A butcher no more......BTW, That ain't me...BUt the picture had to be shared! I grew up watching the guy on TV and being scared to death.

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Abdullah, what's up with the ascot?

Abdullah's hacking the shit out of Mark E. Smith in that first pic.

The second pic is like meeting The Edge's youth pastor nephew.

The madman from Sudan is approaching 70... eesh. I feared him, Bruiser Brody, Buzz Sawyer and any other guy who might be certifiably nuts in real life...

Abdullah retired from the ring and now owns and manages his eatery "Abdullah the Butcher's House of Ribs and Chinese Food" in Atlanta.

Seriously...

http://www.google.com/local?q=abdullah- ... 6732335355

I smell a roadtrip for Loogar and Co.

I thought this was a King of Jordan thread.

Abdullah sure lost a lot of weight...
and pigmentation....
and started hanging out with creepy lookin' white dudes...

What the hell are those marks on his head...scars???

lobotomy?

I've heard this guy on sports talk radio down here a couple times. He's pretty f-ing crazy. Seriously.The restaraunt thing is true; I've just never made it in there.

Abdullah the Butcher
Real name: Lawrence Shreeve
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 360 lbs.
Date of birth: January 1, 1936
From: Khartoum, Sudan
Pro debut: 1958
Finishing move: Elbow Drop

Biography
- Abdullah the Butcher and Dr. Jerry Graham captured the NWA Canadian Tag Team title on October 2, 1967 from Chris and John Tolos in Vancouver, B.C.
- On July 1, 1968, the Butcher and Armand Hussein defeated Don Leo Jonathan and Haystack Calhoun on June 3, 1968 for the NWA Canadian Tag Team title.
- On June 24, 1972, Abdullah the Butcher defeated Ernie Ladd for the NWF (National Wrestling Federation) title. He regained the title in October 1972.
- Abdullah the Butcher defeated Rocky Johnson on February 21, 1975 in Atlanta, GA for the NWA Georgia title.
- During the spring of 1976, Abdullah the Butcher won All Japan's Champion Carnival. He also won the Champion Carnival in 1979.
- On October 18, 1978, the Butcher defeated Billy Robinson for the PWF (Pacific Wrestling Federation) title.
- On October 12, 1979, Abdullah the Butcher and Ray Candy defeated Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta for the NWA International Tag Team title.
- Abdullah the Butcher defeated Jumbo Tsuruta in Nagoya, Japan on October 13, 1980 for the United National championship.
- On August 11, 1981, Abdullah the Butcher defeated Carlos Colón in Trinidad for the WWC (World Wrestling Council) North American title.
- At UWA's 7th Anniversary show on February 14, 1982 in Naucalpan, Mexico, Abdullah the Butcher and Perro Aguayo beat Antonio Inoki and Tatsumi Fujinami in three falls.
- In July 1982, Abdullah the Butcher was billed as the WWC World Champion.
- On August 14, 1982, the Butcher defeated Charlie Cook in San Jaun, Puerto for the WWC Caribbean title.
- Abdullah the Butcher defeated Great Kabuki on July 4, 1986 in Dallas, TX for the NWA Texas Brass Knuckles title.
- On March 27, 1988, Abdullah the Butcher and Tiger Jeet Singh beat Yoshiaki Yatsu and John Tenta in Tokyo, Japan.
- Abdullah the Butcher and Singh beat Terry Gordy and Bill Irwin pm December 9, 1989 at Budokan Hall.
- Abdullah the Butcher defeated TNT (Juan Rivera) on March 24, 1990 in San Juan, Puerto Rico for the WWC Universal title.
- On September 4, 1991, Abdullah the Butcher beat Johnny Ace.
- On September 21, 1991, Abdullah the Butcher defeated The Sheik in a "Steel cage" match.
- At Starrcade '91, Abdullah the Butcher and Sting defeated Bobby Eaton and Brian Pillman.
- On October 21, 1992 at All Japan's 20th Anniversary Show in Tokyo, Kimala II and Abdullah the Butcher beat Dan Kroffat and Doug Furnas.
- Abdullah the Butcher and Giant Kimala II defeated Kenta Kobashi and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi on December 4, 1992.
- On December 3, 1993, Abdullah the Butcher, Tracey Smothers and Giant Kimala II beat the Patriot, the Eagle and Dory Funk Jr. at the Budokan Hall.
- Abdullah the Butcher and Giant Kimala II beat the Heavenly Bodies (Pritchard and Del Rey) on June 4, 1994 in Tokyo.
- On September 10, 1995, Toshiaki Kawada, Abdullah the Butcher, Giant Baba and Masa Fuchi beat Stan Hansen, Kobashi, Jun Akiyama and Takako Omori in a "survival tag team" match in Tokyo.
- On October 25, 1995 at All Japan's 23rd Anniversary Show, Abdullah the Butcher and Kimala II downed Mighty Inoue Funk Jr.
- Abdullah the Butcher defeated Ryo Myake on December 7, 1996 in Tokyo.
- On August 14, 1997, Abdullah the Butcher beat the Tower of Doom in a "lumberjacks with whips" match in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
- At NWA 50th Anniversary Show on October 24, 1998 in Cherry Hill, NJ, Abdullah the Butcher beat T. Rantula.
- On September 25, 1999, Abdullah the Butcher defeated Don Brodie at the NWA's 51st Anniversary show in Charlotte, NC.
- At WWC's 27th Anniversary Show on July 16, 2000, Abdullah the Butcher beat Big Dick Dudley.
- Abdullah the Butcher defeated Sabu in Tokyo on June 8, 2001.
- At All Japan's 27th Anniversary show, Butcher and Terry Funk beat Tarzan Goto and Tomoaki Honma.
- On January 19, 2003, at Wrestle-1's PPV at Tokyo's Egg Dome, Abdullah The Butcher pinned Masaaki Sataake.
- On May 31, 2003, Abdullah the Butcher defeated Necro Butcher in Taylor, MI.
- Abdullah the Butcher (with Bob Sapp), Keiji Mutoh and Sam Greco defeated TAKA Michinoku, D-Lo Brown and Jamal on December 5, 2003 in Tokyo.
- On January 3, 2004, Abdullah the Butcher defeated Carly Colón in Bayamón, Puerto Rico to claim the WWC Universal title.

from 3strandwrestling.com:

Abdulluh The Butcher
Written by Rick Clark

Lawrence Shreeve was born on January 16, 1941 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. In 1958, Lawrence took up professional wrestling as his career. That career has spanned six decades and a few pseudonyms along the way. He is best known as Abdullah the Butcher; the Bad Man from the Sudan. In his biography he is suppose to be from Kahartoum, Sudan. However, he has also been known as Pussycat Pikens, Kuroi Jujutsushi (The Black Wizard) and Zeras Amala.

At 6'1" and 360 lbs., Abdullah is an imposing figure to say the least. But when you look at the deep scars on scalp and forehead, you know that he has been in some major ring wars. Some of his favorite weapons over the years have been forks and pencils, which he gouges into the skin of his opponents.

He has had more managers than any wrestler that I can remember. Among them would be: Gary Hart; J.J. Dillon; Paul Jones; Eddie Creatchman; Black Baron; The Grand Wizard; Damian Kane; Larry Sharpe; Oliver Humperdink; George Cannon, Bearcat Wright, Big Bad John, and Rock Hunter. Many of these managers were there to "control" him. Gary Hart used to put a hood over his head to calm him before and after his matches.

The reason he had so many managers was to keep KAYFABE. You see Abdullah was not supposed to speak English. In fact, he speaks it very well and he is an intelligent individual contrary to his actions in the ring and his personal appearance.

Besides all of the scar tissue on his head, he received second and third degree burns in a match several years ago. His skin was hanging off of his chest.

He had many memorable matches with Archie Gouldie (The Mongolian Stomper) in Canada. From what I hear they didn't like each other, but they sure put on a great show and made a lot of money. There were many times when he would shove people off their chairs just so he could beat his opponent over the head with it.

Many of the scars on the face and body of Dusty Rhodes are courtesy of Abdullah the Butcher. In a match in 1976 in Douglas, Georgia, Abdullah produced a Bic pen and proceeded to jab it into the forehead of Dusty Rhodes most violently and repeatedly. The story has it that not only were people running out of the building, but a woman had a heart attack and died right there on the gym floor. Before the match was through, both Dusty and Abdullah were pouring their blood on the arena floor. They say that everyone in attendance that night left feeling they got their money's worth.

Wrestlers weren't the only targets of Abdullah's wrath. Steve Hall, a referee, tried to take away Abby's pencil and got stabbed seven times in the head for his trouble. The back-up referee, Scott DeMarc, ran out to disqualify Abdullah and got a chair shot between the eyes for his trouble. Nobody was safe from this mad man. Fred Richards, another referee, was clotheslined and thrown into a row of chairs by Abby. This tore his brand new shirt, sprained his ankle and bruised his collarbone.

Many fans claim that after seeing him as a child that they still have nightmares twenty years later. Now, that is impressive. Abdullah has qualities that will inspire nightmares. Besides his huge build and the deep scars, he has been said to have the eyes of Satan.

His dietary habits were somewhat legendary. Along with the normal bill of fare, he has been known to eat announcer's ties, raw liver and raw fish (not sushi, just a big old raw fish), and my personal favorite: He killed a chicken with his bare hands and ate it in front of a crowd in Puerto Rico.

Talk about working a crowd: One night in 1984 in Montreal, Canada, Abdullah the Butcher goes after Jacques Rougeau with everything but the kitchen sink and he would have used that if it was available (he did use one on Frank Brody in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1987). He stabbed him with a fork. He strangled him with TV cables. He smashed him with chairs and tables. Then to top it off he goes over to ringside and starts mocking the fans in a fake French accent. They go ballistic and start throwing their chairs at him. It took over twenty police officers to get him back to the dressing room and Jacques Rougeau had to come back out to show the crowd that he was bloody, but otherwise unharmed to keep them from rioting.

His strangest match was at Halloween Havoc in the WCW. He lost the match and was put in an electric chair and electrocuted. He even had foam coming out of his mouth. It was truly disgusting and very realistic. If you went to see a match with Abdullah the Butcher you were guaranteed a gruesome and bloody match filled with foreign objects and violence.

Abdullah the Butcher wrestled all over the world. He has been in every major promotion in the world including: WWF; WCW; NWA; AWA; WCCW; Stampede Wrestling; WWF Canada; CCW; and several promotions in Japan, Puerto Rico (WWC), and Europe.

He has faced a who's who of wrestling in the more than forty years of being in the sport. Those names include the great ones like: Cactus Jack; Sting; Bruno Sammartino; Bruiser Brody; Carlos Colon;
Ric Flair; Dusty Rhodes; Andre the Giant; Dino Bravo; The Mongolian Stomper; The Sheik; Terry Funk; Harley Race and Hulk Hogan.

Now, you may say what does a man like this do after wrestling for over forty years? Well, he owns Abdullah the Butcher's Rib House and Chinese Food in Atlanta, Georgia. A lot of fans have stopped by and talked to Abby and had their picture taken with him. A few of the luckier ones received a complimentary head from the Great Abdullah the Butcher. He has also done some acting in The Big Brawl.

Titles Held:
Canadian International Champion (February 1987)
MWWF Heavyweight Champion (June 1972)
MWWF Heavyweight Champion (October 1972)
NWA United States Heavyweight Champion (February 1975)
NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion (March 1975)
NWA Georgia Television Champion (February 1977)
NWA United National Heavyweight Champion (October 1980)
NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Champion (July 1986)
NWA International Tag Team Champion (W/Ray Candy October 1979)
NWF World Heavyweight Champion (June 1972)
NWF World Heavyweight Champion (October 1972)
Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Champion (1970)
Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Champion (1970)
Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Champion (1970)
Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Champion (1970)
Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Champion (1973)
Stampede International Champion (February 1987)
British Empire Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion (March 1974)
IWA International Heavyweight Champion (1969)
IWA International Heavyweight Champion (January 1970)
IWA International Heavyweight Champion (October 1971)
IWA Brass Knuckles Champion (1989)
WWC North American Champion (January 1988)
WWC Caribbean Champion (1989)
BJPW Death Match Heavyweight (January 1999)

So one bio says he was born in 1936, the other 1941.

I think the dude running that wrestling site has lost sight of the fact that wrestling matches are staged. But, yeah the Butcher was nuts.

Sure it's staged. But people still get hurt...

And why not further the legend, I guess.