He didn't lose his case by default. He lost the case when it was proven that he did in fact have Hepatitis. He was sued for cutting and infecting another wrestler with Hep.
It's hard to watch but Abdullah did a lot of shady things in his past as well. Go and look at Kamala's shoot interview where he talks about how Abdullah would take a percentage of other black wrestlers money while in Japan.
@@NukeIt2Bdone Yes he's a liar he can read and he didn't pay a cent to the lawsuit. He sold his HOF ring right after he got it before the lawsuit ever was filed because he said on record it was meaningless to him: th-cam.com/video/4g2Yak_fq98/w-d-xo.html
@@mikemarek6243 He actually sold his restaurant and the property it was on in 2016 after we got the Canadian judgement endorsed in the US to avoid garnishments.
Hé never lost a penny when he lost the lawsuit. He declared bankruptcy right after the judgement, and also transferred all his assets to his wife so he ended up paying nothing
Smart man I have the same technique knowing how to play the legal sistem is a sign of a very intelligent person but you actually have to do your homework.
Was this lawsuit the one about him cutting another wrestler with his own blade with his own blood on it, without the others guys consent and gave him Hep C? Cause that was pretty messed up.
Yes. This is why Abby is a fat slug. Hannibal's career ended, before it began, thanks to Lardass Flabdullah the Butcher! Mr. HEPATITIS C spreader of the decade and Millennium!!!!!@
He sold the ring way before he stated he was broke and also said the ring didn’t mean anything to him , also he was an opportunist and now someone made him the victim
@@rockydennis8926 Devon is full of bullsh#t. He filed that lawsuit to gain notoriety. Devon filed a lawsuit against Abdullah for not knowing he had hepatitis and not knowing Abdullah was going to cut him even though many of the wrestlers of the past told Devon that Abdullah would cut them. So when Devon caught hepatitis from him he released a big crying video about not being in the WWE because of it even though just a year later Devon said that the WWE would have been a bad fit for him and he didn't want to work for them. All these videos are online if Devon crying. So in short, Devon paid a guy to wrestle him who has the reputation of cutting other people while wrestling Larry and after Devon's face is covered in blood he doesn't question what's happened. Slow Devon is desperate for exposure since his channel is dying since the last domestic violence arrest and less contemporary and past great wrestlers want anything to do with him. Maybe his domestic violence arrest has something to do with it as well. Either way just like Abdullah, Devon blames his failures on others although Devon never had any success like Abdullah did. That's why Devon lives in a trailer.
He also got sued for giving another wrestler, hepatitis and that lawsuit is still pending. There was a judgment in the wrestlers favor that he has never paid. He’s not the victim in my opinion.
ABBY IS A KNOWN RHOADES SCHOLAR! He actually holds 2 doctorates! An MD in surgical medicine and a PHD in food cuisine! This blub needs no money from Dumb marks. He holds multimillionsin offshore bank accounts in the Canary Islands! Don't be a mark, and give your peanuts to a full elephant!
He whines & snivels more than a newborn baby. Poor Tubby the Butcher! Everyone, break the bank & give it all too, Fatso the Ĺardass, so he can buy more greasy fasfood junk. Give until it hurts. File Ch.7 bankruptcy to feed this 600 pound heifer.
So glad to see these comments. You never wanna see a guy on hard times, but those of us who followed the story know what happened to Devon. This had nothing to do with being illiterate. And that story was just one of probably countless stories of blading other wrestlers who trusted him because of his years in the business. If he had a better relationship with other wrestlers, I'm sure he could make a fair income setting up a video podcast telling stories of his days in Japan and the territories or setting up a deal to sell memorabilia or signed T-shirts, etc. I wish him the best, but he probably created this situation and it wasn't just by being illiterate.
I remember his Barbeque (and Fried Rice) joint in East Point (an Atlanta suburb). It was nice to meet/see and talk with him, and he was always in a good mood.
A typical Abdullah the Butcher match. He puts his pants on and pulls them up to his neck. Morbidly obese it takes him a while to get to the ring. He gets beat up. No physical ability to do a thing. He pulls out a stick or a knife makes the other guy and himself bleed. What an exciting career.
Oh, please! Abby was sued for passing hepatitis into another wrestler after cutting himself and that wrestler! Last time I seen him he was driving a new Mercedes Benz and at one time owned two restaurants that were shutdown for poor hygiene! He also made millions managing wrestlers in tours for Japan where he held down other more popular wrestlers who were a threat to his position! Abby made millions and I’m sure he did help others with some of it but I’m done with hearing these sad stories about people who have made millions and have nothing because of their poor money management and foolish lifestyles.
New Jack said this dude use the same blade on wrestlers he used in previous matches with blood on it. He had one match with him, a triple threat match with Sandman included. He said when he started bleeding he got out & let them two fight lol. He still denies giving people Hep C.
Not sure that Abby has credibility himself much less his character witnesses. Ranger Ross served federal time for bank robbery. Have no idea who the other fella is.
Sorry but there is no excuse for being 82 and illiterate. Also when he was making money, did he ever use a lawyer? They make it sound as if he was he managed his own finances when he was financially stable.
@americandiablo if he was lying hebwouldnt have lost a bunch in.that lawsuit then. How smart do u have to be in.order to.get into the wrestling businesses. He's pretty like kamala the Uganda giant only thing is this man made more.mobey then kamala
How can a person who is illiterate EVEN be a professional wrestler? As a pro wrestler, you have to: - make travel arrangements - read & sign work, merchandise, and licensing contracts - deal with eating out at restaurants (ordering off menus) - book flights and travel in and out of airports - drive rental cars (how could any person get a license without knowing how to read and write? You HAVE to take a WRITTEN EXAM) Also, as a Canadian citizen living in the U.S. (Atlanta, GA), Abdullah would have to fill out immigration Paperwork from time to time. How has he been doing that all of these years? NOTE: Jimmy Snuka used the same excuse of ILLITERACY. I am noticing that old wrestlers who suddenly have legal issues suddenly cannot read & write.
@@heb430 why would the number of comments/views matter? It is about a statement of fact not a popularity contest, even if 1 million people commented and disagreed it would still be true
The "you never know" comment is certainly proven right in response to "nobody is that stupid". You certainly prove otherwise keyboard warrior lol. I love validation from beyond the unknown, dont you palm boy? lmao
He treated me like gold, because we used to go eat there, and he gave me silverware, signatures on napkins, it was wild, my dad was friends with him, so i found him on a different level, both as a villain as a child, but learned he was a unique guy in person, he was still a partier when we would hang out, he gave us the full treatment
I honestly thought he was dead. I did know that he was having serious physical issues. He reportedly caused a lot of grief for other people, but I do feel sad that he is going through this tough time.
So Abdullah is going to have the last laugh on this for all the fools but Abdullah (Larry Shreve) started moving assets out of his name almost 20 years ago to his wife and others to avoid lawsuit judgements and creditors. He may very well be poor on paper but he owns homes in Canada and the US. When I say homes, they're not mansions but they're in affluent neighborhoods with home values north of 200k.
@STILL CLASSICS HONOR I was born and raised in the bible belt and southern baptist churches and you sound as nonsensical as they do.. when both the video and the comments have nothing to do with religion and you use that as an excuse to push your beliefs on people you're just making yourself look like a j@ck@$$, you are just as insufferable as the alphabet gang... so explain without sounding like a Dullard what religion has to do with this, because the only thing you have accomplished is to embarrass more reasonable people of Faith such as myself, people that have beliefs But realize not everyone are going to share those beliefs, which is completely fine, Jesus isn't gonna cry because I believe Gandhi is sitting in Paradise with him because he was a moral man that advocated for peace, just like Jesus did, everybody goes around saying "what would Jesus do?", Gandhi was an example of someone doing what Jesus would do, but he does not get credit for it, when he has been much more meaningful and influential than many people from all religions
I met Abdullah The Butcher on June 20th 2008 in my hometown of Pembroke, Ontario Canada at a wrestling show. He was nice to me and I got a autograph picture of him. After the show I went home and played Showdown Legends Of Wrestling as him in a singles match.
that's funny because when i met sean waltman at a dory funk jr show in ocala fl on new years eve of 2016, I played a little bit of the first wwf raw on snes emulator as 123 kid.
@@naitthegr8131 Even more ironic is that I once met Haystack Calhoun. Afterwards I headed to Golden Corral and have been going back every day now for 35 years I’m up to 850 lbs
Couldn't read or write 🤔, but could 🤷 fly all over the world wrestling, check into hotels, cashed his checks, signed autographs, signed contracts, etc.. I guess I'm missing something here??
The lawsuit he lost was for giving another wrestler Hep C for using dirty razor blades in the ring… He had Hep C, cut his own head open, and then used the same blade to cut the other wrestler… Sad to see tough times for him, but the story is deeper than this
Yeah, this story doesn’t paint a complete picture. Abby did some messed up things. That said, he was always incredibly nice to everyone in the locker room and spent several hours giving me advice when he didn’t have to. Just a truly sweet man. I have to believe he didn’t fully understand the damage his actions could cause. At least I hope not.
Don't buy his Bs, I have seen him read receipts at his restaurants, and always corrected things on Independent contracts he would read over, he gave a wrestler Hep C by cutting that wrestler, when the wrestler told him before the match, do not cut me, I am on blood thinners.
He screwed kamala out of money and got to watch kamala video about the butcher. My dad had only a 8th grade education grew up in the depression a ww2 veteran. And had 5 if us kids to raise. I'm not buying the butchers story.
I used to be homeless in Atlanta. I seen Abby getting into his Cadillac Escalade one afternoon at his restaurant. I asked Abdulah for some change. He stabbed me in the head with a fork multiple times and threw me into some cardboard boxes out back.
"Quite the competitor"? I guess...but after HOW many years in business, he should have either A) made enough money to pay a financial advisor or B) learn to read and do it yourself. I have no sympathy for an 80-year-old man who worked for over 40 years FOR HIMSELF (including owning a restaurant) and never thought, "Gee, maybe I should get an education, so I can sign a contract, a lease, a bank statement, a royalties statement, or other legal documents I might receive, or maybe not starve because I can't read where the grocery store is located or get off the streets because I can't find where I live....". I LIKE Ranger Ross, met him several times at CAC, and I'm glad Abby is a nice guy, but all his buddies are just as complicit for never encouraging their so-called friend to EDUCATE himself. There's been correspondence courses available since the 1970s, at LEAST. But Abby didn't want to do that....and why should he? Why should a grown adult who is self-employed learn how to read when he can simply have someone buy him some sweatpants and a box of razor blades? I can tell from looking at him that his inability to read really hurt him, since he clearly was stick-thin from starvation, because he couldn't read the signs that told him where to shop for food and how much that food was! Poor guy could never read a menu to eat at a restaurant when on the road and it shows, he's just way too thin!! No sympathy. None. Abby did this to HIMSELF. Boo-freakin'-hoo.
I hear people on here talking about how he infected somebody with hepatitis back then when wrestling 1st started there were no testing for any disease I'm not making any excuses for him but I remember those Bob wire matches those ball bats being used those chains being used in the matches the rings have barbed wire wrapped around them they were brutal matches back then and they used real razor blades there was no gimmicks.
this story is a complete lie he neevr paix a dime in that lawsuit and he would get all his own money back if he would divorce his wife which e he wont for some stupid reason oh cuz they could deport him back to canada after probaby
When I was younger I was a fan of Abdullah The Butcher. I was enamored by the fact that a guy who had started his pro wrestling career in 1958 was still performing 40 years later. Then 50 & 60. I came to discover a lot of that had to do with the fact that the man rarely ever bumped. A guy like Curt Hennig would take more bumps in a single match than Abdullah would take in a year. Looking into the real man, Larry Shreeve, I discovered that he was a shrude businessman. Cut throat & had no quarrels whatsoever about scamming or conning others. Story after story, heard & read so much bad about this guy. Only reputable person I've ever heard say anything good about him is Foley.
The grappler said that Abby wrote a letter of recommendation so he could take it to a promoter and that's how he got his start with a in wrestling. I don't think that was a bad deed do you.
You need to interview Devon Nickolson A.K.A. Hannibal , the person who sued him for cutting him with a dirty razor blade without his permission which gave him hepatitis C for a rebuttal.
I never heard of him either. I was able to get match results of him. He was a enhancement wrestler in Georgia Championship Wrestling and WWF. Greg and Abby were tag team partners in Japan in 1988.
What a joke. He is a vile human being who endangered an scammed his fellow wrestlers. Although calling his garbage hardcore act wrestling is being generous.
@@HiPHOPx87 He is famous for cutting other wrestlers with blades during the match without their permission, something he did for many years at small shows where the other wrestlers couldn't complain due to him being the bigger name. The worst thing is he knew he had Hep and hid it from the guys he was wrestling and used the same blade he cut himself with to cut them with, the most famous case is the wrestler Hannibal who was a future WWE wrestler but was cut when he tested positive for Hep and lost his contract with WWE leading to years of painful and very expensive treatments to try and be cured of it. It would be like Magic Johnson hiding the fact he had HIV and poking other players with his dirty needles. Just a horrible thing to do.
What's the deal with this state affiliated fake news? They make it sound like Abdullah the Butcher was a good boy who didn't do anything wrong and who was turning his life around. Probably would not have been a bad idea to talk to his critics and get the other side.
Hannibal and Abby had plenty of “double-blood” matches long before the blading incident in question. I watched many many matches between them and they were both bleeding.
He knew he was illiterate etc...and than didn't take responsibility to make sure someone came with him or he hired someone who was literate...Iliterate doesn't create brokeness here his irresponsibility does!
Sad to see him in this state. I was a fan and when I came to Atlanta on business several years ago, I made sure to eat at his restaurant, "Abdullah the Butcher's House of Ribs and Chinese Food"! He was in Japan at the time, so I didn't get to meet him. The food was great, though!
Honestly, I think the vast majority of pro-wrestlers end up dying broke and alone. Especially from the 70s and 80s. Ric Flair recently said that he makes more $ from his cannabis business than he ever did wrestling. Then again, pro wrestlers are no exactly known for living a clean lifestyle either.
@@americandiablo I heard a story when he was a kid his first job was selling news papers ,he told a customer " if I don't sell these newspapers my dad is going to beat me," so the customer bought all of his papers. He's known how to sell since he was a kid. Lol. He was in a movie in the early 70s. He's sold out arena's all over the world wrestling, he had a big partnership with Carlos Colon in the Caribbean, and I truly think maybe Carlos and Abby arranged for Gonzalez to murder Brody over business. I think maybe he's just using his selling skills here again, who knows.
Wait a minute. He knew he was being sued. I heard him talk about it even before it went to trial. You don't have to be literate to know you're being sued. If he didn't show up for the trial, that's stupidity, not illiteracy🤔?
He didn't lose his case by default. He lost the case when it was proven that he did in fact have Hepatitis. He was sued for cutting and infecting another wrestler with Hep.
yeah right. how did they prove he had hepatitis? give him a blood test when he wasn't looking?
@@chazlon5061 No. He submitted a blood test. Nothing about this story is new.
The wrestler infected was Devon Hannibal Nicholson
He lost in Canada and in the US with the Hep case
He didn't even pay the money
It's hard to watch but Abdullah did a lot of shady things in his past as well. Go and look at Kamala's shoot interview where he talks about how Abdullah would take a percentage of other black wrestlers money while in Japan.
Exactly, Ray Candy said the same thing. He playing the role now(!)
Karma
Kamala also said that Abdullah conspired to keep other black wrestlers out of Japan in his heyday.
How did he lose all his money on a negligence, assault and batter lawsuit for infecting me with he never paid a dime to the victim of?
It's an excuse. He also has two restaurants go under
I dunno, but since You are the one that sued him don’t you know more about it than the rest of us here?
@@NukeIt2Bdone Yes he's a liar he can read and he didn't pay a cent to the lawsuit. He sold his HOF ring right after he got it before the lawsuit ever was filed because he said on record it was meaningless to him: th-cam.com/video/4g2Yak_fq98/w-d-xo.html
It's "LOSE"!!!!
@@mikemarek6243 He actually sold his restaurant and the property it was on in 2016 after we got the Canadian judgement endorsed in the US to avoid garnishments.
Come on now. He knew all about the lawsuit in Canada..
Hé never lost a penny when he lost the lawsuit. He declared bankruptcy right after the judgement, and also transferred all his assets to his wife so he ended up paying nothing
Assuming what you're saying is accurate, then I guess ol' Abby can read well enough to do these things.
Smart man I have the same technique knowing how to play the legal sistem is a sign of a very intelligent person but you actually have to do your homework.
@@angelbaaldepeor3688 Yup, he scammed several other black wrestlers in Japan and prevented them from working there if they complained.
Was this lawsuit the one about him cutting another wrestler with his own blade with his own blood on it, without the others guys consent and gave him Hep C? Cause that was pretty messed up.
And theres Abbys behaviour too...
Yes
He's actually in the comments..His name is Hannibal..And Hannibal won the lawsuit and still hasn't been paid..
Yes. This is why Abby is a fat slug. Hannibal's career ended, before it began, thanks to Lardass Flabdullah the Butcher! Mr. HEPATITIS C spreader of the decade and Millennium!!!!!@
Yeah it ruined Hannibal’s dream of working for WWE. Dude had everything to make it as well.
He sold the ring way before he stated he was broke and also said the ring didn’t mean anything to him , also he was an opportunist and now someone made him the victim
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What gets me is he said once he would not wrestle for them because he didn't trust McMahon
@@TheHannibalTV what’s up Devon thanks for the reply
@@rockydennis8926 Devon is full of bullsh#t. He filed that lawsuit to gain notoriety. Devon filed a lawsuit against Abdullah for not knowing he had hepatitis and not knowing Abdullah was going to cut him even though many of the wrestlers of the past told Devon that Abdullah would cut them. So when Devon caught hepatitis from him he released a big crying video about not being in the WWE because of it even though just a year later Devon said that the WWE would have been a bad fit for him and he didn't want to work for them. All these videos are online if Devon crying. So in short, Devon paid a guy to wrestle him who has the reputation of cutting other people while wrestling Larry and after Devon's face is covered in blood he doesn't question what's happened. Slow Devon is desperate for exposure since his channel is dying since the last domestic violence arrest and less contemporary and past great wrestlers want anything to do with him. Maybe his domestic violence arrest has something to do with it as well. Either way just like Abdullah, Devon blames his failures on others although Devon never had any success like Abdullah did. That's why Devon lives in a trailer.
@@CoodevilleHe didn’t trust Vince Jr..
He’s not a victim I love the media omitting materially relevant information regarding the story. He gave another wrestler hepatitis
He also got sued for giving another wrestler, hepatitis and that lawsuit is still pending. There was a judgment in the wrestlers favor that he has never paid. He’s not the victim in my opinion.
He knew about the lawsuit and ignored it.
Yes actually appealed both the Canadian and US judgements and lost. He testified at the US trial in Georgia. .
He gave you aids lol
He is illiterate yet owned 2 restaurants, claims to have no money but has yet to declare bankruptcy. Something is not adding up.
ABBY IS A KNOWN RHOADES SCHOLAR! He actually holds 2 doctorates! An MD in surgical medicine and a PHD in food cuisine! This blub needs no money from Dumb marks. He holds multimillionsin offshore bank accounts in the Canary Islands! Don't be a mark, and give your peanuts to a full elephant!
1+1=4 in Butcher Math!
Sadly Abdullah’s was shutdown a couple years ago. His restaurant was a staple in the my neighborhood & he did a lot for the community around him.
He owned 2 restaurants because of hisbwrestlingbstRus and the money he earned in.his career.
@@realjohnlovein Atlanta
He looks great for 82. He is lucky to even be alive, especially considering his size all those years. In many ways he is blessed.
black don't crack
@@TheebX92shieeeeet
He whines & snivels more than a newborn baby. Poor Tubby the Butcher! Everyone, break the bank & give it all too, Fatso the Ĺardass, so he can buy more greasy fasfood junk. Give until it hurts. File Ch.7 bankruptcy to feed this 600 pound heifer.
LISTEN! ITS BLUBBY THE BUTCHER!
So glad to see these comments. You never wanna see a guy on hard times, but those of us who followed the story know what happened to Devon. This had nothing to do with being illiterate. And that story was just one of probably countless stories of blading other wrestlers who trusted him because of his years in the business.
If he had a better relationship with other wrestlers, I'm sure he could make a fair income setting up a video podcast telling stories of his days in Japan and the territories or setting up a deal to sell memorabilia or signed T-shirts, etc.
I wish him the best, but he probably created this situation and it wasn't just by being illiterate.
I agree 💯 percent
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@@Tim82ATW. His illiteracy was most of the problem though. He wasn’t even able to read court documents. He should’ve at least finished high school.
@@tummieflowers2681 very good point
I remember his Barbeque (and Fried Rice) joint in East Point (an Atlanta suburb).
It was nice to meet/see and talk with him, and he was always in a good mood.
Bet his Butcher Burgers were good.
Yeah blading with HEPATITIS C while knowing he had it and letting others blade and bleed. That’s criminal I think.
A typical Abdullah the Butcher match. He puts his pants on and pulls them up to his neck. Morbidly obese it takes him a while to get to the ring. He gets beat up. No physical ability to do a thing. He pulls out a stick or a knife makes the other guy and himself bleed. What an exciting career.
He's always been so giving. Like the time he gave me hepatitis.
That's what you get for giving him B.j.s.
Oh, please! Abby was sued for passing hepatitis into another wrestler after cutting himself and that wrestler! Last time I seen him he was driving a new Mercedes Benz and at one time owned two restaurants that were shutdown for poor hygiene! He also made millions managing wrestlers in tours for Japan where he held down other more popular wrestlers who were a threat to his position!
Abby made millions and I’m sure he did help others with some of it but I’m done with hearing these sad stories about people who have made millions and have nothing because of their poor money management and foolish lifestyles.
New Jack said this dude use the same blade on wrestlers he used in previous matches with blood on it. He had one match with him, a triple threat
match with Sandman included. He said when he started bleeding he got out & let them two fight lol. He still denies giving people Hep C.
"He believed in giving back to the community ". Yeah right, more like giving Hep C to the community.
He did Hannibal dirty and gave him Hep C and got sued. Weh weh...
He is one of the Godfathers of Hardcore Wrestling
More like Grandfather or Grant Grandfather of Hardcore Wrestling.
He is lying
I'm pretty sure he's running cover for the hepatitis lawsuit hey.
Not sure that Abby has credibility himself much less his character witnesses. Ranger Ross served federal time for bank robbery. Have no idea who the other fella is.
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I met him at a convention in Jax recently. He was very nice. Regardless of his past troubles no one deserves to die in poverty
How much $ did you pay him?
@@americandiablo20 dollars
MILLIONS of people die every day in poverty.
He'll give you the shirt off his back......and Hepatitis -C! What a terrible reporting job. Im glad to see most people here know the truth.
Purposely giving other wrestlers Hepatitis didn’t help much either.
That was the lawsuit
Sorry but there is no excuse for being 82 and illiterate. Also when he was making money, did he ever use a lawyer? They make it sound as if he was he managed his own finances when he was financially stable.
Well, he is totally lying. That's it.
@@americandiablo Absolutely. Can't appear on television documentaries unless you sign legal documents (a release).
Did he even know how to count a d manage his money and travel expenses and airfare
@americandiablo if he was lying hebwouldnt have lost a bunch in.that lawsuit then. How smart do u have to be in.order to.get into the wrestling businesses. He's pretty like kamala the Uganda giant only thing is this man made more.mobey then kamala
This dude gave people Hepatitis with his blading technique
He'll be ok.
How can a person who is illiterate EVEN be a professional wrestler?
As a pro wrestler, you have to:
- make travel arrangements
- read & sign work, merchandise, and licensing contracts
- deal with eating out at restaurants (ordering off menus)
- book flights and travel in and out of airports
- drive rental cars (how could any person get a license without knowing how to read and write? You HAVE to take a WRITTEN EXAM)
Also, as a Canadian citizen living in the U.S. (Atlanta, GA), Abdullah would have to fill out immigration Paperwork from time to time. How has he been doing that all of these years?
NOTE: Jimmy Snuka used the same excuse of ILLITERACY. I am noticing that old wrestlers who suddenly have legal issues suddenly cannot read & write.
They have managers and agents to do that.
He went broke by that lawsuit
Even his supposed dire financial situation is Kayfabe 😵
Still working til’ this day 😂😂
Not alot of replies, but you might be onto something here.
@@heb430 why would the number of comments/views matter? It is about a statement of fact not a popularity contest, even if 1 million people commented and disagreed it would still be true
The "you never know" comment is certainly proven right in response to "nobody is that stupid". You certainly prove otherwise keyboard warrior lol. I love validation from beyond the unknown, dont you palm boy? lmao
He treated me like gold, because we used to go eat there, and he gave me silverware, signatures on napkins, it was wild, my dad was friends with him, so i found him on a different level, both as a villain as a child, but learned he was a unique guy in person, he was still a partier when we would hang out, he gave us the full treatment
Kudos to you for meeting him in person. Do you think he still remembers you?
I still have his AWA action figure
I honestly thought he was dead. I did know that he was having serious physical issues. He reportedly caused a lot of grief for other people, but I do feel sad that he is going through this tough time.
Yeah.. had about every type of hepatitis known to man. Knew it and still bladed during wrestling matches.
I thought he was dead too
Can you define other people. Please.
Give it time
I'm pretty sure I can count the coins in that reporter's pocket. He better use them to call a tailor
I never thought I would see the day Abdullah would tear up, knowing his fearsome reputation.
He's lying
Wants sympathy
Knowing his fearsome reputation as a fake wrestler, you were surprised that he made fake tears?😂
So Abdullah is going to have the last laugh on this for all the fools but Abdullah (Larry Shreve) started moving assets out of his name almost 20 years ago to his wife and others to avoid lawsuit judgements and creditors. He may very well be poor on paper but he owns homes in Canada and the US. When I say homes, they're not mansions but they're in affluent neighborhoods with home values north of 200k.
Affluent above 200k? 😂😂😂
@@baronarmenian5019 yes to the average person,
@@onamattapeeya In Nebraska?
@@baronarmenian5019 Nebraska is not a real place
Man I can't understand how an 82 year old has accepted that he's illiterate. He's had a lifetime to learn.
@STILL CLASSICS HONOR lol no, as a literate man as a literate man and follower of Jesus I have to say the two are not intertwined in anyway
@STILL CLASSICS HONOR I was born and raised in the bible belt and southern baptist churches and you sound as nonsensical as they do.. when both the video and the comments have nothing to do with religion and you use that as an excuse to push your beliefs on people you're just making yourself look like a j@ck@$$, you are just as insufferable as the alphabet gang... so explain without sounding like a Dullard what religion has to do with this, because the only thing you have accomplished is to embarrass more reasonable people of Faith such as myself, people that have beliefs But realize not everyone are going to share those beliefs, which is completely fine, Jesus isn't gonna cry because I believe Gandhi is sitting in Paradise with him because he was a moral man that advocated for peace, just like Jesus did, everybody goes around saying "what would Jesus do?", Gandhi was an example of someone doing what Jesus would do, but he does not get credit for it, when he has been much more meaningful and influential than many people from all religions
Abby is working them and they believe it😂
He lost his money because he made "Fonkee azz reebs" as Kamala described them 😅😅😅
He knew he was being sued. He just didn't care to show up because he was gonna lose. This guy was making 10 grand a week. His wife can read.
3:30 "Here's a guy that'll give you the shirt off his back,". Never heard hepatitis referred to as a "shirt" before.
he lost the lawsuit because he gave hepatitis to another wrestler
Didnt this man have a lawyer
Shoddy journalism AT BEST
lets donate hundreds of thous. to this Man! Why Not.
I met Abdullah The Butcher on June 20th 2008 in my hometown of Pembroke, Ontario Canada at a wrestling show. He was nice to me and I got a autograph picture of him. After the show I went home and played Showdown Legends Of Wrestling as him in a singles match.
that's funny because when i met sean waltman at a dory funk jr show in ocala fl on new years eve of 2016, I played a little bit of the first wwf raw on snes emulator as 123 kid.
Canada is for losers.
@@naitthegr8131
Even more ironic is that I once met Haystack Calhoun.
Afterwards I headed to Golden Corral and have been going back every day now for 35 years
I’m up to 850 lbs
How much did he charge you?
@@biffalobull2335 haystacks calhoun and yokozuna put together
Abdullah The Butcher is also responsible for giving Devon Nicholson Hep C which caused him taking away his WWE opportunity
He deserves to be in the shape he's in, had it all and pissed it all away
Not only that he is a bad human being....
well if he had millions and pissed it all away, then he had a good life! a better time than most probably!
Couldn't read or write 🤔, but could 🤷 fly all over the world wrestling, check into hotels, cashed his checks, signed autographs, signed contracts, etc.. I guess I'm missing something here??
A reminder to not believe everything on the internet.
The lawsuit he lost was for giving another wrestler Hep C for using dirty razor blades in the ring… He had Hep C, cut his own head open, and then used the same blade to cut the other wrestler… Sad to see tough times for him, but the story is deeper than this
Needles and razor blades are two entirely different things. Are you aware of this?
@@DIESEL0759 Good correction!! I will make that edit now!
The sob got what was coming to him.
Yeah, this story doesn’t paint a complete picture. Abby did some messed up things. That said, he was always incredibly nice to everyone in the locker room and spent several hours giving me advice when he didn’t have to. Just a truly sweet man. I have to believe he didn’t fully understand the damage his actions could cause. At least I hope not.
Thankyou for sharing that. Kind of admire him for coming out like this.
Don't buy his Bs, I have seen him read receipts at his restaurants, and always corrected things on Independent contracts he would read over, he gave a wrestler Hep C by cutting that wrestler, when the wrestler told him before the match, do not cut me, I am on blood thinners.
@@FrankC71 He cut a buddy of mine without him knowing too. I definitely agree that he is far from blameless, either way.
@@ZTriggerGaming It's called Bloodlust
He screwed kamala out of money and got to watch kamala video about the butcher. My dad had only a 8th grade education grew up in the depression a ww2 veteran. And had 5 if us kids to raise. I'm not buying the butchers story.
I used to be homeless in Atlanta. I seen Abby getting into his Cadillac Escalade one afternoon at his restaurant. I asked Abdulah for some change. He stabbed me in the head with a fork multiple times and threw me into some cardboard boxes out back.
Well that was nice to give you a souvenir
Abdullah the butcher might be illiterate but he made alot of money in wrestling
He's playing the victim yet he turned other wrestlers into victims by giving them Hep C.... FOH
"Quite the competitor"? I guess...but after HOW many years in business, he should have either A) made enough money to pay a financial advisor or B) learn to read and do it yourself. I have no sympathy for an 80-year-old man who worked for over 40 years FOR HIMSELF (including owning a restaurant) and never thought, "Gee, maybe I should get an education, so I can sign a contract, a lease, a bank statement, a royalties statement, or other legal documents I might receive, or maybe not starve because I can't read where the grocery store is located or get off the streets because I can't find where I live....". I LIKE Ranger Ross, met him several times at CAC, and I'm glad Abby is a nice guy, but all his buddies are just as complicit for never encouraging their so-called friend to EDUCATE himself. There's been correspondence courses available since the 1970s, at LEAST. But Abby didn't want to do that....and why should he? Why should a grown adult who is self-employed learn how to read when he can simply have someone buy him some sweatpants and a box of razor blades? I can tell from looking at him that his inability to read really hurt him, since he clearly was stick-thin from starvation, because he couldn't read the signs that told him where to shop for food and how much that food was! Poor guy could never read a menu to eat at a restaurant when on the road and it shows, he's just way too thin!! No sympathy. None. Abby did this to HIMSELF. Boo-freakin'-hoo.
He's still working the "marks".
He's an adult and needs to take responsibility for his self and actions.
Just sad.
I hear people on here talking about how he infected somebody with hepatitis back then when wrestling 1st started there were no testing for any disease I'm not making any excuses for him but I remember those Bob wire matches those ball bats being used those chains being used in the matches the rings have barbed wire wrapped around them they were brutal matches back then and they used real razor blades there was no gimmicks.
@Abosolom Byrd Yea that's not true at all man.
@OutLaw ENT I just read about it my bad . I was thinking of the matches in NWA And Southern wrestling because they always had crazy matches.
@Abosolom Byrd Nah it cool man. I was just letting you know wasn't trying to sound rude lol.
I really feel bad for him, but he's not struggling as much as the suit the reporter is wearing @ .45 seconds in, dangum
this story is a complete lie he neevr paix a dime in that lawsuit and he would get all his own money back if he would divorce his wife which e he wont for some stupid reason oh cuz they could deport him back to canada after probaby
U feel bad for a guy who spreaded hep c? Weird….
First of all they shouldn’t even be doing a show on this guy. He infected multiple people were hepatitis C knowing he had it.
When I was younger I was a fan of Abdullah The Butcher. I was enamored by the fact that a guy who had started his pro wrestling career in 1958 was still performing 40 years later. Then 50 & 60.
I came to discover a lot of that had to do with the fact that the man rarely ever bumped. A guy like Curt Hennig would take more bumps in a single match than Abdullah would take in a year.
Looking into the real man, Larry Shreeve, I discovered that he was a shrude businessman. Cut throat & had no quarrels whatsoever about scamming or conning others.
Story after story, heard & read so much bad about this guy. Only reputable person I've ever heard say anything good about him is Foley.
The grappler said that Abby wrote a letter of recommendation so he could take it to a promoter and that's how he got his start with a in wrestling. I don't think that was a bad deed do you.
@@angelbaaldepeor3688 that makes two.
@@angelbaaldepeor3688 Wait a minute now. Abdullah, who now claims to be illiterate, WROTE a letter of recommendation?
@@Daves_Faves Abby got some esplaining to do
@@Daves_Faves
Abdullah is a liar 🤥 and scammer
I was a crewmember when he had matches on "Championship Wrestling with Johnny Powers" in Cleveland. He was always a scary looking dude.
Loved this guy
This is Karma for covering up the Murder of Bruiser Brody
Abby, ran away like a coward when "his friend" Brody got stbbed to death like a pig.Then didn't even show up for the trial! That BIG coward!
@@americandiablo In all fairness, didn't the whole locker room cower? By not demanding Colon get Brody help or walk out of the show, etc?
You need to interview Devon Nickolson A.K.A. Hannibal , the person who sued him for cutting him with a dirty razor blade without his permission which gave him hepatitis C for a rebuttal.
I dont believe a word that comes out of Abdullahs mouth
his name isn't abdullah
Exposing people to hepatits without their knowledge prob played a bigger role in that lawsuit defeat
And now he's playing the victim card? Absurd. His recklessness brought him there
I’m a fan but he did give Hannibal hepatitis. That’s the lawsuit he lost
Ranger Ross looks good…but who is Greg brown?
I never heard of him either. I was able to get match results of him. He was a enhancement wrestler in Georgia Championship Wrestling and WWF. Greg and Abby were tag team partners in Japan in 1988.
Still a great actor I see
I know there has been a lot of controversy over Larry over the years. I love Abby he and Kevin Sullivan are my favorite wrestlers
These wrestlers should get a pension like in the NFL they make enough money to give them something a year
Yes they should and 401k retirement benefits how much is the nfl.
What a joke. He is a vile human being who endangered an scammed his fellow wrestlers.
Although calling his garbage hardcore act wrestling is being generous.
What he did to Hannibal and so many others is sickening!
What did he do?
@@HiPHOPx87 He is famous for cutting other wrestlers with blades during the match without their permission, something he did for many years at small shows where the other wrestlers couldn't complain due to him being the bigger name. The worst thing is he knew he had Hep and hid it from the guys he was wrestling and used the same blade he cut himself with to cut them with, the most famous case is the wrestler Hannibal who was a future WWE wrestler but was cut when he tested positive for Hep and lost his contract with WWE leading to years of painful and very expensive treatments to try and be cured of it. It would be like Magic Johnson hiding the fact he had HIV and poking other players with his dirty needles. Just a horrible thing to do.
But he didn't pay anything regarding the lawsuit.
What's the deal with this state affiliated fake news? They make it sound like Abdullah the Butcher was a good boy who didn't do anything wrong and who was turning his life around.
Probably would not have been a bad idea to talk to his critics and get the other side.
feel this is a very miss leading story, guy made millions. yes the lawsuit didnt help but bad money management didn't either
Greg Brown, how much did Abdullah take for getting you booked in Japan ?
Abby gave me the shirt off his back...now I got Hep C and can't read!
Damn you Larry...don't come around Windsor no more!
Serves him right
Hannibal and Abby had plenty of “double-blood” matches long before the blading incident in question. I watched many many matches between them and they were both bleeding.
Abdullah The Butch gave Devon Nichols what he deserved
Maybe Hogan can peel off a few greenbacks for the butcher
This is a joke. He is much smarter than he leads on and knew very well as to why he was being sued.
Almost all of Abdullah the Butcher’s wrestling earnings were “blood” money!
Didn’t this guy give a bunch of people hepatitis c? Feel sorry for what?
My dad and Abdullah's brother were real good friends. I got to meet him back in 2003. Real nuce guy! Its too bad he's going through this.
Business is cut throat. I feel for dude
Whenever I see someone with deep forehead scars like his, I often wonder if their skull got punctured, too and affected the tissue in his brain
I grew up in the local area. It makes me very sad to see his restaurant close. I ate there many times. I used to play football for Ben hill 😢
He knew he was illiterate etc...and than didn't take responsibility to make sure someone came with him or he hired someone who was literate...Iliterate doesn't create brokeness here his irresponsibility does!
Sad to see him in this state. I was a fan and when I came to Atlanta on business several years ago, I made sure to eat at his restaurant, "Abdullah the Butcher's House of Ribs and Chinese Food"! He was in Japan at the time, so I didn't get to meet him. The food was great, though!
Honestly, I think the vast majority of pro-wrestlers end up dying broke and alone. Especially from the 70s and 80s. Ric Flair recently said that he makes more $ from his cannabis business than he ever did wrestling. Then again, pro wrestlers are no exactly known for living a clean lifestyle either.
Abdullah knowingly infected other wrestlers like Hannibal
But he owned a chain of BBQ restaurants,he was also very intelligent when it came to wrestling promotions I thought he was a sharp business man.
He is. He's a top manipulator
@@americandiablo I heard a story when he was a kid his first job was selling news papers ,he told a customer " if I don't sell these newspapers my dad is going to beat me," so the customer bought all of his papers. He's known how to sell since he was a kid. Lol. He was in a movie in the early 70s. He's sold out arena's all over the world wrestling, he had a big partnership with Carlos Colon in the Caribbean, and I truly think maybe Carlos and Abby arranged for Gonzalez to murder Brody over business. I think maybe he's just using his selling skills here again, who knows.
Wait a minute. He knew he was being sued. I heard him talk about it even before it went to trial. You don't have to be literate to know you're being sued. If he didn't show up for the trial, that's stupidity, not illiteracy🤔?
Abdullah is a liar who infects other wrestlers with Hep C. No sympathy for him.