Larry Shreve

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Larry Shreve, better known as Abdullah the Butcher, was one of the most nefarious heels in professional wrestling history.

Contents 1 Career 2 Profile 3 Trivia 4 Championships and acomplishments 4.1 National Wrestling Alliance 4.2 All Japan Pro Wrestling 4.3 World Wrestling Council 4.4 Other Titles 4.5 Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Career

He began his wrestling career in 1958, in Canada. He was portrayed as the Evil Man from Sudan during his wrestling career, and had legendarily bloody matches with stars Carlitos Colon, Bruiser Brody, and The Original Sheik. Abdullah is truly a wrestling legend, and has wrestled in a total of six decades.

He had a brief but memorable feud with Cactus Jack in WCW in 1992.

His battles with the equally deranged The Original Sheik in the legendary blood-soaked arenas of Puerto Rico are regarded as some of the greatest hardcore matches in professional wrestling history!

Abdullah often bloodied his opponents with foreign objects that he concealed in his pants (he frequently used a fork as his trademark weapon).

Besides wrestling, Shreve owns a ribs restaurant in Atlanta.

Profile

• Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
• Weight: 360 lbs.
• Birthday: January 11, 1941
• Hometown: Windsor, Ontario, Canada (billed from Sudan)
• Trained By: Gino Brito, Stu Hart
• Other Gimmicks: Pussycat Pickens, Black Wizard, Zeras Amala, Kuroi Jujutsushi
• Signature Moves: Sudanese Meat Cleaver (Running Elbow Drop), Fork to the forehead, Dropkick
• Previous Managers: Paul Jones, Gary Hart, James J. Dillon, Jimmy Hart, Paul E. Dangerously, Paul Ellering, Skandor Akbar, Harley Race and Sheik Adnan El Kassey, Jim Holliday, Hugo Saginovich, Eddy Creatchman, Chicky Starr, Rip Rogers, Tully Blanchard, Mike Rotunda, Cuban Assassin, Frenchy Martin, Damien Kane
• Debut: 1957

Trivia

• Shreve knows judo and often displayed some of his judo knowledge in his matches.
• Shreve currently runs a popular restaurant in Atlanta, GA called "Abdullah the Butcher's House of Ribs & Chinese Food"

Championships and acomplishments

National Wrestling Alliance

• 1-Time NWA United States Heavyweight Champion (Detroit version)
• 1-Time NWA World Tag Team Champion (Detroit version) (with Killer Tim Brooks)

All Japan Pro Wrestling

• 1-Time AJPW United National Champion
• 1-Time AJPW International Tag Team Champion (with Ray Candy)
• 1-Time PWF Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time PWF United States Champion

World Wrestling Council

• 4-Time WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion
• 3-Time WWC Puerto Rican Champion
• 3-Time WWC North American Champion
• 2-Time WWC Caribbean Champion

Other Titles

• 5-Time Stampede North American Champion
• 2-Time Canadian Tag Team Champion (with Jerry Graham and Armand Hussein)
• 1-Time NWF International Champion
• 2-Time NWF Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time New Zealand British Commonwealth Champion
• 1-Time Georgia Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time Georgia Television Champion
• 1-Time IWA Heavyweight Champion
• 2-Time WCCW Texas Brass Knuckles Champion
• 1-Time Canadian Heavyweight Champion
• 1-Time Canadian International Heavyweight Champion
• 2-Time WWA Tag Team Champion (with Ali Hassan and Jerry Valiant)
• 2-Time Central States Tag Team Champion (with Roger Kirby)
• 1-Time Tokyo Pro Wrestling Tag Team Champion (with Benkei)
• 1-Time Big Japan Wrestling Death Match Champion

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked him # 34 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003.