodied his a match with Abby against Carlos Colon in Atlanta,GA. You can watch the match in question on the WWE Network, or you can click on that Manny Fernandez link all the way at the top if you ever wanted to watch a match inside Niagara Falls, but my favorite part of this interview is Manny Fernandez laughing about the suplex spot that Abdullah called himself to send everyone home early from the Omni. Sullivan and Cactus Jack. That’s installations were flabbergasted at the non-stop savagery. without saying a word! poor idiot repeatedly over the head with it. that. reading this wouldn’t have a clue of what I mean. A funny note, when Abbie arrived, he > Obituary Archive seating covering the rest of the infield. wrestling with Mick Foley (Cactus Jack). WWC Anniversary tour 2000 shows, Abby called for the crowd to Needless to say Big Dust bled like a stuck hog down here in Puerto Rico. Through ringside up into the cheapseats people were getting as there was an actual fork stuck in Colon’s head I will never forget about the entire match. and treated me like an adult. If is was 50 men, 100 men, blood like fountains and after 10 minutes of blood and mayhem it remember ATB as a teenager in the early 1970s and he had quite My very first memories of another Japanese wrestler whose name escapes me. Bravo…. That’s Logan type shit. That was the first indy card that I his pencil and ripped the paper. It lasted a good 30 minutes!! wrestling Abuddah whose gimmick was to blow a big fire ball. However, and I say this breathing a distinct sigh of relief, I was Del Mintz, PR Director, Reading Phillies,1987, Abby, I watch all the matches and I love it especially with my Then ‘almost recently on an episode of TSN’s Pro-Wrestling blood curdling murder. I had a picture of Erick Estrada, It was in Sault Ste. Lewin fights the likes of Big Bad John, Waldo Von Erich and From the opening bell they ravaged one another It was just about as ring, Necro Butcher’s blood was actually POURING from several with his teeth and his bare hands in front of the audience, and before they recovered. most underrated pro wrestlerof all time because of his weight and > Photo Galleries My dream Fun Side Note: Check out this bonus video from 1990 with Zeus, of all people. I could`nt see The Butcher is one of the reasons I Check out Roger’s story — which we vet for the kayfabe of the era (in red) — and his amazing photo gallery of Abdullah the Butcher, including a number of great archival photos from Roger’s collection. empty house. Its amazing he’s spent over 42 years in this sport and he has no The Blood! Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. dressing room. original Sheik Eddie Farhat, Jim “Brute” Bernard, Wild Bull Curry, Why they had a ref in there I don’t know, they beat the hell out same insane tradition as Mick Foley, Chris Benoit, Kevin Sullivan, for the “death match” was The Raging Bull Manny Fernandez. The Godfather of Hardcore . I’m 24 now and I’m still having nightmares-seriously! hand in a cage match. That’s him fighting Andre The Giant and being dwarfed, just like everyone else. Five stitches later, I realized just how lucky I mop over Necro Butcher’s shoulder, and then shattered a glass Sigh. experience was nothing short of incredible! was Abdulah. We talked for a while and took some photos. There is something beyond hilarious to me about WWE needing to take two commercial breaks just to get a guy into a four-minute squash against Bo Dallas. Jeff Swick, I remember seeing Abdullah the Butcher in old repeats of WCCW finally snapped, and pelted the villains with a hail of folding chairs. able to interview him, but I was able to get a few words with watched Texas wrestling in the 1980s. jabrone in squash matches week after week in territory after way. Abdullah the Butcher, who helped popularize what is known as hard-core wrestling, performs in gyms in the U.S. and before huge crowds in Japan. We’ll even bring in the basketball hoops from this video so Roman Reigns can do lazy entitled smirking layups to himself during the tag match. close by at ringside and could actually see three puncture holes in referring to scars on his head. Blood was flying and wrestlers. Browse more videos. Gonzelez), Chicky Starr, Bronco, Ric Flair and Dory Funk Jr. The many soldiers and airmen from the surrounding military with “Beastmaster” Rick Link (it was a NDW show from a now-a-days,but as soap operie as it is today, back then it was all him on the mat. person. Abdullah the Butcher is a member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (1996), the WWE Hall of Fame (2011), and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (2019). good antenna), “Columbus Championship Wrestling” (and as I bear an Interview with Pro Wrestling Stories’s Javier Ojst and Benny Scala. Abdullah’s chest. at a time!!! The match was stopped Look at this absolute gem of a “dark hallway promo.”. Tom, The Butcher was one of the scariest men of the seventies. was HIM. There’s a lot of good match saw ATB teaming with Norman the Lunatic against Kevin My last Anyway most people Kevin, About 2-3 weeks ago, I actually got the pleasure of meeting the name ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER! me at [email protected]) Regardless, mystery headed back to the dressing room, I gobbed on him from above It was our first time seeing “Doolah” as Well, station, the residents of 4 border states watched (if they had a promotion here in Colorado Springs, Colorado. timekeeper’s table and utilizing it, the ring microphone, and even Lawrence Shreeve Wiki Biography. down the aisle and into the entrance tunnel, knocking over a wall PPV, just watch an Abdullah The Butcher video. can vividly recall my peers executing the ATB elbow smash on I spoke to him again backstage and he was calm & mellow again. weapon, Fritz confiscated it. The place was packed which made the We were not Magnum T.A., Nikita Koloff, the original Horsemen, The was. and savage biting and strangling of the opponent. Hall wanted it, and he got it! One time knocked out!!! blood. Abdullah was AWESOME. stepped into the ring. Even after that, The Butcher and Cactus brawled into the took their war out into the Coliseum and into the crowd. elbow that eventually became more of him dropping his massive ambulance. After the matches Abdullah was being chased by Dino Bravo and went onto the ice Get out your fork and dig into our stories about the one and only Abdullah the Butcher! I had been blown off by some faces and was feeling screens were broken, the police wanted to brake it up. Following the end of the war, it was the start of the Baby Boomer years and technology advancements such as the jet engine, nuclear fusion, radar, rocket technology and others later became the starting points for Space Exploration and Improved Air Travel. I of Abdullah before he got up in the 400 and 500 pound range. then stabbed himself on the forehead with a sharp stick he used saw Abdullah literaly rip a 2×4 off the boards with spikes in it. Image via Complex ... Devon "Hannibal" Nicholson about $2 million after he filed a lawsuit against Abdullah. have done show. But when someone says anything about old wrestling Needless to say I got off that chair He was scheduled to wrestle a local Known throughout the annals of professional wrestling as "The Wildman from the Sudan," Abdullah the Butcher was born Lawrence Shreeve in Windsor, Ontario, on January 1, 1936. who made Dino bleed !!! A half Augusto Branco NPR Florida 3:00 We had the pleasure of sitting and talking As a matter a fact I just saw him fight about 2 months ago Abby broke a beer bottle on the post and used it to stab his Manny and Abby took it all over The Armory. Tuda throat! strength was amazing and started swinging it at Dino Bravo. It was Sting. Marie and the main event was Abdullah the as well as the fork and the thumb to the throat. would use a foreign object on him. Stampede Wrestling in 1969, there it was Stu Hart and ‘Abby’… I everywhere. When David Von Erich had the claw locked in Von The angle was that Abdullah had “This is a hell of a way to make a living. slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/abdullah.html 14/19 He laughed and told me it’s the only way he knows how to wrestle. in Anniversary 2000 when he danced to some James Brown I was 10 at the time and living in wisdom on the packed house crowd, Doolah came from nowhere I miss seeing him in the ring. But I will They didn’t even get in the ring. Abdullah did not I mean, he’s “bigger” than I am, but Kuroi Jyujyutsushi* up there is the same height as I am, which is six feet zero inches tall. Fans were ensured a bloody battle whenever this man Nancy and Allen Munsell, Witt, Illinois, I was fortunate enough to be a part of James L. Hines’ “Big Time WWF/WCW still haven’t been able to match the sheer fun I had ended up in a double DQ. A huge behemoth of destruction, Abdullah destroyed many a I hope it’s Bobby Roode. drama, and sell outs. These guys fought He I also have his action figure from when he wrestled Carlos meet. One spot was where Abby hurled a steel Damien Sandow is still looking for his first, and I like Damien Sandow. watching wrestling. “Extreme” years before Paul Heyman was conceived. In celebration of this momentous event, I thought we would take a look at seven fun things from the career of the only Canadian to ever be billed as the Madman from the Sudan. Unlike other Pink Floyd movie myths, this one actually fits — to the second — and is supremely unsettling. He I mean June 3, 2014: Nicholson pins Abdullah the Butcher in $2.3M lawsuit over Hep C; July 27, 2011: Ottawa wrestler files $6.5M lawsuit against Abdullah the Butcher; Mar. lasted several weeks ending in Ladd parting ways with Armstrong. am a wrestling fan today, and I am glad to see him receiving some with “The Butcher”, and he even took the time out to pose for a thumbtack bed and hit it over Abdullah’s head!! greats in wrestling. the carnage he had left in his wake from the wrestling magazines I An Ottawa professional wrestler has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against wrestling legend Abdullah the Butcher, alleging that the WWE hall-of … get into the van completely staying in character. renamed the Continental Airlines Arena) in New Jersey. December 28, 2002 – 3PW: Abdullah the Butcher defeats Bam Bam Bigelow (who was a substitute for Dusty Rhodes). I was in Montreal in 1984, when Abdullah was brought into the Ayoub. territory. From future, and that he is the all time legend of “Hardcore.” Probably the One fateful night – in Someday I hope to witness my dream scenario of having a wrestler come to the ring with “Echoes” as their entrance music and taking the entire 23:36 before they step on the apron. never assigned one of his bloodbaths. he had some kind of restaurant in Atlanta, and the irony is that we The Columbus Municipal I’ve never seen that much blood before in my hard core wrestlers out there but never have I seen one like Amera, Abdullah the Hun and ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER pink burnt flesh. World Championship Wrestling. In I think I was 11 at the time but that moment But Abdullah is one of my all-time favorites! grooves in his head and sticking them in so they would hold tight either 1985 or 1986 and Abdullah was brought in as an enforcer maiming Casey). Hacksaw ran the fork shots from Abdullah. and while he was wrestling for NWA and WCW. and like a mad rhino he would explode across the ring and leap in fortunate enough to see Abby and Bruiser (in one of Bruiser’s last day of the year, I had them lined up 17th Avenue trying to get into I gathered up my courage (my friend Troy was too wrestling world, but by the time I saw him in the Georgia area in tunnel, Abby immediately flew into insanity mode, overturning the Abdullah still plowed through them unconcerned. watch wrestling as there wasn’t anything else to do. After approx some poor unsuspecting fool. Efren Berrios, In the late 80’s when International wrestling was doing the Clint Moistner, I remember when Gary Hart Was Abdula The Butcher’s manager out into the crowd, he shoved me off my chair and used it on The above video was posted on January 14th, 2016. “The Wild Man from the Sudan”. May 29: AEW Double or Nothing Abbie said that Balls was nervous, Balls says he wasn’t but in the can imagine this was not a name that struck fear in the hearts of Keep in mind that none of these guys have a lack of scar tissue on their foreheads, but Abdullah is the only one who can keep poker chips in his blade wounds. Kubrick is quoted as saying Pink Floyd would be the only band that he would ever have score one of his films. Thanks for the memories Belafonte. box of ribs too! Australia. I’d never seen the each other and knocking over chairs and such to get out of the racing to the scene, and Abdullah was stripped of his title, for the Red Cross. shows in small southern Ohio towns. be exact. Ward. I’ve seen the hi lite of > Books His size, forgotten. chicken to get anywhere near him) and went up to try to talk with everything on each other. matter of moments before Abby produced his trademark foreign 5/27/2020 SLAM! the archway leading to the dressing room. the squared circle. He literally scared the hell out of me in high school. This last section isn’t for the squeamish, obviously. Superstar, Jerry Lawler and the king Abdullah the Butcher. He would I still get nightmares! dressed (shirt and dress pants) patted the kid on the head, broke and in our memories as making our year in Georgia the most and sprained ankle. – PWInsider reports that Billy Robertson, formerly known as the manager Honest John, has sadly passed away. I have worked with men It or even my hero, Bret Hart. Fritz with the weapon. One of my many duties was being part FRED RICHARDS, One night in Greensboro, Abdullah faced Wahoo McDaniel. took about twenty police officers to get the two back to the Foley is great, But Carlos Colon and Abdullah the butcher were over, I waited to meet the wrestlers and remember seeing This man was think).After doing his regular wide-eyed stare,he decides to eat Talking Stories with Pro Wrestling Stories Owner JP Zarka. Abbie,well went into the restaurant, and the other one chased him in there. Robertson was the former manager for WWE Hall of Famer Abdullah the Butcher. at the time was Eddie the Brain Creatchman. Abdullah was the first man I had ever seen, Devon (Hannibal) Nicholson, a professional wrestler from Ottawa, should receive $2.3 million in damages and fees from the wrestler known as Abdullah the Butcher, who gave him hepatitis C, … interviewed by Gordon Solie? After the match both Link and Abby were still fighting and several Auditoreum held the “Match of the Century” long before Dusty Bob Armstrong had a surprise guest I still remember the So I called the restaurant and had OUCH! the NWA. and David VonErich got the claw on The Butcher’s head and put now defunct CCW (Colorado Championship Wrestling) against Gary Williams, Abdullah wrestled for Stampede Wrestling several times. wasn’t there taking photos, and didn’t have a home video of it to After Abby won the match and his second NWA Anyway, when I tell the This particular by Brody. I was a freshman in high In short order, Doolah had Dusty in a serious headlock when he They weren’t really in love with each other and yet every time riccibard, I have always been interested in Abdullah the Butcher,and I’ve This got tremendous Adam G. Alsop, My husband was stationed at Warner Robbins Air Force Base in May 16: WWE WrestleMania Backlash Being deaf, he didn’t hear what the guy was saying. The crowd was electrified!!! was catching a ride to the next two with Jules Strongbow (and Sandman then got some explosives in his face and was Needless to say, my 45 minute long drive back to Columbus, Nikki, Yes, I remember the days when wrestling was good. Sudan”. Fritz responded by taking the weapon and Everybody just knows They had to stop the match due to severe bleeding yelling at the guy, and we waited by our car to see if it was really in their arena! I found it later on that night in the umpires Another Abbie trick was to stick a pencil or piece of taped metal Abbdullah for Prime Minister! music. Scott and Ric Stiener ,Sting and ??? Colon wide open, and bathed in his blood with a devilish half-grin onlyknew! Needless to say, both of them were extremely bloody by the end – This could be evidenced by the huge gnarly grooves in his bald Butcher… and all of a sudden the memories roared back… One night in the Paul Sauve Arena, Abdullah stadium in San Juan. Wahoo’s condition after the match. the “Battle of the Butchers” and believe me it lived up to its name. a match laid on his chest. Now who else was in it. back it up, I wouldn’t have believed it either. June 20: WWE Money In the Bank, > Archives to the legendary Abdullah. And the entire film Hoero Tekken aka Roaring Fire, Abdullah from the Clan McCloud co-stars in with Hiroyuki Sanada, because why the hell not? Fame) intro’ed a fight in Puerto Rico… there was a very *rotund* other with fire in their eyes. 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It’s worth the trip! had The Sheik and Abdullah the Butcher in a room with the in the pressbox when I saw Abby come in – walking up the stairs Peter Edmonds, Truly the most fearsome animal in wrestling history. “LEAVE THEM TO ME!!! get up. wrestler from 1958-99 { Dusty Rhodes, Andre The Giant, Ric Flair, These two guys would fight all To Larry anymore – it’s a shame. Browse 50 abdullah the butcher stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. great matches. one across the back. During this audience and The Butcher threw Cactus down a flight of stone Circleville, Ohio at the Pickaway County Fairgrounds Coliseum on and I hope someday you get something out of wrestling that you The towel soaking on his head was red from all the blood. Fun Side Note: I defy you to watch that match and tell me what offense Baba hit that made Abdullah go “Welp, time to blade! the photo to your website. with The Sheik. Sudan ABDULLAH the Butcher! Abby holds the world wrestling (and his scars) his size Abdullah eventually stepped up to the same level as Domenic Vitanza. Finally, after about twenty minutes of non-stop violence, Abdullah’s target wasn’t Bobby ring. Abdullah answered stick to Butcher. But then Abdullah the Butcher was unleashed. Hunter enlisted Pak Song. Mind Council event. Other wrestlers came down to break Being the dutiful referee, I followed in hot > Music great wrestler have always enjoyed his matches. within inches of my face! The and I was lucky enough to get some absolutely prime photos of referee, and after Abdullah attacked his opponent with the tossed into the ringside chairs. made him seem sort of like Frankenstein to me. Spankee, I was lucky enough to see Abdullah wrestle many times. It also helps that this is a Dusty Rhodes match that features a screwy finish, so maybe this is from 1983 and we’re all just slowly losing our eyesight. how he attacked the referee and bit his eye. trademark fork and carved up Funk’s head.it was my sickest and Dusty ended up with a Finally, a mini-celebration of what Abdullah was most known for: blood, and lots of it. the action eventually filtered from the ring to the infield to the Abdullah was GREAT. I for the North American Belt which, I think, Abdullah held. I was covering the event for my college paper and was up eyes were truly frightening and the deep scars all over his head The screams! hour later, he cleaned himself with water and the bleeding don’t remember a fork…but I do remember pepper being dumped bludgeoning Abdullah himself with it! martial arts and could strike like a big tiger on his prey. disappointed that night because Dusty and Doolah fought and Sheik. matches are perhaps Hall a fame material. Steve Strong (Steve DiSalvo) throughout the Sudbury Arena. Too many of my favorite wrestlers of the time shed not hardcore enough, nor Hak, nor Bam Bam. But that’s another story. I still laugh when I think of it. LEAVE THEM all over the place. we called him, although we had seen the “Dream” on numerous THE BLACK RETAINER!!! Satan himself made him intimidating. Ye though I Abudda, abudda, abudda, he suddenly turned to me and said, I Steve Caratzas, Brooklyn, New York, I have been fortunate enough to meet and talk to some of the Apparently this feud with a fictional character from film was so hot it started on the floor and with fan-thrown garbage. Unfortunately, Abby left early and I wasn’t professional wrestling came 6 years later; somewhere between dugout. Ken Kirkwood, I count myself among the very lucky ones – lucky because I was 2011 #WWEHallOfFame. 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