Abdullah the Butcher

Lawrence Shreeve
2004
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Ring name	Abdullah the Butcher Pussycat Pickens Zeras Amala Blade Bourdeaux
Additions to names	Madman from the Sudan
height	186 cm
Fighting weight	150 kg
birth	January 11, 1941 Windsor , Ontario , Canada
Announced from	Sudan
Trained by	Gino Brito Stu Hart The Sheik
debut	1958

Shreeve on April 3, 2011 at
WrestleMania XXVII

Lawrence Shreeve (born January 11, 1941 in Windsor , Canada ) is a Canadian wrestler who specializes in so-called hardcore wrestling . Under the ring name Abdullah the Butcher , he appears as a sadist from Sudan who tortures his opponents with forks and other sharp objects. He now also owns a restaurant in Atlanta and is a member of the WWE Hall of Fame .

Life

There is disagreement about Shreeve's birthday. In addition to November 2, 1936, January 1, 1936 and January 11, 1941 are also given as possible birthdays.

youth

Larry Shreeve operating in his youth, the sports Judo and Karate .

Career

Shreeve was trained by Stu Hart and Gino Brito. First, he appeared under the ring name Pussycat Pikens and Zeras Amala . He later switched to the character Abdullah the Butcher , who became his most successful gimmick . The ring figure does not speak English and therefore needs different ring companions to do the speaking for him. The following people served Shreeve as ring companions: Oliver Humperdink, Paul Ellering, Paul Heyman and the Grand Wizard .

In the early stages of his wrestling career, Shreeve performed primarily in Canada . Among other things, at Stu Hart's promotion Stampede Wrestling , where he six times STAMPEDE North American Heavyweight Championship won . He later joined other member associations of the National Wrestling Alliance and played there in almost all North American states matches.

In 1975 Shreeve made his first appearance in Japan ; at All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) he won the Champion Carnival tournament in 1976, 1978 and 1979 .

Also in the following years Shreeve was a fixture in the show program of both All Japan and New Japan Pro Wrestling promotions .

In 1991 he was signed by World Championship Wrestling (WCW), but released a year later.

After his release, Shreeve returned mainly to Japan; also occasionally in America. At World Wrestling Council (WWC) he held the WWC Universal Championship , in 1993 he briefly appeared at the Promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), which specializes in hardcore wrestling .

In 2003 Larry Shreeve was employed by Major League Wrestling , where he led his best-known feud against storyline rival Terry Funk .

In addition to the United States and Japan , Puerto Rico was also a permanent feature in Larry Shreeves' wrestling career. There the hardcore wrestler won the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship twice, the WWC Puerto Rican Championship four times and the WWC Universal Championship five times .

After a world tour of various wrestling promotions from December 2008, Shreeve retired for the time being until he finally celebrated his return in March 2009 at various independent promotions. In October 2010 he played his last match.

On April 2, 2011, Shreeve was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Terry Funk .

successes

title

National Wrestling Alliance

• 1 × NWA United National Champion
• 1 × NWA Wildside Heavyweight Champion
• 1 × NWA Macon Heavyweight Champion
• 1 × NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Champion
• 1 × NWA Texas Hardcore Champion

World Wrestling Council

• 3 × WWC Puerto Rican Champion
• 5 × WWC Universal Champion
• 2 × WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Champion

STAMPEDE wrestling

• 6 × STAMPEDE North American Heavyweight Champion

All Japan Pro Wrestling

• 1 × PWF Heavyweight Champion
• 1 × NWA International Tag Team Champion with Ray Candy

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

• 1 × BJW Death Match Heavyweight Champion

National Wrestling Federation

• 1 × NWF Heavyweight Champion

Awards

• WWE Hall of Fame , Class of 2011
• Puroresu Hall of Fame
• Canadian Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame

PWI500 results

• 35th place on the 1991 list
• 87th place on the 1994 list
• 71st place on the 1995 list
• 92nd place on the 1996 list
• 97th place in the 1997 list
• 187th on the 1998 list

Other / worth knowing

• Larry Shreeve is now listed as a pioneer of hardcore wrestling on the roster of an IWA association and, at over 70 years old, is one of the oldest still active wrestlers.
• In 1982 he had a guest appearance as "Spartacus" in the Japanese action film Diamond of Death (Japanese title Hoero Tekken ).
• Shreeve is one of the pioneers of today's hardcore wrestling due to his brutal wrestling style and became a role model for later wrestlers. For example for the Japanese hardcore wrestler Abdullah (the) Kobayashi , with whom he also formed a tag team for the Big Japan promotion.
• Shreeve has large scars on his forehead, which various wrestlers claim to have resulted from consistent blading .

Web links

• WWE Hall of Fame Profile
• WWE Hall of Fame Profile (German)
• Profile on cagematch.de
• Profile on genickbruch.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The best wrestling and martial arts database in the universe . Broken Neck.com. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
2. ^ Wrestler Profiles . Obsessedwithwrestling.com. Archived from the original on August 2, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 18, 2010. 
3. ↑ CAGE MATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database . Cagematch.de. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
4. ↑ Abdullah the Butcher in the Internet Movie Database (English)
5. ^ Online World of Wrestling . Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
6. ↑ The best wrestling and martial arts database in the universe . Broken Neck.com. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
7. ^ Abdullah The Butcher Wrestler Database "CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Retrieved June 5, 2019 .