History Wrestling / AbdullahTheButcher

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou[=/=]TheRival: Brody, ''BARS NONE!''

* WrestlingPsychology: Did you read what's in "Combat Pragmatist", buddy? ...well, 'NUFF SAID!!!

* CombatPragmatist[=/=]GeniusBruiser: It takes wits to perform a ''very'' limited moveset based solely on cheat constantly, blade your opponent dry, actually ''not trading locks at all''... '''and make it work!'''

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Once he find success as a wrestler, he made sure that his mother who had worked had to provide for him and his siblings never had to worry about working or money ever again.

* TechnicianVersusPerformer: In regard of the long standing rivalry with Brody, Abby has stated that despite his utter brutality, the latter was the real wrestler while his own style is a bit different as he stated on ''Series/DarkSideOfTheRing".

* LongRunner: He was an active in-ring perfomer for 53 years.

* OlderThanHeLooks: [[http://cdn.sescoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/abdullah-the-butcher.jpg Does he look anywhere near 77?]]

* {{Expy}}: To The (Original) Sheik. The difference here was only on their favoured WeaponOfChoice.

* VocalDissonance: He is usually TheQuietOne when wrestling since his gimmick didn’t require him to speak English or even at all. In real life, his voice has been compared to [[Characters/TheMuppetShow Kermit the Frog]].

* WeaponOfChoice: Just like Brody and The Sheik, it is a long list. He wasn't squeamish to employ whatever he could lay his hands on, extended but not limited to [[ChairmanOfTheBrawl steel chairs]], folding tables, ring bells, wiring, [[KitchensinkIncluded the announcer's microphone]]... But he always favored his trademark ForkFencing, he even came down the aisle holding the cutlery instrument in his mouth at times.

* NiceHat: His tradermark keffiyeh.

* {{Heel}}: A traveling variety, letting people all over the world learn to hate him.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Verily Wrestling/TheGreatMuta took a lot of cues from him.

* CombatPragmatist[=/=]GeniusBruiser: It takes smarts to perform a ''very'' limited moveset based solely on cheat constantly, blade your opponent dry, actually ''not trading locks at all''... '''and make it work!'''

* RedBaron: "The Madman from the Sudan", ''Kuro Majutsu-shi'' (黒魔術師 "Black Sorcerer") in Japan.

* SignatureMove: O.K. count'em people, it won't take long: ''Sword stab'', ''Headbutt'', ''Toe'' and ''Back Kick''. THAT'S IT! It used to make truly a big fuzz during a match if he actually performed a ''Side Head Lock''... go figure!

* WrestlingMonster: At barely 5' 11'' but weighting 360 lbs. Abby showed mighty few people could stand his way. We are dealing with a performer who practically faced every big name in the last 3 generations of pro wrestlers here. '''YES, [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3we3j EACH AND EVERYONE!]]'''

* CaptainErsatz: For starters, VideoGame/{{Karnov}} was ''heavily'' inspired on him. Not just in his debut but in [[VideoGame/FightersHistory every]] [[VideoGame/BadDudes installment]].
** Also 1993's ''Martial Champion'' "Avu". But instead of a fork, the character wields a scimitar.
** Recurring also in ''Videogame/FireProWrestling.''

* StoneWall[=/=]StoutStrength: You really needed to deal ''a lot'' of punishment to take Abby down back in his day, not that he was imprevious to pain or something, but tough as nails. In a Six-Man TagTeam match during a tour on Mexico [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8uXC-ttH6k it taked no less than three]] well seasoned luchadores just to keep him at bay!

* VocalDissonance: He is usually TheQuietOne when wrestling since his gimmick didn’t require him to speak English or even at all. In real life, his voice has been compared to [[Characters/TheMuppetShow Kermit the Frog]]. Hell, just listen to his screams every time he's being overpowered in a match... several aspiring Heavy Metal singers would be dying to have his pitch.

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Tamba, from TheEighties [=UWA=] Mexico, with the only difference he'd actually performs several wrestling holds and locks.

** Most of his promos placed him eating anything from bones to a (fake) fly he catched on the... um, "fly"!

* ArchEnemy: Several, depending of the promotion. The most constant and legendary was Wrestling/BruiserBrody.

* CaptainErsatz: For starters, VideoGame/{{Karnov}} was ''heavily'' inspired on him. Recurring also in''Videogame/FireProWrestling.''
* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: He'd use the steel chair from time to time.
* CoveredWithScars: Seriously, just look at his head.
* FatBastard: "Fat" in that, if the image did not make it clear enough, he was not a small man, and "Bastard" in that he's a very violent wrestler in the ring, and most wrestlers worth their salt know to steer clear of his bloody dome now, since his Hep C is an open secret (which he knowingly passed on to others in the ring) outside of the ring.

* ForkFencing: His WeaponOfChoice is a fork.
* GarbageWrestler: One of the [[UrExample Ur-Examples]], along with The Sheik. That said, he would work in actual wrestling moves here and there when he felt like it.

* VitriolicBestBuds: He and The Sheik went back and forth either teaming up with each other or pitted against each other for years.
** Wrestling/KevinSullivan qualifies as well.
* VocalDissonance: He is usually TheQuietOne when wrestling since his gimmick didn’t require him to speak English or even at all. In real life, his voice has been compared to [[Characters/TheMuppetShow Kermit the Frog]]. Hell, just listen to his screams every time he's being overpowered in a match... several aspiring Heavy Metal singers would be dying to have his pitch.

* TechnicianVersusPerformer: In regard of the long standing rivalry with Brody, Abby has stated that despite his utter brutality, the latter was the real wrestler while his own style is a bit different as he stated on ''Series/DarkSideOfThjeRing".

[[caption-width-right:350:The Madman from the Sudan.]]

Lawrence Robert Shreve (born January 11, 1941), aka Abdullah the Butcher, is one of the biggest legends in ProfessionalWrestling history. Billed as "The Madman from the [=Sudan=]," he started his career in Ontario in 1958 and became one of the true pioneers of hardcore wrestling. He was a huge star in Japan and Puerto Rico. Among his achievements, he is a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/pwf-h.html All Japan Pro Wrestling PWF Heavyweight Champion]], a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pr/wwc/wwc-h.html WWC (World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico) World Heavyweight Champion]], and was inducted into the Wrestling/{{WWE}} Hall of Fame in 2011. He wrestled for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/{{ECW}}, the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation, [[Wrestling/BretHart Stampede Wrestling]], Wrestling/JuggaloChampionshipWrestling, the [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Von Erichs]]' World Class Championship Wrestling in Dallas, the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico, Wrestling/RingOfHonor, Wrestling/DragonGate, Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE, and so many more. He traveled a lot over his career, mainly to keep his act from getting stale; it mainly consisted of him stabbing his opponent bloody with a fork, with other weapons used as well, brawling through the arena, and eventually pinning his opponent with the Sudanese Meat Cleaver (elbow drop). He was a major draw all over the world for decades. He and Wrestling/DanSpivey faced Wrestling/BruiserBrody and Carlos Colon in Brody's last-ever match, on July 15, 1988. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1996, and into the Wrestling/{{WWE}} Hall of Fame in 2011.

* TheButcher: Both literally and figuratively at this point. He earned the epithet from his fearsome reputation but he is a pretty good cook, at one point owning his own restaurant, Abdullah the Butcher's House of Ribs and Chinese Food.
* CaptainErsatz: Recurring in''Videogame/FireProWrestling''

* FinishingMove: Sudanese Meat Cleaver (elbow drop)

* GarbageWrestler: One of the [[UrExample Ur-Examples]], along with the Sheik. That said, he would work in actual wrestling moves here and there when he felt like it.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: Created a very basic style that barely employed any regular wrestling moves and made it work for ''decades.''
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: With an epithet like the butcher. Abdullah is a pretty nonthreatening name otherwise.

* RedBaron: "The Madman from the Sudan"; (in Japan): ''Kuroi Jujutsushi'' ("Black Wizard")

* VitriolicBestBuds
** He and the Sheik went back and forth either teaming with each other or fighting each other for years and years.

* VocalDissonance: He is usually TheQuietOne when wrestling since his gimmick didn’t require him to speak English or even at all. In real life, his voice has been compared to [[Characters/TheMuppetShow Kermit the Frog]].

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** Wrestling/KevinSullivan qualifies as well.

* FatBastard: "Fat in that, if the image did not make it clear enough, he was not a small man, and "Bastard" in that he's a very violent wrestler in the ring, and most wrestlers worth their salt know to steer clear of his bloody dome now, since his Hep C is an open secret (which he knowingly passed on to others in the ring) outside of the ring.

** Dillon's Death Squad (led by JJ Dillon)

Lawrence Robert Shreve (born January 11, 1941), aka Abdullah the Butcher, is one of the biggest legends in ProfessionalWrestling history. Billed as "The Madman from the [=Sudan=]," he started his career in Ontario in 1958 and became one of the true pioneers of hardcore wrestling. He was a huge star in Japan and Puerto Rico. Among his achievements, he is a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/alljapan/pwf-h.html All Japan Pro Wrestling PWF Heavyweight Champion]], a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pr/wwc/wwc-h.html WWC (World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico) World Heavyweight Champion]], and was inducted into the Wrestling/{{WWE}} Hall of Fame in 2011. He wrestled for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/{{ECW}}, the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation, [[Wrestling/BretHart Stampede Wrestling]], Wrestling/JuggaloChampionshipWrestling, the [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Von Erichs]]' World Class Championship Wrestling in Dallas, the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico, Wrestling/RingOfHonor, Wrestling/DragonGate, Wrestling/{{HUSTLE}}, and so many more. He traveled a lot over his career, mainly to keep his act from getting stale; it mainly consisted of him stabbing his opponent bloody with a fork, with other weapons used as well, brawling through the arena, and eventually pinning his opponent with the Sudanese Meat Cleaver (elbow drop). He was a major draw all over the world for decades. He and Wrestling/DanSpivey faced Wrestling/BruiserBrody and Carlos Colon in Brody's last-ever match, on July 15, 1988. He was inducted into the ''[[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' Hall of Fame in 1996, and into the Wrestling/{{WWE}} Hall of Fame in 2011.

** Paul Jones' Army