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February 15, 2007
Black History Month: Day 15
ABDULLAH THE BUTCHER -- the "Madman from the Sudan," born Larry Shreve of Georgia. Wikipedia says he's 70 years old now, which I find unlikely. Regardless, Abdullah is one of the all-time great wrestling characters, and is being honored with a new action figure this year.
Notable characteristics include scars on his head so deep that he can stick poker chips in them, and gigantic man-boobs that extend all the way around his body, and allow him to conceal weapons (usually a fork) within the folds of his flab. Trained in Judo, he never gave interviews, and always played the part of a dangerous lunatic.
Nowadays he runs Abdullah's House of Ribs and Chinese Food in Atlanta, GA. He never worked for WWE/WWF, but put in his time in every other promotion you can think of. Along with the likes of Freddie Blassie, The Sheik, and Terry Funk, Abby paved the way for today's hardcore matches.
When the prototype of his new figure was shown a couple days ago at Toy Fair, fans complained that Abby's bitch-tits weren't big enough. Apparently the toy company is working to remedy that.
Most memorable Abdullah match I ever saw -- A "chamber of horrors" cage match where the object was to get a member of the opposing team strapped into an electric chair and throw the switch. Mick "Cactus Jack" Foley accidentally ended up making his own partner Abdullah into the unluckily barbecued loser.
Posted by LYT at February 15, 2007 10:18 PM [Message Board]
Comments
why the grooves in his head? where do they originate?
Posted by: justin stone at February 16, 2007 11:12 PM