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[Thunder]
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Abdullah the Butcher was like
a nightmare come to life.
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He terrified people.
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[Screaming]
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Just savage, bloody,
thirsty machine.
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Trying to rip the eyeball.
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When Abdullah
walked in the ring,
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you know you're
gonna get blood.
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Every match he was in,
he bled.
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You bled.
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[Announcer]
Oh my God, right on-
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[narrator] One of the most
infamous wrestlers of all time,
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Abdullah the Butcher left
a legacy of violence
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and bloodshed
wherever he went-
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From Puerto Rico to Japan,
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and across North America.
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-It's Abdullah!
-[Match bell ringing]
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Think about what
he's experiencing.
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He's getting cooked!
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You can't think of a heel
that was bigger than Abdullah.
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You can't.
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[Crowd cheering]
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He made money
everywhere he went.
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But the more
money we made,
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the more danger
we had to face.
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Even though Abdullah
was playing a character,
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inside,
that was him.
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He would have people with
slingshots hitting him and
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throwing things at him,
because they think
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he's hurt the damn guy.
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Fans at ringside when
he got too close,
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I mean,
they were running!
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[Thunder]
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Everybody's blood thirsty.
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Everybody, everybody
is blood thirsty.
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They want it.
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Notorious for blurring
the line between
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reality and fiction,
Abdullah remained a mystery
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even to those
closest to him.
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See, you all know
the wrestler,
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but you don't
know the person.
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He's a hero all the time.
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He was a very good person.
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In a gruesome but successful
career spanning 7 decades,
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Abdullah's thirst for
blood made him infamous,
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but also led to his downfall.
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He cost me my WWE
career, that was a fact.
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The Hep C caused me
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not to have my WWE contract.
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-[Indistinct shouting]
-Japan. Japan.
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You're a piece of shit and
I hope that when you die,
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you die a really slow
and painful death.
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♪
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Now he's biting again
the wound that's
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already open on
the forehead.
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Acting like he finds the
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taste of the
blood pleasurable.
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Abdullah the Butcher
would come into a regional
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wrestling territory and
just set business on fire.
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Blood everywhere!
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The difference between
Abdullah and everyone else
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is when anyone else
came into the territory,
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fans were rooting for their
favourite to win.
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When Abdullah came in,
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they were rooting for their
favourite to survive.
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Oh, what a...
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Looks like he's getting
ready to carve up
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a steak there and eat
a little bit of it.
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Hello, I'm Mick Foley,
sometimes known as the
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Hardcore Legend, and I
have been involved with
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professional wrestling
since 1985.
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I knew of the
legend of Abdullah,
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because in those days,
you learned about people
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outside of your geographic
area largely by the magazines.
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And the magazines painted
this amazing portrait of
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this unstoppable monster.
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I was so intrigued by
Abdullah the Butcher that the
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first thing I did, uh, when I
got to college as a freshman,
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is I put a black and white
photo of him on the wall,
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and began to tell the
entire dormitory that
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he was my father.
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When you have those,
those, uh,
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Taekwondo karate pants,
and you see him
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with a fork with all
those gigantic cuts...
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And he opens those big eyes
and you see him on promos,
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eating, uh, liver and the
blood of the liver coming out...
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That's Abdullah the Butcher,
and he was unstoppable.
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My name is Hugo Savinovich.
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I'm from Guayaquil, Ecuador,
and I've been in this
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passionate industry
for close to 50 years.
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And I will do it again!
Love lucha libre.
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No one was safe.
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Here he comes again,
he hits Bronko Lubich.
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Not the referee, not the
owner of the company.
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He would put fear
into your body,
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into your brain,
your soul.
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[Spanish commentary]
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Yeah. Eating a raw,
raw meat.
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[Laughing]
Chicken.
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I don't know.
And he could even
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take a phonebook and
tear it in half.
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♪
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Mhmm.
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My name is
Josephine Hearon Shreve.
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Abdullah the Butcher
is my brother.
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Windsor, at that time
when I was growing up,
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I always say
that's old school.
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And it was like we was raised
in a two bedroom house,
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war time house,
there was eight of us.
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Two or three of us slept
in a bed together.
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I had my own room because
I slept in the bathtub.
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I had a cushion
to put in there.
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My father and them would
have to go to the bathroom,
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they'd piss in a can.
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My mother had to
come in the washroom,
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she'd knock on the door,
and I'd get out of the tub
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and let her in. 'Cause I
don't think my mother
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wanted to piss
in a can, okay?
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That's the way it was.
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My name is Ralph Shreve.
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I am Larry Paul
Shreve's brother,
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as Abdullah the Butcher.
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I call him Larry.
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That's his name, to me.
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Abdullah the Butcher
is his money name,
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his wrestling name.
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If you ever interview him,
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you just look at
his damn head.
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-You ever interview him?
-Mhmm.
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Oh, there you go then.
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I guess, you,
he tells the truth,
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but I'll tell you one thing,
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there I think you
should be better off
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talking to him a
longer distance.
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[Indiscernible shout]
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He'll have your ass
jump up in one minute,
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and you
scared to death.
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He's a good actor.
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♪
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♪
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♪
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[Booing]
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[Off-screen]
Oh yeah we just gotta-
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[Abdullah] I wanted to
take it off with the thing.
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I got my head off, let me
take my head off.
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[Off-screen]
Looking good.
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[Laughing]
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Yeah, that's me.
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My name is Larry Shreve.
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My name,
my other wrestling name,
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is Abdullah the Butcher.
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I'm from
"Cartoon", Sudan,
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but now since
I'm putting air out,
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I'm from "Cartoon", Sudan,
Windsor Ontario.
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[Off-screen]
[Laughing]
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Oh they worked hard.
My mother worked hard,
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my dad worked hard.
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[Teeth clicking]
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[Sighing]
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When I seen my mother on
the floor, scrubbing floors,
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you know, at the funeral home,
I said to myself,
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"Holy shit, my mother
works hard."
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But I never knew
that she was
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on her hands and knees
until I went there.
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I didn't want to learn how to
read or write because
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I was only worrying about
my mother and father.
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I wanted to make money.
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I used to buy candy,
three for a penny.
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Go to school, and uh,
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"You wanna buy
some candy?" Right?
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I'd sell it for maybe
a penny a piece or whatever.
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When the kids owed me
money and I'd say,
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"When you gonna pay me
my money?"
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So maybe he got scared
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like I was gonna
do something, right?
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So he wouldn't
go to school.
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Maybe his mother
came and says,
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"My kid is scared to
come to school."
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And uh, that was it.
Then I says,
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"I gotta get out of here
and try to make some,
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you know, money where I
don't have a problem."
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And that's what I done.
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He only finished
the grade second.
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I was a year smarter than him
and I'm not really that smart
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myself, but I'm
saying we done a lot.
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He done, Larry, he went to
people's houses knocking on
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the door and asking for
old clothes all that,
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and he had a second hand
store with all kinds of
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old clothes, and
he had a store.
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He shined shoes for years,
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then he got a janitorial
service, uh, business.
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He had people cutting
grass and all that.
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He had a, he had a truck
where he went around
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moving stuff out of people's
basements and all that.
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He was a worker.
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Let's just say he
was always a hustler.
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He'd be into, he'd been
into karate and all that.
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He had a karate place where
like, senior citizens,
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he trained them to learn
how to defend their self.
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That's right in Windsor
he had about eight or nine
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old ladies in their
60s or 70s,
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and he had where they
could defend their self.
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Just old people and that.
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I was down at the Windsor
arena and I was doing karate
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and stuff like that, and uh,
the manager of the place,
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he said, "Hey, you should
be a wrestler."
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I said, "Oh I don't want
to do that crap."
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He said, "You could
make some money."
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I said, "Oh, OK."
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Abdullah crosses the
river to Detroit
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where he meets the
original Sheikh,
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one of the innovators of
hardcore wrestling.
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Wait a minute.
The Sheikh has got the fire!
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-Oh!
-A despicable act of biting.
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Abdullah playing an
Arabic, uh, wrestler,
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they only had
one at that time.
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And that was, they
called him The Sheikh.
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Not the Iron Sheikh,
the Sheikh out of Detroit.
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He used to do all
that stuff, you know,
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cut you in your forehead.
Walk around crazy.
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[Shouting] A ball of fire
into the face...
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Put out that fireball!
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Hi, this is Mr. USA,
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WWE Hall of Famer,
Tony Atlas.
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He grew up watching
the Sheikh,
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imitating the Sheikh.
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[Indistinct commentary]
...Camel clutch.
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Wait a minute, wait a
minute, that's my scarf!
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Oh this is a grudge match!
This is war!
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[Larry] I told my dad, I said,
"Dad, I'm wrestling at
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Cobo Hall."
My dad says,
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"Those are some dangerous
people over there."
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My dad used to see me
with cuts on my head.
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He told my mother,
"Tell him that he'd better,
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he'd better get out
of that shit."
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I said, "Dad, listen,
smack me."
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He said, "For what?"
I said, "Just smack me."
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♪
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♪
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♪
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He went-
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He seen me bleeding.
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He said, "I didn't
hit you that hard!"
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Then I showed him
the blade.
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He said, "Now I know
you're crazy."
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[Laughing]
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Having learned this
bloody trick of the trade,
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Abdullah travels the world
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showcasing his hardcore style.
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While working
in Puerto Rico,
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he meets promoter
Carlos Colón and
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his right hand man,
Hugo Savinovich.
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I started working with
Carlos and they say,
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"You're good, but you're
not big enough."
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He says, "I want to make
you a manager."
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And then he says,
"By the way,
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we're bringing into
Puerto Rico, one month...
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Abdullah the Butcher."
259
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And I, I have heard
of him, and I said,
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"Wow, I mean, what a way
to begin a managing career."
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Managing him,
it was, you know, just,
262
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a, just a crazy, crazy
way of earning a living.
263
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Everybody just
going crazy here.
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By 1983, he was already
drawing gigantic money in,
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in the Caribbean islands
and Puerto Rico.
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People will fill up
the stadiums,
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until I will make the promoter
Carlos Colón look good.
268
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But at the same time,
he will destroy you.
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Perhaps the fear of being
involved in this match-
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[Tony] Abdullah was wrestling in
Puerto Rico for a couple of
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months, he'd wrestle in
Japan for a couple of months,
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and then he would come
back to the States.
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[Commentary]
Whoa!
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[Audience screaming]
275
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And he was a big draw.
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I mean, wherever he
went he drew money.
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Abdullah was worth every
penny that he got paid and
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trust me, he was
making huge money.
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He lived really
like a rich guy.
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Abdullah were very
cautious of his money.
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When he got paid, as soon
as you'd give it to him
282
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he'd count it.
283
00:12:58,486 --> 00:13:00,405
I made sure my
mother and father,
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my brothers and sisters,
got some of it.
285
00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:06,119
My mother used to work for
the funeral homes and
286
00:13:06,119 --> 00:13:08,496
stuff like that, I went to
her one day and I said,
287
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"Come on, Ma."
She said, "What?"
288
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She said, "I want you to
meet Mrs., ah..." I says,
289
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"I don't want to meet them.
You understand?
290
00:13:15,378 --> 00:13:17,046
You're here scrubbing floors
and stuff like that and
291
00:13:17,046 --> 00:13:19,048
I supposed to be
Abdullah the Butcher,
292
00:13:19,048 --> 00:13:22,218
and you're on your hands and
knees scrubbing floors?"
293
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From that day, she never worked
another day of her life.
294
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And I made sure of that.
295
00:13:29,017 --> 00:13:30,643
But I was dumb.
296
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I didn't have the schooling.
297
00:13:33,146 --> 00:13:35,606
Like I tell you, if I
know what I know now,
298
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everybody shafts me.
You understand?
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Despite his successful and
profitable rise to fame,
300
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Abdullah today finds
himself in legal trouble and
301
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financial ruin.
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Hell.
303
00:13:52,749 --> 00:13:55,168
You don't know who in the
hell is working with you
304
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or working against you.
You understand?
305
00:13:58,504 --> 00:14:01,257
I'm in bad shape.
Real bad shape.
306
00:14:08,181 --> 00:14:12,643
And anybody, anywhere,
that does not fear the
307
00:14:12,643 --> 00:14:16,189
name of the almighty
Abdullah the Butcher,
308
00:14:16,189 --> 00:14:20,610
is either an insane fool
or they're lying to ya.
309
00:14:20,610 --> 00:14:25,114
With Larry Shreve, yeah,
it could be really difficult for
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a fan to know where the
character ends,
311
00:14:27,492 --> 00:14:29,660
where the real person begins.
312
00:14:29,660 --> 00:14:31,579
He has reigned terror in the-
313
00:14:31,579 --> 00:14:34,916
[Growling]
314
00:14:34,916 --> 00:14:38,878
For someone who rode with him
for hundreds of hours, um,
315
00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:42,173
yeah, you, you, you get
to know the real guy.
316
00:14:42,173 --> 00:14:45,468
Or what he wants to show
you of the real guy.
317
00:14:45,468 --> 00:14:48,387
Abdullah the Butcher moves
swiftly for a big man.
318
00:14:48,387 --> 00:14:52,225
See, he always talk about
he's an entertainer.
319
00:14:52,225 --> 00:14:54,352
He's entertaining you.
320
00:14:54,352 --> 00:14:58,022
But the real true person,
you all don't know.
321
00:14:58,022 --> 00:15:03,361
My name is
Jocelyn Malikah Marshall.
322
00:15:03,361 --> 00:15:06,823
I met Abdullah while I
was on the streets
323
00:15:06,823 --> 00:15:09,075
feeding the homeless.
324
00:15:09,075 --> 00:15:13,246
He told me his name was Joe
and I was just so excited to
325
00:15:13,246 --> 00:15:16,374
see somebody else
out there like myself
326
00:15:16,374 --> 00:15:18,417
feeding the homeless.
327
00:15:18,417 --> 00:15:21,337
So, I didn't know
he had a restaurant.
328
00:15:21,337 --> 00:15:24,340
He gave me the address of
the restaurant and
329
00:15:24,340 --> 00:15:25,883
I brought my son over there.
330
00:15:25,883 --> 00:15:28,761
My son said, "Do you know
who that is?" He said,
331
00:15:28,761 --> 00:15:31,639
"That's Abdullah the
Butcher." And I said,
332
00:15:31,639 --> 00:15:35,059
"Who is that?" Because
I'm not into wrestling.
333
00:15:35,059 --> 00:15:37,270
Abdullah was his, uh, hero.
334
00:15:39,814 --> 00:15:41,899
He loved the bad guys, yes.
335
00:15:41,899 --> 00:15:44,444
[Tony] Abdullah was
the best heel
336
00:15:44,444 --> 00:15:46,737
that the world ever saw.
337
00:15:46,737 --> 00:15:49,824
Even picturing it in my head
now, just the way he stands,
338
00:15:49,824 --> 00:15:52,201
the way he, he moves
around the ring,
339
00:15:52,201 --> 00:15:54,495
and the things he did.
340
00:15:54,495 --> 00:15:58,207
To see a whole crowd
of people move back.
341
00:15:58,207 --> 00:15:59,625
He could walk
through an aisle and
342
00:15:59,625 --> 00:16:01,669
people would
run from him.
343
00:16:01,669 --> 00:16:02,879
And when he come
through that ring and
344
00:16:02,879 --> 00:16:05,256
people go, "Uh oh,
here come Abdullah."
345
00:16:05,256 --> 00:16:07,758
It got so
it wasn't a gimmick.
346
00:16:07,758 --> 00:16:10,052
He was in character
most of the time.
347
00:16:10,052 --> 00:16:12,054
Especially when he
went out in public.
348
00:16:12,054 --> 00:16:14,265
Uh, I remember seeing
a flight attendant
349
00:16:14,265 --> 00:16:15,808
go over to him, and as
soon as Abdullah saw
350
00:16:15,808 --> 00:16:18,102
that flight attendant,
his eyes bugged out,
351
00:16:18,102 --> 00:16:19,854
his mouth started
watering,
352
00:16:19,854 --> 00:16:23,608
and she tried to like get
his beverage order and
353
00:16:23,608 --> 00:16:25,067
just walked away.
And I was like,
354
00:16:25,067 --> 00:16:26,360
"Abby, are you ok?"
And he goes,
355
00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:28,404
"Gotta protect the
character, champ.
356
00:16:28,404 --> 00:16:31,240
Gotta protect the character."
And that's what he would do,
357
00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:34,785
and so in his own way he
would create this grass roots
358
00:16:34,785 --> 00:16:38,623
campaign for the authenticity
of his character.
359
00:16:38,623 --> 00:16:41,125
Put it this way, when he
went into the ring with
360
00:16:41,125 --> 00:16:45,630
any wrestler, he made
them a good wrestler.
361
00:16:45,630 --> 00:16:48,216
If you had to fight Abdullah,
you fought Abdullah.
362
00:16:48,216 --> 00:16:49,675
You got over.
363
00:16:49,675 --> 00:16:51,302
People knew you
the next day.
364
00:16:51,302 --> 00:16:53,095
They got like a crown on
their head because
365
00:16:53,095 --> 00:16:55,806
they're wrestling
one of the best.
366
00:16:55,806 --> 00:17:00,144
That's why I say, Abdullah
made Carlos Colón.
367
00:17:00,144 --> 00:17:03,731
Abdullah made
Tony "Mr. USA" Atlas.
368
00:17:03,731 --> 00:17:08,236
Everybody that fought
Abdullah became a big star.
369
00:17:08,236 --> 00:17:11,489
Here he comes, hard!
There goes Kevin with a...
370
00:17:11,489 --> 00:17:14,533
The dirty battle continues
between Abdullah and Kevin.
371
00:17:14,533 --> 00:17:17,245
And here he is with the big
karate thrust to the head of
372
00:17:17,245 --> 00:17:18,829
the Dirty Dutch Mantel.
373
00:17:18,829 --> 00:17:23,167
[Cheering]
374
00:17:23,167 --> 00:17:26,295
What really made Abdullah
was the time in Japan.
375
00:17:26,295 --> 00:17:28,881
[Japanese commentary]
376
00:17:28,881 --> 00:17:30,174
In Japan during that time
377
00:17:30,174 --> 00:17:32,551
wrestling was still
about 70% real.
378
00:17:32,551 --> 00:17:34,262
If you got a karate kick
in Japan,
379
00:17:34,262 --> 00:17:35,972
it was a real karate kick.
380
00:17:35,972 --> 00:17:38,557
You got chopped in Japan,
it was a real chop.
381
00:17:38,557 --> 00:17:40,893
The only thing that was
fake in Japan were
382
00:17:40,893 --> 00:17:42,395
who won and who lost.
383
00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:47,817
[Japanese commentary]
384
00:17:47,817 --> 00:17:49,902
He was on the cover of
all these magazines.
385
00:17:49,902 --> 00:17:52,738
They had billboards
of Abdullah, you know,
386
00:17:52,738 --> 00:17:54,240
pictures of Abdullah.
387
00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:56,701
He was what I call
"crazy over".
388
00:17:56,701 --> 00:18:01,372
Like, he was an iconic
part of Japanese culture.
389
00:18:01,372 --> 00:18:03,666
[Shattering glass]
390
00:18:03,666 --> 00:18:04,834
You're through!
391
00:18:04,834 --> 00:18:07,878
That's fine, it doesn't
bother me at all.
392
00:18:07,878 --> 00:18:10,840
♪
393
00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,634
[Screaming]
Agh!
394
00:18:13,634 --> 00:18:15,928
As crazy as this
might sound,
395
00:18:15,928 --> 00:18:19,056
he recorded an
album in Japan.
396
00:18:19,056 --> 00:18:21,475
In the,
in the dressing room.
397
00:18:21,475 --> 00:18:24,103
♪ My name is Abdullah
the Butcher! ♪
398
00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:26,814
♪ I want to do all
these crazy things to ya. ♪
399
00:18:26,814 --> 00:18:30,276
♪ My own family hates me
because I'm too vicious. ♪
400
00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:32,862
[Laughing]
401
00:18:32,862 --> 00:18:34,780
They never seen
nothing like me.
402
00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:36,657
I was different.
403
00:18:36,657 --> 00:18:40,036
They only seen the
wrestling, you know?
404
00:18:40,036 --> 00:18:42,413
That was it.
I was different.
405
00:18:42,413 --> 00:18:46,959
[Video game music]
406
00:18:46,959 --> 00:18:49,670
Having found success
with the hardcore style
407
00:18:49,670 --> 00:18:52,923
he adapted from the Sheikh,
Abdullah becomes a mentor
408
00:18:52,923 --> 00:18:55,176
to wrestler Devon Nicholson.
409
00:18:55,176 --> 00:18:59,347
But this long term friendship
will end in disaster.
410
00:18:59,347 --> 00:19:01,724
I actually ended his career.
411
00:19:01,724 --> 00:19:03,559
Retired him in the ring,
retired him out of the ring.
412
00:19:03,559 --> 00:19:05,686
♪
413
00:19:05,686 --> 00:19:07,521
My name is Devon Nicholson
414
00:19:07,521 --> 00:19:10,941
and my wrestling name
was Hannibal.
415
00:19:10,941 --> 00:19:15,321
There will be no more
Abdullah after the 23rd!
416
00:19:15,321 --> 00:19:17,531
No class, no idea
how to dress.
417
00:19:17,531 --> 00:19:21,660
Starting his career with
Stampede Wrestling in 2001,
418
00:19:21,660 --> 00:19:24,914
Devon begins working under
the name "Mad Man Hannibal",
419
00:19:24,914 --> 00:19:27,458
and soon launches his
own indie promotion,
420
00:19:27,458 --> 00:19:29,377
Great North Wrestling.
421
00:19:29,377 --> 00:19:33,214
In 2006, he begins
working with Abdullah.
422
00:19:33,214 --> 00:19:36,133
Before all the, all the
negative stuff happened,
423
00:19:36,133 --> 00:19:38,052
I actually considered him
424
00:19:38,052 --> 00:19:41,263
somewhat of a
mentor and like...
425
00:19:41,263 --> 00:19:45,184
I would say he was the
first wrestler to like,
426
00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:50,314
take me under his wing a bit,
and teach me about
427
00:19:50,314 --> 00:19:52,691
how to get heat and stuff.
428
00:19:52,691 --> 00:19:56,237
We ended up tag teaming and
wrestling each other, uh,
429
00:19:56,237 --> 00:19:58,114
numerous times.
430
00:19:58,114 --> 00:19:59,782
I knew- yeah, I used
to work for him.
431
00:20:01,450 --> 00:20:05,329
Yeah. I used to fly into,
um, Toronto or whatever,
432
00:20:05,329 --> 00:20:07,498
and we had shows.
433
00:20:07,498 --> 00:20:09,417
He'd come out to
Calgary, Alberta.
434
00:20:09,417 --> 00:20:12,169
We'd have shows.
You understand?
435
00:20:12,169 --> 00:20:14,797
Abdullah, you think
I'm not ready for you?
436
00:20:14,797 --> 00:20:19,677
[Screams] I'm gonna get you,
in your last match in Canada.
437
00:20:19,677 --> 00:20:21,387
[Groaning]
438
00:20:21,387 --> 00:20:24,682
There will be some people
that will always, uh,
439
00:20:24,682 --> 00:20:27,309
hate me for exposing him,
but whatever.
440
00:20:27,309 --> 00:20:29,311
I don't care.
[Laughs]
441
00:20:29,311 --> 00:20:31,313
I stopped him from wrestling.
442
00:20:31,313 --> 00:20:34,316
♪
443
00:20:38,863 --> 00:20:42,867
Already 68 years old and
six decades into his career,
444
00:20:42,867 --> 00:20:46,078
Abdullah returns to Canada
to wrestle Hannibal in
445
00:20:46,078 --> 00:20:49,373
what's being billed as his
retirement match.
446
00:20:49,373 --> 00:20:52,126
I remember my first
experience of Abdullah.
447
00:20:52,126 --> 00:20:55,921
My grandmother was actually
somewhat of a wrestling fan,
448
00:20:55,921 --> 00:20:58,549
and I remember she let me
rent a wrestling movie
449
00:20:58,549 --> 00:21:01,093
called, "I Like
to Hurt People."
450
00:21:01,093 --> 00:21:04,847
Against the butcher from the
Sudan, Abdullah the Butcher.
451
00:21:04,847 --> 00:21:06,557
And I just remember
thinking, um,
452
00:21:06,557 --> 00:21:08,684
how did they make
this blood effect?
453
00:21:08,684 --> 00:21:12,771
You didn't really know how
they did blood in those days.
454
00:21:12,771 --> 00:21:15,316
You'll probably
have to edit this.
455
00:21:15,316 --> 00:21:17,485
♪
456
00:21:17,485 --> 00:21:19,361
And I know Bret Hart would
put it in his mouth,
457
00:21:19,361 --> 00:21:23,199
he said, but I was always
too afraid to do that.
458
00:21:23,199 --> 00:21:26,827
So, then you would take the
blade and put it like there,
459
00:21:26,827 --> 00:21:30,748
and tape over top and then
when it comes time to bleed
460
00:21:30,748 --> 00:21:33,000
you'd pull it out.
461
00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,878
And then, I'm not gonna
do it, I'm not Abdullah,
462
00:21:35,878 --> 00:21:39,006
but you'd slice
down like that.
463
00:21:39,006 --> 00:21:42,384
Now, for me to hit myself,
I would hit myself like this.
464
00:21:45,221 --> 00:21:48,182
You see it?
465
00:21:48,182 --> 00:21:50,100
I was around Abdullah a lot.
466
00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:52,978
And you never actually
see him do the deed.
467
00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:56,941
The blood would arrive as if,
you know, by magic.
468
00:21:56,941 --> 00:22:00,194
Abdullah have razor
blades on all his fingers.
469
00:22:00,194 --> 00:22:02,404
First he'd cut you
with the razor blade.
470
00:22:02,404 --> 00:22:04,323
And what does he got?
He's got a foot!
471
00:22:04,323 --> 00:22:06,283
And then he would take the
fork and scrape it across and
472
00:22:06,283 --> 00:22:08,410
make it bigger so
it could bleed more.
473
00:22:08,410 --> 00:22:09,537
[Laughing]
474
00:22:09,537 --> 00:22:10,788
And he after
would stick that fork,
475
00:22:10,788 --> 00:22:12,957
and he would stick you
with that fork too.
476
00:22:12,957 --> 00:22:14,333
He's about to stab you in
the head with that fork,
477
00:22:14,333 --> 00:22:15,668
hurt like hell.
478
00:22:15,668 --> 00:22:18,754
That's Abdullah,
Abdullah the Butcher!
479
00:22:18,754 --> 00:22:20,256
I mean,
he would cut you deep.
480
00:22:23,175 --> 00:22:25,803
Not to Abdullah.
481
00:22:25,803 --> 00:22:28,097
Because, see,
482
00:22:28,097 --> 00:22:30,516
in the older days the guys
would tell you this,
483
00:22:30,516 --> 00:22:32,726
"Suck it up!
484
00:22:32,726 --> 00:22:35,145
If you don't like it you're
in the wrong business, kid.
485
00:22:35,145 --> 00:22:36,814
Suck it up."
486
00:22:36,814 --> 00:22:39,525
There was no bitching and
complaining in wrestling.
487
00:22:39,525 --> 00:22:42,403
I didn't carry a blade 'cause
I didn't juice every night.
488
00:22:42,403 --> 00:22:45,614
But this was part of
these guys' gimmick.
489
00:22:45,614 --> 00:22:48,576
Abdullah, Bruiser Brody,
490
00:22:48,576 --> 00:22:51,370
Dusty Rhodes...
491
00:22:51,370 --> 00:22:53,414
[Cheering]
492
00:22:53,414 --> 00:22:55,916
Abdullah bled every night.
Every night.
493
00:22:55,916 --> 00:22:58,544
It was kind of like,
Ric Flair gotta have the robe,
494
00:22:58,544 --> 00:23:00,796
where Abdullah gotta
have the blade.
495
00:23:00,796 --> 00:23:03,924
Why you, why do they call
him Abdullah the Butcher?
496
00:23:03,924 --> 00:23:06,051
What does a butcher do?
497
00:23:06,051 --> 00:23:07,678
They take the-
make blood.
498
00:23:07,678 --> 00:23:10,347
They try to hurt you,
to torture you.
499
00:23:10,347 --> 00:23:13,434
This guy here, he was
rushed to the hospital.
500
00:23:13,434 --> 00:23:15,060
He had four stitches
in the back of head,
501
00:23:15,060 --> 00:23:18,063
'cause this guy chopped him
in the damn head and got cut.
502
00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:21,191
Don't think that this
is all phoney blood.
503
00:23:21,191 --> 00:23:24,612
Abdullah's intense blood
lust and unpredictable style
504
00:23:24,612 --> 00:23:26,572
keeps him from signing
with the world's
505
00:23:26,572 --> 00:23:30,409
largest promotion,
Vince McMahon's WWE.
506
00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:34,455
Vince kind of knew that
Abdullah was going to be
507
00:23:34,455 --> 00:23:37,666
very hard to be controlled,
and
508
00:23:37,666 --> 00:23:42,379
I think that if you would
even ask Abdullah,
509
00:23:42,379 --> 00:23:45,215
I don't think
he even trusted himself.
510
00:23:45,215 --> 00:23:48,719
Because I don't think a lot
of times he planned things.
511
00:23:48,719 --> 00:23:52,348
We were going to have a tag
team match in Ottawa and
512
00:23:52,348 --> 00:23:56,435
before the match we were
appearing on a local
513
00:23:56,435 --> 00:23:59,980
television show called,
"Roger's Daytime."
514
00:23:59,980 --> 00:24:01,649
I just happen to have
a fork right here.
515
00:24:01,649 --> 00:24:03,025
-Oh.
-Eh?
516
00:24:03,025 --> 00:24:04,652
With the old, you know.
[Mock screaming]
517
00:24:04,652 --> 00:24:09,281
And without, uh, this
being planned or anything.
518
00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:10,741
-It's always a pleasure.
-Thank you.
519
00:24:10,741 --> 00:24:12,701
-Why do you have to go?
-[Yells]
520
00:24:12,701 --> 00:24:15,454
He put the male host
in a headlock.
521
00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:17,247
-Abdullah! Abdullah!
-[Screaming]
522
00:24:17,247 --> 00:24:18,791
Abdullah, settle down!
523
00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:21,210
He walked the male host over
to where there was
524
00:24:21,210 --> 00:24:23,420
going to be a cooking
segment after.
525
00:24:23,420 --> 00:24:27,424
[Growling]
526
00:24:27,424 --> 00:24:29,259
[Shattering]
527
00:24:29,259 --> 00:24:32,012
And then the guy
started bleeding.
528
00:24:32,012 --> 00:24:35,391
Settle, back off, are you
gonna manage this Friday?
529
00:24:35,391 --> 00:24:37,893
-Ah, you know what?
-You should come with me.
530
00:24:37,893 --> 00:24:40,104
And come to the show
on Friday night.
531
00:24:40,104 --> 00:24:41,438
It was the weirdest
moment ever.
532
00:24:41,438 --> 00:24:42,564
The guy was like,
533
00:24:42,564 --> 00:24:44,149
I just remember him
shaking like that.
534
00:24:44,149 --> 00:24:46,443
He was like going
into shock almost.
535
00:24:46,443 --> 00:24:49,113
It was like a guy that
obviously isn't used to
536
00:24:49,113 --> 00:24:52,825
bleeding or getting in
fights or anything.
537
00:24:52,825 --> 00:24:54,702
Uh, we'll be right
back after this.
538
00:24:54,702 --> 00:24:56,912
I think that was 2009.
539
00:24:56,912 --> 00:24:59,540
You couldn't even really
get away with it then,
540
00:24:59,540 --> 00:25:01,542
it was a miracle he did.
541
00:25:01,542 --> 00:25:04,086
But you could see like
how in the old days
542
00:25:04,086 --> 00:25:06,839
he could get away
with stuff like that.
543
00:25:06,839 --> 00:25:11,552
But I think in 2022 it
would be hard to assault
544
00:25:11,552 --> 00:25:13,679
a TV show host and
get away with it.
545
00:25:13,679 --> 00:25:16,557
I think he was in his
late 60s by then too.
546
00:25:16,557 --> 00:25:21,145
So, it, so it
certainly... helped.
547
00:25:21,145 --> 00:25:23,564
After years on the
independent circuit and
548
00:25:23,564 --> 00:25:26,483
mentorship from Abdullah,
Hannibal finally achieves
549
00:25:26,483 --> 00:25:29,778
his own opportunity to
wrestle for the WWE.
550
00:25:29,778 --> 00:25:33,115
When I was signed by WWE
551
00:25:33,115 --> 00:25:35,826
he actually
screamed with joy,
552
00:25:35,826 --> 00:25:37,870
because I guess since he
never actually wrestled
553
00:25:37,870 --> 00:25:40,956
for them, and it was
kind of like,
554
00:25:40,956 --> 00:25:43,625
someone that kind of
represented him in a way,
555
00:25:43,625 --> 00:25:45,461
was going to get in there.
556
00:25:45,461 --> 00:25:48,130
But after a series of
routine blood tests,
557
00:25:48,130 --> 00:25:51,216
Hannibal receives
career shattering news.
558
00:25:51,216 --> 00:25:54,470
In my blood test they found
that the Hepatitis C virus
559
00:25:54,470 --> 00:25:59,600
was present, and
I was, like...
560
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,770
well, first of all, I was
confused on like
561
00:26:02,770 --> 00:26:05,189
how I would have
such a thing.
562
00:26:05,189 --> 00:26:08,567
A lot of guys would use
dirty razor blades, you know.
563
00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:10,027
'Cause everybody
didn't carry blades.
564
00:26:10,027 --> 00:26:11,195
Everybody didn't carry blades.
565
00:26:11,195 --> 00:26:12,404
Sometimes you'd say
something like,
566
00:26:12,404 --> 00:26:15,532
"Hey Abby, you got a
blade I could use?"
567
00:26:17,868 --> 00:26:20,746
Then he'd go and use
the blade and, you know,
568
00:26:20,746 --> 00:26:22,915
when you borrow something
you gotta do what?
569
00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:24,917
Give it back.
570
00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:27,336
And they would give it
back to Abdullah.
571
00:26:27,336 --> 00:26:31,548
So, it was very easy for
somebody to catch a disease
572
00:26:31,548 --> 00:26:33,926
because who knows where
that blade came from?
573
00:26:33,926 --> 00:26:36,011
Or who they cut before
they cut Hannibal.
574
00:26:39,890 --> 00:26:41,058
Yes.
575
00:26:41,058 --> 00:26:43,310
'Cause there was no other
way that I would have
576
00:26:43,310 --> 00:26:46,146
thought that I would have
caught it, but I wasn't...
577
00:26:46,146 --> 00:26:50,943
like, at this point,
I didn't think that
578
00:26:50,943 --> 00:26:53,612
I would have the evidence
or anything.
579
00:26:58,242 --> 00:27:00,077
Yeah, we were good friends,
I used to work for him.
580
00:27:00,077 --> 00:27:02,496
He was a promoter.
581
00:27:02,496 --> 00:27:07,543
So, I don't know what
happened but, uh,
582
00:27:07,543 --> 00:27:08,877
I don't want to
talk about this.
583
00:27:08,877 --> 00:27:10,796
I don't want to talk about it.
584
00:27:18,679 --> 00:27:22,307
His career cut short by
his Hepatitis C diagnosis,
585
00:27:22,307 --> 00:27:24,852
Hannibal is desperate
for answers.
586
00:27:24,852 --> 00:27:27,479
I had a guy that was doing
a documentary on me,
587
00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:29,314
it's called,
"This is Hannibal."
588
00:27:29,314 --> 00:27:32,234
We were hoping that it was
going to be my journey to
589
00:27:32,234 --> 00:27:36,613
WWE movie, but it ended up
just being like a sad movie.
590
00:27:36,613 --> 00:27:39,074
Obviously,
it didn't work out.
591
00:27:39,074 --> 00:27:42,035
That the contract got
rescinded because
592
00:27:42,035 --> 00:27:44,204
I have Hepatitis C.
593
00:27:44,204 --> 00:27:46,456
So, he was the one that
actually saw the
594
00:27:46,456 --> 00:27:50,210
cutting incident, and he
showed me the clip
595
00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:52,588
from the 2007 match.
596
00:27:52,588 --> 00:27:54,882
And he was like, "What is
Abdullah doing here?"
597
00:27:54,882 --> 00:27:58,218
I haven't even seen
footage of the match,
598
00:27:58,218 --> 00:27:59,595
to be honest with you.
599
00:27:59,595 --> 00:28:01,805
I would love to see it.
600
00:28:15,903 --> 00:28:20,490
And, you see him doing
that to my forehead.
601
00:28:20,490 --> 00:28:22,618
So, I'm like,
he's blading me.
602
00:28:22,618 --> 00:28:24,369
Oh my God.
603
00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:27,706
Eight years managing him
in different countries,
604
00:28:27,706 --> 00:28:30,959
I never saw him
605
00:28:30,959 --> 00:28:34,338
doing that to another,
another guy.
606
00:28:34,338 --> 00:28:37,382
And if that's
the case, wow.
607
00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:39,718
Many local news stations
saw my movie and
608
00:28:39,718 --> 00:28:41,762
did their own stories on it,
609
00:28:41,762 --> 00:28:43,221
because Ottawa,
I don't think,
610
00:28:43,221 --> 00:28:46,141
ever had somebody
that had made WWE.
611
00:28:46,141 --> 00:28:50,854
Ronald Caza, one of the
top lawyers in this area,
612
00:28:50,854 --> 00:28:53,482
saw the case and
613
00:28:53,482 --> 00:28:57,402
with his skill as a lawyer
he was able to
614
00:28:57,402 --> 00:29:01,698
basically force Abdullah
to provide his blood test.
615
00:29:01,698 --> 00:29:05,243
According to his blood work
there's a history of Hep C,
616
00:29:05,243 --> 00:29:08,413
so, you would
think that he knew.
617
00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:11,625
But whether he knew or not,
he should have known
618
00:29:11,625 --> 00:29:14,336
it's dangerous to cut
someone with a razor blade
619
00:29:14,336 --> 00:29:16,838
with blood on it.
620
00:29:16,838 --> 00:29:19,174
The footage of Abdullah
cutting Hannibal
621
00:29:19,174 --> 00:29:21,093
with a used razor blade,
622
00:29:21,093 --> 00:29:23,220
and the results
of Abdullah's blood tests
623
00:29:23,220 --> 00:29:26,682
formed the basis of a
lawsuit filed by Hannibal.
624
00:29:26,682 --> 00:29:29,351
A lawsuit that Abdullah
claims he couldn't read,
625
00:29:29,351 --> 00:29:31,520
or understand.
626
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,523
I was getting a lot
of letters, right?
627
00:29:34,523 --> 00:29:37,401
What am I gonna do,
open it up?
628
00:29:37,401 --> 00:29:40,696
I don't know what
the hell it says.
629
00:29:40,696 --> 00:29:45,325
If it wasn't
for Malikah, no.
630
00:29:45,325 --> 00:29:49,997
I wouldn't, I'd be,
I'd really be in bad shape.
631
00:29:49,997 --> 00:29:53,250
And he sat me down, he said,
"Sit down, Malikah."
632
00:29:53,250 --> 00:29:56,003
But he told me he didn't
know how to read and write,
633
00:29:56,003 --> 00:29:58,255
and he cried like a baby.
634
00:29:58,255 --> 00:30:02,968
A big, huge man,
like this, crying.
635
00:30:02,968 --> 00:30:06,054
I've never seen a
man cry like that.
636
00:30:06,054 --> 00:30:08,306
♪
637
00:30:08,306 --> 00:30:13,186
That's when I understood what
was going on in his life,
638
00:30:13,186 --> 00:30:16,815
and he would ask me to open
his mail and read it to him.
639
00:30:16,815 --> 00:30:21,069
And after I looked through it,
it included the,
640
00:30:21,069 --> 00:30:23,905
the court case with
Devon Nicholson.
641
00:30:23,905 --> 00:30:26,867
I don't know
anything about that.
642
00:30:26,867 --> 00:30:30,620
My sister called me
and said,
643
00:30:30,620 --> 00:30:33,999
"You lost the case,
in uh, Toronto."
644
00:30:33,999 --> 00:30:37,794
I said, "What?"
645
00:30:37,794 --> 00:30:41,423
And it was default.
646
00:30:41,423 --> 00:30:46,595
That's what, because I didn't
show up, and that was it.
647
00:30:46,595 --> 00:30:49,514
When you aspire to be a
professional wrestler,
648
00:30:49,514 --> 00:30:51,892
this is how you celebrate
a legal victory.
649
00:30:51,892 --> 00:30:57,314
He ended up losing in court
in both Ontario and Georgia,
650
00:30:57,314 --> 00:30:59,358
and he was found
guilty of negligence,
651
00:30:59,358 --> 00:31:01,401
assault, and battery.
652
00:31:01,401 --> 00:31:04,529
He either knew,
or should have known
653
00:31:04,529 --> 00:31:07,783
that he had Hep C,
which Abdullah still denies
654
00:31:07,783 --> 00:31:10,952
even though he provided
the blood tests.
655
00:31:10,952 --> 00:31:13,872
Court documents show that
Abdullah carries the
656
00:31:13,872 --> 00:31:17,417
same rare strain of
Hepatitis C as Hannibal.
657
00:31:17,417 --> 00:31:19,878
In the years that follow,
Abdullah makes a
658
00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:22,672
range of claims including
the allegation that it was
659
00:31:22,672 --> 00:31:25,550
Hannibal who gave the
disease to him.
660
00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:28,470
After the Canadian judge
sees the video evidence,
661
00:31:28,470 --> 00:31:31,598
coupled with the confirmation
that both men share the same
662
00:31:31,598 --> 00:31:35,644
rare strain of Hep C, the
courts side with Hannibal.
663
00:31:35,644 --> 00:31:39,773
It's very good to have that
on the record after all this,
664
00:31:39,773 --> 00:31:41,942
all these years,
of being called a liar.
665
00:31:41,942 --> 00:31:46,238
Devon Nicholson was awarded
$2.3 million in damages.
666
00:31:46,238 --> 00:31:48,949
Nah, I, I don't think
he should pay it, no.
667
00:31:48,949 --> 00:31:52,327
No, not that much, nah.
668
00:31:52,327 --> 00:31:54,871
Nothing.
669
00:31:54,871 --> 00:31:56,706
I wouldn't have sued him.
670
00:31:56,706 --> 00:31:59,000
When you get into a
certain profession,
671
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,254
you know,
you're taking a risk.
672
00:32:02,254 --> 00:32:05,257
Hannibal could have
done it himself.
673
00:32:05,257 --> 00:32:07,092
That's what the
guys told me,
674
00:32:07,092 --> 00:32:09,845
"Tony, he don't
change his blade.
675
00:32:09,845 --> 00:32:14,099
Do it yourself."
He let Abdullah cut him.
676
00:32:14,099 --> 00:32:15,475
He could have
cut himself,
677
00:32:15,475 --> 00:32:16,726
but he was
scared to cut himself
678
00:32:16,726 --> 00:32:19,062
so got somebody
else to do it.
679
00:32:19,062 --> 00:32:20,981
And it cost him.
680
00:32:20,981 --> 00:32:23,191
♪
681
00:32:27,863 --> 00:32:31,032
In dire financial straits,
Abdullah continues to make
682
00:32:31,032 --> 00:32:35,370
wrestling related appearances
and autograph signings.
683
00:32:35,370 --> 00:32:39,249
Hannibal claims that Abdullah
has moved around his assets
684
00:32:39,249 --> 00:32:42,043
in order to avoid paying him,
and to this day
685
00:32:42,043 --> 00:32:44,838
the matter is still in front
of the courts.
686
00:32:44,838 --> 00:32:46,756
He's never paid anything.
687
00:32:46,756 --> 00:32:48,550
He hasn't paid a penny.
688
00:32:50,385 --> 00:32:53,680
Nah. I don't
think he have it.
689
00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,433
I want you all
to look at this.
690
00:32:56,433 --> 00:32:58,602
These,
this is dangerous.
691
00:32:58,602 --> 00:33:01,313
This is stuff that
you have never seen.
692
00:33:01,313 --> 00:33:04,524
-Look at this.
-Oh boy.
693
00:33:04,524 --> 00:33:07,444
He has no money to
repair none of this.
694
00:33:07,444 --> 00:33:09,988
Now this is a light fixture
695
00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:13,658
where the water
is coming down.
696
00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:16,494
This is electrical.
I- listen.
697
00:33:19,831 --> 00:33:21,333
Right now, currently.
698
00:33:21,333 --> 00:33:24,252
That's why I didn't allow you
all to come back there.
699
00:33:24,252 --> 00:33:27,422
♪
700
00:33:27,422 --> 00:33:31,301
I am stressed.
I'm stressed.
701
00:33:31,301 --> 00:33:33,595
I've never had blood
pressure until
702
00:33:33,595 --> 00:33:37,724
I got moved
into this house.
703
00:33:37,724 --> 00:33:40,936
But it's worth it when you
see someone being
704
00:33:40,936 --> 00:33:45,232
taken advantage as him.
He built a career.
705
00:33:45,232 --> 00:33:48,485
I should have went to school.
I should have went to school
706
00:33:48,485 --> 00:33:53,949
to learn how to
read and write.
707
00:33:53,949 --> 00:33:57,327
I studied... money.
708
00:33:59,996 --> 00:34:01,831
But I needed more than that.
709
00:34:01,831 --> 00:34:03,792
[Off-screen]
Right.
710
00:34:03,792 --> 00:34:06,586
I got shafted.
711
00:34:06,586 --> 00:34:11,841
All the tapes, what I made
for many, many years...
712
00:34:11,841 --> 00:34:13,802
got nothing.
713
00:34:13,802 --> 00:34:15,845
Whatever he's going through,
714
00:34:15,845 --> 00:34:19,432
whatever he's going through
that was all his anyways.
715
00:34:19,432 --> 00:34:20,976
So I don't want to
say too much,
716
00:34:20,976 --> 00:34:22,060
I'll tell it,
that's the truth.
717
00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:25,272
My brother, don't worry,
my brother is a,
718
00:34:25,272 --> 00:34:29,025
he's a very nice person, but
people play games with him.
719
00:34:33,822 --> 00:34:36,700
No, and I've seen him
720
00:34:36,700 --> 00:34:40,078
order at restaurants,
reading menus.
721
00:34:40,078 --> 00:34:44,374
I've seen letters from him.
I've seen him sign autographs.
722
00:34:44,374 --> 00:34:46,668
He's owned several businesses
over the years and
723
00:34:46,668 --> 00:34:49,796
been involved with large
wrestling contracts with
724
00:34:49,796 --> 00:34:53,133
companies like WCW,
725
00:34:53,133 --> 00:34:54,884
and Japanese companies.
726
00:34:57,053 --> 00:34:59,306
No.
Nope, he never could.
727
00:34:59,306 --> 00:35:03,143
But he'd find ways like,
if they told him, like,
728
00:35:03,143 --> 00:35:08,315
to go, uh, to a chicken farm
or something like that,
729
00:35:08,315 --> 00:35:11,526
he'd draw a picture
of a chicken.
730
00:35:11,526 --> 00:35:13,737
He...
731
00:35:13,737 --> 00:35:16,239
I don't mean this to
be humorous, but like,
732
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:18,408
he knew how to read
a menu? You know?
733
00:35:18,408 --> 00:35:20,785
Like, uh, we would eat out
three times a day,
734
00:35:20,785 --> 00:35:22,537
he never had an issue.
735
00:35:22,537 --> 00:35:24,873
I don't know if
that's the case.
736
00:35:24,873 --> 00:35:28,501
If it is I think
it's just, uh,
737
00:35:28,501 --> 00:35:31,963
it's an accolade for him to
be that successful
738
00:35:31,963 --> 00:35:35,759
around the world without that
ability, but I don't know.
739
00:35:35,759 --> 00:35:38,636
I've only recently heard that.
740
00:35:38,636 --> 00:35:40,263
That's like a
shock to me,
741
00:35:40,263 --> 00:35:45,602
because he made great
business transactions.
742
00:35:45,602 --> 00:35:48,730
Even in a cheque, in a
cheque you have to write it.
743
00:35:48,730 --> 00:35:51,441
I did not know that,
and I,
744
00:35:51,441 --> 00:35:53,985
eight years,
we travelled a lot.
745
00:35:53,985 --> 00:35:58,239
Spent a lot of time together
and that is a shock to me.
746
00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:03,411
If that is a guy of a
second grade education, wow.
747
00:36:03,411 --> 00:36:06,498
That, whoever
was the teacher,
748
00:36:06,498 --> 00:36:10,668
we gotta find him or her
and honour that person,
749
00:36:10,668 --> 00:36:13,088
because that
teacher did a lot.
750
00:36:13,088 --> 00:36:14,547
Abdullah the Butcher himself
751
00:36:14,547 --> 00:36:16,424
getting stitched up
right here.
752
00:36:16,424 --> 00:36:18,802
The punishing style of
hardcore wrestling has
753
00:36:18,802 --> 00:36:20,970
a long legacy, but it
often comes at
754
00:36:20,970 --> 00:36:24,099
great personal cost for
those involved.
755
00:36:24,099 --> 00:36:26,851
Abdullah and Carlos Colón
invented a match with
756
00:36:26,851 --> 00:36:28,895
a chain going right
across the ring,
757
00:36:28,895 --> 00:36:30,188
and there were hook to it,
758
00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:32,816
and even with the rain,
a storm,
759
00:36:32,816 --> 00:36:36,361
you could still see just
all the blood coming down.
760
00:36:36,361 --> 00:36:40,615
It was horrendous,
but for the fans,
761
00:36:40,615 --> 00:36:43,451
it was just devastating
the punishment that
762
00:36:43,451 --> 00:36:46,996
they inflicted
on each other.
763
00:36:46,996 --> 00:36:48,790
We felt invincible.
764
00:36:48,790 --> 00:36:50,083
[Thunder
765
00:36:50,083 --> 00:36:52,252
And they trained you to
feel invincible.
766
00:36:52,252 --> 00:36:55,088
At those times we will put
the blood of their opponent
767
00:36:55,088 --> 00:36:57,966
as part of being a heel,
and suck the blood
768
00:36:57,966 --> 00:37:00,301
out of your opponent's head.
769
00:37:00,301 --> 00:37:04,556
When I talk about it right
now I see the expressions
770
00:37:04,556 --> 00:37:07,475
on a young, the new
generation, like,
771
00:37:07,475 --> 00:37:10,854
"What the heck were you guys
thinking?" But you know,
772
00:37:10,854 --> 00:37:14,399
back then it was a whole
different, different world.
773
00:37:14,399 --> 00:37:17,193
[Japanese commentary]
774
00:37:17,193 --> 00:37:21,781
Any time you watch something,
even if you watch
775
00:37:21,781 --> 00:37:23,491
a movie picture or
something like that,
776
00:37:23,491 --> 00:37:25,994
they always have
violence in it. Right?
777
00:37:25,994 --> 00:37:27,662
You have like the
cops and the robbers,
778
00:37:27,662 --> 00:37:28,997
you have this and
stuff like that.
779
00:37:28,997 --> 00:37:31,583
It's always violence.
780
00:37:31,583 --> 00:37:34,252
And if you don't give
the people violence,
781
00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:36,296
they don't come
and see ya.
782
00:37:36,296 --> 00:37:38,798
In a twist of fate in 2021,
783
00:37:38,798 --> 00:37:41,259
seven years after
his own court battle,
784
00:37:41,259 --> 00:37:43,094
Hannibal finds
himself at the centre of
785
00:37:43,094 --> 00:37:46,973
his own controversy by
brutalizing a referee.
786
00:37:46,973 --> 00:37:50,101
They were looking for someone
to bleed from the spike, so,
787
00:37:50,101 --> 00:37:54,147
the promoter found this
referee that was a
788
00:37:54,147 --> 00:37:58,318
known bleeder to,
to take the spike.
789
00:37:58,318 --> 00:38:02,697
It hit him several
times for...
790
00:38:02,697 --> 00:38:05,408
and it did some damage.
791
00:38:05,408 --> 00:38:08,786
The promoter that,
for that show, um,
792
00:38:08,786 --> 00:38:12,957
did not have any
medics on site.
793
00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:16,169
It went on longer
than it should have,
794
00:38:16,169 --> 00:38:19,005
like it was bad
communication all around.
795
00:39:09,639 --> 00:39:12,767
Oh my God.
That even makes no sense.
796
00:39:12,767 --> 00:39:18,022
I mean, you just were
in a situation and... wow.
797
00:39:18,022 --> 00:39:20,316
Strange things do
happen because
798
00:39:20,316 --> 00:39:24,445
what are the chances that
you win a court case and
799
00:39:24,445 --> 00:39:28,449
now you're gonna do
that to a referee?
800
00:39:28,449 --> 00:39:30,368
[Exhaling sharply]
Crazy.
801
00:39:36,666 --> 00:39:39,711
To this day, Abdullah's
legal problems haunt him,
802
00:39:39,711 --> 00:39:42,088
and the Hepatitis C
controversy has
803
00:39:42,088 --> 00:39:45,633
tainted the legacy of his
legendary career.
804
00:39:45,633 --> 00:39:49,429
I know it was
horrendous to hear,
805
00:39:49,429 --> 00:39:54,017
because you never want to
hear that somebody
806
00:39:54,017 --> 00:39:56,978
did this to another guy, uh,
807
00:39:56,978 --> 00:39:58,938
but then you also
wonder because
808
00:39:58,938 --> 00:40:00,815
in my case
I was around him
809
00:40:00,815 --> 00:40:03,276
in bloody matches,
you know?
810
00:40:03,276 --> 00:40:06,613
And Carlos Colón,
and other guys...
811
00:40:06,613 --> 00:40:13,202
but, none of us tested,
you know, positive to that.
812
00:40:13,202 --> 00:40:16,289
Hannibal eventually finds an
experimental treatment that
813
00:40:16,289 --> 00:40:19,709
cures him of his Hepatitis C,
but his bitterness remains.
814
00:40:23,630 --> 00:40:27,675
Yes. [Laughing]
815
00:40:27,675 --> 00:40:32,096
I mean, start, start
paying what you can and
816
00:40:32,096 --> 00:40:34,098
take some responsibility
for what you did.
817
00:40:34,098 --> 00:40:36,267
You've been,
you've been found guilty
818
00:40:36,267 --> 00:40:38,811
in both Canada and the US,
819
00:40:38,811 --> 00:40:42,690
but you never
apologized for anything.
820
00:40:42,690 --> 00:40:45,234
Yeah, it's just been
a nightmare situation,
821
00:40:45,234 --> 00:40:48,071
but I would never expect
that from him.
822
00:40:48,071 --> 00:40:51,491
So, all I can do is move on,
which I have been doing.
823
00:40:51,491 --> 00:40:55,745
I'll be honest, talking about
this situation, I mean,
824
00:40:55,745 --> 00:40:59,874
this, this is, uh,
hopefully the last time
825
00:40:59,874 --> 00:41:01,834
I'll have to talk about it.
826
00:41:01,834 --> 00:41:06,047
It was a terrible period
of my life, and I'm over it.
827
00:41:06,047 --> 00:41:09,050
♪
828
00:41:09,050 --> 00:41:12,011
Because the lawsuit is
argued in a civil trial,
829
00:41:12,011 --> 00:41:14,806
the judge found
Abdullah the Butcher liable,
830
00:41:14,806 --> 00:41:19,602
but not guilty, of causing
Hannibal's Hepatitis C.
831
00:41:19,602 --> 00:41:21,604
This is the Hall of Fame,
and all of these,
832
00:41:21,604 --> 00:41:23,856
these wrestlers here,
these are the old ones.
833
00:41:23,856 --> 00:41:25,525
They're probably all dead now.
834
00:41:25,525 --> 00:41:28,069
They're all in the Hall of Fame
with Abdullah the Butcher.
835
00:41:28,069 --> 00:41:31,698
Well, I put it this way, all
my family is his biggest fan.
836
00:41:31,698 --> 00:41:33,741
He done good.
837
00:41:33,741 --> 00:41:35,326
And I hate to say this,
there's a lot of
838
00:41:35,326 --> 00:41:40,415
good wrestlers, I put it this
way, he's one of the best.
839
00:41:40,415 --> 00:41:42,625
Being around our
next inductee
840
00:41:42,625 --> 00:41:44,711
always made me a
little nervous.
841
00:41:44,711 --> 00:41:49,632
This is a man who took
hardcore to another level.
842
00:41:49,632 --> 00:41:52,260
Take a look.
843
00:41:52,260 --> 00:41:55,388
In 2011, Abdullah the Butcher
is inducted into
844
00:41:55,388 --> 00:41:58,349
the WWE's Hall of Fame.
845
00:41:58,349 --> 00:42:00,518
But if I'm looking to be in
the Hall of Fame, I says,
846
00:42:00,518 --> 00:42:05,064
"I don't believe it until
they book me there." You know?
847
00:42:05,064 --> 00:42:08,776
And Terry Funk was the one
who would put me over strong,
848
00:42:08,776 --> 00:42:11,154
you know, said nice
things about me.
849
00:42:11,154 --> 00:42:13,239
You know, he said,
"Whatever people say
850
00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:15,700
about Abdullah the Butcher,
851
00:42:15,700 --> 00:42:19,412
he made these promoters
a lot of money." See.
852
00:42:19,412 --> 00:42:23,332
I cried. Because I know the
story that, uh,
853
00:42:23,332 --> 00:42:27,587
to be what he became
854
00:42:27,587 --> 00:42:30,214
he paid the price, and,
855
00:42:30,214 --> 00:42:34,177
yes, he made the money,
but...
856
00:42:34,177 --> 00:42:37,138
it wasn't easy being
Abdullah the Butcher.
857
00:42:37,138 --> 00:42:40,725
What's missing in wrestling
today is the idea that
858
00:42:40,725 --> 00:42:43,561
someone, an opponent,
is fighting for
859
00:42:43,561 --> 00:42:45,563
something bigger than
a title or a victory.
860
00:42:45,563 --> 00:42:47,190
They're fighting
for their lives.
861
00:42:47,190 --> 00:42:49,066
That's what he
brought to the table,
862
00:42:49,066 --> 00:42:51,235
and I don't know if anyone
ever did it better than
863
00:42:51,235 --> 00:42:52,904
Abdullah the Butcher.
864
00:42:52,904 --> 00:42:54,489
I never seen anybody
that found
865
00:42:54,489 --> 00:42:56,449
what they're
actually afraid of.
866
00:42:56,449 --> 00:42:57,575
[Screaming]
867
00:42:57,575 --> 00:42:59,619
They was afraid of him.
868
00:42:59,619 --> 00:43:02,371
And I never seen that, I never
saw that with anybody.
869
00:43:02,371 --> 00:43:07,043
I think he should be
remembered for his greatness.
870
00:43:07,043 --> 00:43:09,128
His greatness, because
871
00:43:09,128 --> 00:43:11,839
he is the
God of wrestling.
872
00:43:11,839 --> 00:43:15,092
Not the negative, you know,
873
00:43:15,092 --> 00:43:20,932
just one little situation
and it's not, um...
874
00:43:20,932 --> 00:43:22,809
proven.
875
00:43:22,809 --> 00:43:26,312
He didn't get a chance to
876
00:43:26,312 --> 00:43:29,524
prove his innocence.
877
00:43:29,524 --> 00:43:33,528
I don't care if they
take everything he owns,
878
00:43:33,528 --> 00:43:38,241
I would never turn my back
on, on being a greatness.
879
00:43:38,241 --> 00:43:40,952
Such greatness.
880
00:43:40,952 --> 00:43:43,830
He's gonna be okay
with the help of God.
881
00:43:49,627 --> 00:43:53,923
Just to give me the
respect for what I done,
882
00:43:53,923 --> 00:43:58,761
and a lot of things people
say I done I did not do.
883
00:43:58,761 --> 00:44:02,056
You know what I mean?
And that's all I can say.
884
00:44:02,056 --> 00:44:04,934
Whatever you want to think,
I'll leave it up to you.