That's for sure, but even more so, I wouldn't want him to cut me. And then even more than that, I wouldn't want him to cut himself, then cut me with the same tool, and then bleed all over me too. And the piece of garbage knew he had Hep-C and still did this stuff! How many people did he give it to? Geez, this guy is such a piece of trash. And he's been allowed to get away with it most of the time. He's so used to doing it and getting away with it, he just cuts people for the heck of it sometimes too with his little razors like it's some kind of joke.
The first time I ever saw Abdullah The Butcher was 1987 at the Hull Arena in Quebec. I was 17 years old and it was the wildest night. Everyone was throwing stuff at Abdullah and a girl next to me gave me change and said throw it at him. We were only a few rows from the stage. Being young and stupid I whipped a dime at him and hit him right below the eye. He looked right at me and to say I was scared as hell would be an understatement. Things got so quickly out of hand Abdullah and another wrestler kendo Nagasaki got into real fights with people in the audience and the police cane in and shut everything down. What crazy times those were
I seen Abdullah supposed to fight Sabu, but Sabu no-shows this shitty little wrestling company in this ran down warehouse place they ran shows out of a couple times a month. Anyways they need a replacement so this poor soul named" Bullet" comes out and takes the brutalest around the building beating ive possibly ever seen in live wrestling, and I front rowed heel Mankind matches and 95' prime ECW but this was to say the least off the hook! Lol
Joe F brother me too in puerto rico i saw him fighting with Carlitos Colon and Bruser Brody i've tell you what those day were awsome. In saturday not like this time WWF To be honest i prefe when all days territories i saw every morning saturday 9:00 is time to fight all of us The neiborhood there was a pool every Sunday we are doing the same moved
I'm 46 years young. Rocky Johnson was looked at in my eyes as the first black super hero. I saw him wrestle in person at a County Fair in Manassas Virginia. I was overwhelmed!
@@DS-ss396 Now his son is one of the highest paid actors on the planet, after having been one of the biggest wrestling stars in history. What have you done with your life?
Those shows at the Prince William fairgrounds were awesome, we saw all the top stars at that fair, always looked forward to that week in the summer, i was between 9 and 12 years old then, thank you for reminding me of those times
I watched the dark side of the ring Brody episode yesterday and was unnerved at the way Abdullah was acting and talking on the subject. The man is not right in the head!!
I think that he's just evil, he clearly gets off on hurting others for fun. My bet is that had he not become a wrestler he'd probably have been a serial killer.
@@Hammerhead547The guy is just the worst kind of person . I read that before he went into Wrestling he hustled people with a charity con . He went door to door begging for unwanted clothes for the poor just as winter was coming . People gave a lot and it was quality stuff . What he did with it was put it in a store and sell it as Second Hand . When word got out that he scammed people a lot of them showed up at his store demanding their clothes back and he made a run for it with the cash . He is a sociopath and a narcissist . People are objects to use .
I think Billy Graham is correct, the guy always had a mental illness, wrestling is probably the only career he could have had without being locked up in jail or a psych ward
Pgh Comix bigelow? As in bam bam bigelow? Yeah he was never even accused of rape let alone convicted. I think you may have came across the article about Lawrence Taylor who he wrestled in the main event of wresltemania 11 that was accused of statutory rape and never actually read it. Bam bam bigelow actually had 40% of his body burned while he rescued 3 children from a house fire. Should know your facts before you throw things like rape out there about someone.
And honestly, considering what he's done to people in the ring, including people like that ring announcer, let alone what he did to Hannibal, he should still be locked away anyway.
I'll take my chances with New Jack cuz at least he's clean. Also as guys have said just don't do anything stupid around Jack and things will be alright
@@Machete87 It did happen. ua-cam.com/video/-lKbejQBcsY/v-deo.html Honestly think if Abby came around more recently he'd have just been another guy who had a cup of coffee with ECW if he came around early enough (later ECW shied away from too many pure blood-and-guts guys, only sticking to those that had enough tenure like Sabu, New Jack and Sandman who'd been there years), like Ian Rotten or something, worked guys like Supreme in XPW, early CZW with Zandig, Lobo and Wifebeater and then got stuck in the cycle of IWA:MS King of the Deathmatch tournaments. In those days, though, there were few true blood-and-guts guys (sure there'd be blood feuds between wrestlers especially in the 70s, but the pure uncontrolled blood-and-guts like Abby and Sheik were few and far between) and cos you could move territory to territory, you could stay over without it growing stale, especially when Abby would take long tours of Japan or Puerto Rico so he would crop up from time to time in your town and scare the bejeesus out of everybody. In today's environment it ceases to be an attraction, and just starts to be a 60-something year old man (he stopped wrestling around 70 iirc) bleeding for money, and just becomes sad and, with Hep C, dangerous. Say what you will about New Jack, but with the exception of the William Lane incident, if you work with him, he'll work with you. Kulas, Grimes and Gypsy Joe were all examples of people either not cooperating with, or pulling shit on, New Jack.
Abdullah accused New Jack of having Hepatitis and HIV and New Jack showed his blood test to prove he didn't have it. Shows Abdullah to be clearly a liar.
Gregory Levi New Jack said in an interview he don’t like Abdullah because he said that New Jack stole his gimmick which was bullshit. Plus when New jack once wanted to work in Japan Abdullah said he would but Jack would have to give him 35% of his pay
Jesus, I never knew about your hep C story, it highlights the brutal reality of not only wrestling, but screwing around without a care for the repercussions. glad you pulled through man, thank you for being public with your story, not an easy thing to do but you inspired people because of it.
Abdullah The Butcher is all about Abdullah The Butcher. Abdullah doesn't care about others, nor does Abdullah care about the professional wrestling business. My heart goes out to those who got wronged by Abdullah The Butcher.
When I was watching tales from the territories stampede wrestling episode, Abdullah kept mentioning that he loved Stu hart. But then would complain about never getting his last paycheck. It felt like he only cared about money.
Abdullah the butcher is like loose canon, like a criminal escape from mental hospital ....like Jason or Micheal Myers from Helloween, he is scary creep...he S obsessed with cutting up peopler maybe when he was young back in his home land he was into this sort of this shit....mentally he's unstable......Abdullah maybe his fetish got the best of him.....he's should of been in jail for this kinda disgusting behavior, no wrestlers deserved this kinda of sick act.....Abdullah the butcher gives the wrestling world a whole meaning of terrorist and fear....call him the madman,and yet lot of these fans like seeing hard core wrestling but it was unexpected for fans to see, like kids is watching,like nightmare for the younger kids.....I wonder if the butcher is dead yet, if he is, I'm not sorry to see him go....to his grave....
I'm glad that Hannibal revealed that he had hep-c cause him revealing he has hep-c and blowing the whistle on what Abdullah the butcher did caused other wrestling stars to reveal the horrible things that Abdullah has done to people. Abdullah the butcher is a scum bag and the wrestling world now knows what he did, so hopefully with the wrestling world disowning him it will bring some closure to the whole thing
He was spot on...& Then Tracy Smothers came in, & basically said the same thing at 22:13 lol Abdullah really was a piece of sh*t & it's a shame so many promoters not only allowed it, but encouraged it.
I saw an interview with Abdullah and he calls his “wrestling violence” and thinks it’s okay to hurt people. He’s unhinged and any wrestler must be aware of him.
I watched this video and woke up thinking about it so, I just had to add something. My dad was a part time WCW employee from the late 80's to the mid 90's, every weekend was kind of like "bring your kid to work day" so I grew up hanging out behind the scenes of the greatest promotion in history (my thoughts at the time). Being a kid behind the curtain of WCW was Christmas morning every day. Here was all of these larger than life, super hero types and the majority were great people that loved entertaining. Ron Simmons was "my" guy. In his booming voice "Hey Thunderbolt! Get over here and get a load of this shit!" was his go to way of calling my attention to something he thought I'd be amused by. He was awesome. He was genuine, he was Ronnie. I never met Abby, I saw him many, many, many times but never approached him. I wasn't tentative about approaching him because of his mad man character, I knew the difference between a character and the guy that played him. Again, I knew a lot of the boys The thing was, I felt no difference at all between the character Abdullah The Butcher and the man that played him, was one in the same. I had a sixth sense about him sure like most kids have that "twinkle" but he just seemed off in an obvious way; no extra sense required. I was in the locker room in I think Savannah Ga. with just Abby and one of the boys who I won't mention. He's a HOFer now but he's not in this video so I won't speak for him. The other one, laced his boots up, stood up to go to gorilla, he got to the door, turned around and said "Hey ******, your dad said to meet him out there for the last one on the card, I'm it. So come with me." I was confused, I always met dad back in the locker room after a show but I went anyway. I go out the door, following the other guy. We step down the hall about ten feet and he turns to me and says "Your dad never told me that, I'm sorry I lied to you but you shouldn't be alone in there with him." and that was all. Going back home, I asked my dad about Abby. He said "That was the right choice. You know how the guys back stage are different than the guys on the TV? With Butcher there is no difference."
Thankyou first sharing your story. Who knows what he was capable of doing?! He might be a child molester or rapist. Your dad and that wrestler sound like two good solid human beings looking out for your well being.
Wow that guy was a good human being i wasn't born in that time of wrestling but I've heard about Abdullah veagaly but as a black wrestler he should have been a better person sick individual thanks for sharing your story
Wow, man! I respect ya for not dropping names but the guy did a really nice thing, you should tell us. ;) Or you just don't want to put out that he had a problem with butcher.
Abdullah didn't make good heat. When I was a kid he was "turn the f*ing channel" heat. If he had skipped the blood and just played the rest of his gimmick he would have been a perfect monster heel.
.....and X-Pac was actually a really good worker and didn't need to carve people up with forks to do so,I always liked him back when he was the Lightning Kid in Global Abdullah on the other hand was a one trick pony and his shtick wore thin rather quickly!!!
Abdullah wrestle for many years in Puerto Rico. The man is insane. He will cut people and he will cut himself with his fork. Those hardcore matches with barbwire and forks, absolutely crazy.
When the wrestler said Abdullah the butcher grabbed the popsicle stick with the blade and sliced his face and his throat my God it was like a manslaughter 😂😂😂😂
Doctor: Mr. Shreve, your blood test shows that you have Hepatitis C. This is a highly contagious disease. You should not continue to stand in a wrestling ring and bleed because you will infect other people with it. Do you understand what I mean? Abdullah the Butcher: No.
After watching this it’s clear Abdullah has a problem. These are the kinds of folks that shouldn’t be in the business at all. Ruined so many talents chances and I believe he did it because he knew he’d never get as far as anyone else. Hannibal didn’t deserve that. What a terrifying experience I could only imagine finding out after a match you caught something. I’d be enraged and terrified at the same time.
I knew about Hannibals story years ago and to this day it makes me just as sad. Robbed of a career. I have a friend who also had Hepatitis C and i was there everyday to see him go through those awful treatments as well.
Unfortunately winning a lawsuit doesn’t mean you will see a dime. So sad brother. Thanks for the video Devon and not giving up and taking your life. God bless.
I’ll take New Jack over Abdullah the Butcher any day. At least with New Jack he doesn’t spread his disease on different people (that doesn’t mean he’s a saint neither but he’s the lesser of the two evils) and his theme playing throughout his entrance made him an even bigger attraction along with him diving off of balconies. The ONLY great thing I can say about him was I like his positive view on The Undertaker from an old interview.
Hannibal was robbed of a WWE contract and robbed again of collecting the settlement awarded to him. I don't have time to insult Abdulluah, I simply want justice and closure for Hannibal. #Respect #TheHannibalTV
True the only good thing about it is I never would have become a reporter if it wasn't for this stuff happening to me which might be my true calling but I still have a line of credit I'm paying off related to my medical and legal expenses it's brutal.
@@TheHannibalTV We are thankful for #TheHannibalTV and the first legitimate reporter with the background to back it up. Of course we want you in AEW and we want an audit of Abdullah's assets to pay you - but we are thankful. #EyeOfTheTiger
Devon I want you to know I followed your story for years from here in Alberta.. I had hepatitis c since the early 90’s .. I made some bad decisions with drug abuse trying to kill the pain of being molested as a child and I lived with suicidal thoughts and depression for many years.. your story gave me hope and thank you so much for your strength and thanks to epclusa and ribavirin I have been hep c free since December 2017.. I pray that you will get that chance in the big leagues that Abdullah took from you.. Hannibal the future AEW World Heavyweight Champion 👍
The question remains. How was Abdullah allowed to wrestle being Hep C positive? I would assume that in a physical contact sport such as wrestling, he would have had to have been tested for any transmittable diseases prior to any matches?
Unfortunately by that time he wasn't working for any major promotions He had been mostly working matches and parking lots and high school gyms and stuff like that and a lot of those smaller indie companies, especially back then. Don't give a damn about their workers and they're definitely not going to spend the time and effort to drug test someone especially if they're just there for a one-off match
Abdullah the Butcher was a sideshow freak. Back in the day his act was pretty popular. Fans all over the world loved the blood. Guys that got in the ring with him were taking a huge risk and, I guess, just doing it for the money. I am amazed that wrestling promoters allowed this for as long as they did.
My Dad met Abdullah at his house in Atlanta a few years back, I don’t want to give up any of the guy’s personal info but from what I know he is definitely “unhinged” to say the least.
Okay, fine… fine… drunk enough to tell the tale… when he came to the door he had a sawed off shotgun by the door… course that’s also probably just an Atlanta thing… but when he was taking pictures with them he had picked up a fork to pose with them with and my dad said when he his brother and my LITTLE SISTER who was a kid at the time were posing with him individually, He would press the fork extremely hard against their head and if they moved in discomfort he would press harder and harder on the fork against their head until the picture was took. Also he seemed like he didn’t remember a lot about his career at the time seemed really out of it.
@@ant_boy_spice4400 OH DAMN, LOL!! Imagine the grim reaper sounding like Mike Tyson? I would die a second time, because my soul would die of laughter....
@@ant_boy_spice4400 Well, Mike has a slight lisp, I think that's what makes him less intimidating. He just has a soft voice, it's not particularly high.
I was diagnosed in 99 and told my body had naturally fought it off , however I started to feel very fatigue and after 2 more years of annual tests and being again told I had no viral load, it showed up as active and I started interferon one month later . The treatment was hell and my red n white blood cells were affected and I had to be given shots for that as well as my blood platelets crashing to the point of almost needing a blood transfusion . They stopped the interferon for 2 weeks then restarted . I was so sick and was given a strong medicine for cancer patients due to my stomach being so sick and losing a lot of weight . After 6 months I was clear and been clear ever since however I'm not sure the damage it may caused as I only had the ultrasound on my liver which is not 100%. I was a 2A genotype .
New Jack has said in interviews that while Jack can go crazy Abdullah is a, to quote, "piece of goddamn shit. You use the same dirty blade to gig the boys you working with. That's murder! That shows that's attempted murder." I'd take my chances with New Jack cuz at least he's clean
I felt your pain when you spoke about rashes. I had really bad rashes due to OCD and washing my hands so much that my hands would be so dry that they would hurt and itch so bad I couldn't do anything about it. I dealt with that for months at a time. A total nightmare until I started taking care of my OCD.
My grandfather was a big time wrestling fan when I was a kid in the 80's and he absolutely hated abby with a passion because he felt abby was a no talent one trick pony who didn't deserve the attention he got. He would change the channel or get up to take a piss/make a snack whenever abby's matches came on and he wouldn't let me watch either, the one time I asked him why he wouldn't let me watch he told me "because you don't need to see that idiot carving people up like christmas hams".
You’re the man Hannibal! You’re an inspiration to never give up, no matter the circumstance. I hate that you never got your WWE contract, but a failure you are NOT sir! Kudos to you for fighting through your illness and coming back out on top!
Hannibal, I also suffered and have yet to find a purpose and a path. I trained in the same 1990 Hart bros camp with Lance and Chris. I roomed with Lance for over a year. I just wanted to say lots of people get dealt a shit hand. Some like myself never recover for many reasons. You should not only be thankful. Which I believe you are! But you should also be very Proud and self assured that your recovery and story and spirit. Is there for many many that you may never even meet. You opend the conversation and brought attention in a wrold not known for being open about its problems. I congratulate you on your recovery, and your lifes work!!! You may have gotten a contract and who knows. But you took the hand dealt and played it like a royal Flush!!! Be proud you stand very tall and look at all the guys in the Biz the have supported you and you can call friend. Thats worth more then any Contract and Rocket Push for a couple years that may fade. Your light has only grown brighter!!! I am sure you may not even see what your postive and honest work has done for many workers and the Biz as a whole. Be Proud!
That's because despite not being good in the ring perse, Tiny was actually a wrestling fan all his life, so he pretty much knew the ins and outs and who and who not to trust.
“Tiny” only played meatheats like Deebo. Literally everything I’ve seen him in where he’s being himself he was always a soft-spoken, smiling guy. May he R.I.P, not only a wrestling legend, but also an acting legend as well
He's one of the few people who was not trained in the old wrestling mindset of "you just take it because it's you paying your dues" (which is stupid). Like he said he came from the real world. Your average person isn't letting anyone stab them and letting that person live yet wrestling locker room pier pressure had some of these guys scared to speak up because they cared more about fitting in than their own health. I'm watching this and it's blowing my mind how long he was able to do the stuff he did and get away with it.
That was actually nuts I actually saved the guy but he got cut up and blood all over his suit which was I guess a rented suit. I was in shock that he did that. It made the news around here the next day.
I've seen this many times, life's been good. I've been through a few things lately that have been hard on me. Some my fault done not. But I'm in a battle right now. None of it is health related. But this video has given me hope, to everyone going through any tough time, watch this video there's a huge lesson here. Never stop fighting for yourself when times get bad. Never stop. Thank you Hannibal and be safe everyone
I've followed you throughout the years and a huge fan of your work inside and outside the ring. One way or the other didn't connect the dots and didn't realize the actual hell you been through. I feel guilty for not realizing and knowing all this about my favorite UA-camr. Feel silly even saying UA-camr because your so much more. Your an inspiration and quite literally the strongest wrestler I've ever known. I watched your movie Christmas night. It's been the toughest year and Christmas I've ever had. Watching you and telling your story has been helping me a lot so thank you. It's appreciated 💪
Billy Graham returned his WWE Hall Of Fame ring in protest of Abby being inducted. I'm not sure what the final outcome of the whole thing was, but I know Billy had no respect for Abby and what he did to himself and others. He said a bloodthirsty butcher had no place in the Hall Of Fame.
Hey Hannibal, the last bit of this video where it's you talkin, man that was devastating for you. Jeez the whole situation was horrible! I am so glad you got through that, and I know it wasn't easy from everything you tell us. Well done. I cannot believe the meds that helped you are off the market. This actually makes you even more lucky to have been cured (despite that agony you experience)! And when I say lucky I mean only in that capacity, because it was a disgrace that you found yourself in that situation in the first place. Really unlucky there, because of someone else in a pantomime known as pro wrestling where you should not be at risk from such a thing ever! How many more men have been infected by that irresponsible twat! It's actually disgusting and fucked up that he has been doing this for years. And as SBG said, he has some kind of disorder that he probably needs help with! Holy shit, just glad you are better and can make all this wonderful videos for us.
Thanks a lot and the meds that helped me are no off the market luckily because there are more effective meds with less side effects out now since I took that regime in 2012-2013 so it's a good thing.
@@TheHannibalTV That is a good thing, really good. I was thinking that perhaps there wasn't the same solution for some other people out there who might be in the same situation. You went through a lot to get better so bravo man, no one deserves that. Do you know of other wrestlers who may have got it from him?
@@RabidGerry Some wrestlers who wrestled him and had Hep C are Billy Graham, Jacques Rougeau, Bushwacker Luke, King Curtis (died of Hep C), Ivan Koloff and Bobby Jaggers to name a few. Hard to say if they caught it specifically from them but they all wrestled him at various points. Other wrestlers such as Bob Orton Jr and X pac have had Hep C. More probably have had it from the older decades and not come out about it.
@@TheHannibalTV they have never said so and he did have a autopsy but I know that Dusty had liver problems and has heard liver cancer when he died. Around the last 10 top guys in the Mexican Mafia that were not murdered all died from liver cancer/hep c from being long time IV heroin users
I feel like this compilation is some real catharsis for Hannibal. It’s sad what happened. As a deathmatch fan I can say the match between Abby and Hannibal was great in terms of its brutality and whirlwind of energy. But it robbed Hannibal of a WWE career.
I sympathize, Hannibal. I was given Hep C by dirty tattoo needles. Not even sure which guy to blame, haha. My insurance covered Harvoni and I got it zapped away. Take it easy man! I love Abby......it's terrible that he did that to you and Lord knows who else. It changes things for sure
Tuned in for “color” watched to the end because of your humanity and humility. Excellent video. I’m so sorry for your experience. I hope that you endure and achieve greatness.
Greensboro,NC 1983. Abullah was wrestling Wahoo McDaniel. Abullah had something that looked like a frog gigger repeatly injuring Wahoo's right eye. I was pregnant and hanging over the chairs begging them to stop the fight. The coliseum staff, and GPD tried to calm me down. But I knew right then what a monster Butcher was. There was NO entertainment to what I witnessed. Laugh if you must but my husband banned me from any wrestling events until after our son was born. He also forbade me from going to any TV tapings until the birth of our son.
Why did the promotion allow Abdullah to use razors and cut himself and others? .... If anything they should be held responsible for injuries to other wrestlers and shoulda put a stop to this. The wrestlers also should flat out refuse to be a part of those mathches
I admire what you went through. You persevered and came out stronger. Congrats bro. You are an inspiration to everybody who faces insurmountable challenges
You’d think 22,000 dollars is chump change to someone who probably made hundred thousands in movies and tv shows but what some don’t know is that Zeus made more money in that mediocre match with Abdullah than he did in the movie Friday. Abdullah got 5,000 dollars (the same amount Zeus got from Friday) despite being “more experienced” than Zeus who made more.
I had no idea you'd gone through all of this, brother. I live right across the St Lawrence river from you in northern NY, best of luck with everything you're doing
He wants nothing to do with the WWE . I don't blame the man he is legless and in a wheelchair from diabetes . Has no one to blame but himself for that should have taken better care of his body . But then Vince turns his back on him and doesn't even try and help the poor guy out with his medical bills. I mean that's why Jessie the body Ventura was trying to start a union but that selfish prick Hogan stooged him out to Vince
WWE HOF is a joke anyway. There already is a legit pro wrestling HOF located in Texas, even has a building and everything. Legit HOFs have buildings, they also don't have people not involved in said industry as inductees like the WWE has with guys like Drew Carey and Trump
He was paid for assaulting, aggravated assault, attempted murder, manslaughter or actually murder? All while getting off and doing this? Pssh! Disgusting!
Plus honored by the WWE by them putting him the HOF even though he never worked for them or in MSG for that matter while Brody only made the "Legacy Wing" despite actually wrestling for the WWWF feuding with Bruno ect.
@@TheHannibalTV I watched that old shoot you did with Honky Tonk Man when he was talking about Abdullah. With him telling it that story about the HOF incident,I would've been embarrassed to be there with him during that time. Also the part about the restaurant was funny as hell too. RANDOM TRIVIA: The BBQ restaurant that he HAD in Atlanta had closed down back in 2016. When I was living in Huntsville, Alabama,I found this out on a podcast & when my wife at the time heard about it closing,she burst out laughing. She told me when she lived in Atlanta,a lot of ppl had complaints about it & she never ate there herself
I am an Army veteran who was in the Pegasys program for my hepatitis back before it was being tested on civilians. You did well pulling through that. I respect the strength and courage it took for you to endure it. I can honestly say those were some dark days for me too.
Dan Kroffat on Abdullah The Butcher: ua-cam.com/video/uf-f9knDLN8/v-deo.html
Bro your misfits show is a whole other level of respect...I want your skull
@Sameer Abdullah you would be, if you are then youre as sick as he is and Id say it to your face.
Abdullah giving Hannibal Hep should be a Dark Side of the Ring episode.
I know
And all the money goes to Hannibal I watch some of his matches he's better than half the WWE roster
I like this one. Let's do it
DAMN! Good call man!!
Hell he gave a lot of people hep c I bet
"You're a piece of SHIT!" Don't hold back, Snake. lol I love Jake!
5:15 Roasted!
The Snake said my exact thoughts. Fuck the Butcher.
Jake the snake is not the first wrestler to call Abdullah a piece of shit!
And I mean come on let’s face it when Jake’s calling you a POS, you know your low.
'I don't want you bleeding all over me' - Rocky Johnson sums up the entire career of Abdullah
Fr. Literally the only way to describe it
That's for sure, but even more so, I wouldn't want him to cut me. And then even more than that, I wouldn't want him to cut himself, then cut me with the same tool, and then bleed all over me too. And the piece of garbage knew he had Hep-C and still did this stuff! How many people did he give it to? Geez, this guy is such a piece of trash. And he's been allowed to get away with it most of the time. He's so used to doing it and getting away with it, he just cuts people for the heck of it sometimes too with his little razors like it's some kind of joke.
Billy Graham seemed very concerned about the Indian
I don't think he'd ever seen a native American before.
You mean INNNDIIIAN
Punchy ascell
@MrBrenman21 he doesnt seem so PC is what im saying.
he had reservations about what abby did
Jake went zero to a hundred real quick
Gotta love Jake
I saw your comment and saw Jake and heard you're A PIECE OF SHIT right after. I was like oh that's it.
Jake Roberts looks the healthiest I’ve seen him in years. That’s great to see!
Yes it is, he really turned a corner and good for him!!
Seeing both him and Scott Hall doing well these days is fantastic. That DDP Yoga
God bless Jake! He looks so much better than a while ago. Proud of him.
He’s not had any booze or crack for a few years - that does wonders for someone lol
Hair plugs do wonders!
The first time I ever saw Abdullah The Butcher was 1987 at the Hull Arena in Quebec. I was 17 years old and it was the wildest night.
Everyone was throwing stuff at Abdullah and a girl next to me gave me change and said throw it at him. We were only a few rows from the stage. Being young and stupid I whipped a dime at him and hit him right below the eye. He looked right at me and to say I was scared as hell would be an understatement.
Things got so quickly out of hand Abdullah and another wrestler kendo Nagasaki got into real fights with people in the audience and the police cane in and shut everything down.
What crazy times those were
😲🤣
I seen Abdullah supposed to fight Sabu, but Sabu no-shows this shitty little wrestling company in this ran down warehouse place they ran shows out of a couple times a month. Anyways they need a replacement so this poor soul named" Bullet" comes out and takes the brutalest around the building beating ive possibly ever seen in live wrestling, and I front rowed heel Mankind matches and 95' prime ECW but this was to say the least off the hook! Lol
Joe F brother me too in puerto rico i saw him fighting with Carlitos Colon and Bruser Brody i've tell you what those day were awsome. In saturday not like this time WWF
To be honest i prefe when all days territories i saw every morning saturday 9:00 is time to fight all of us The neiborhood there was a pool every Sunday we are doing the same moved
Could you imagine Abby in his prime vs Dominik Mysterio, Gargano ,Kross, Theory , Waller
I'm 46 years young. Rocky Johnson was looked at in my eyes as the first black super hero. I saw him wrestle in person at a County Fair in Manassas Virginia. I was overwhelmed!
Now his son is a Hollyweird Hack.
@@DS-ss396 Now his son is one of the highest paid actors on the planet, after having been one of the biggest wrestling stars in history. What have you done with your life?
Those shows at the Prince William fairgrounds were awesome, we saw all the top stars at that fair, always looked forward to that week in the summer, i was between 9 and 12 years old then, thank you for reminding me of those times
Him and Tony Atlas were a great tag team.
Tony Atlas might have won a lot of bodybuilding titles but I always thought that rocky Johnson had the much better physique
I watched the dark side of the ring Brody episode yesterday and was unnerved at the way Abdullah was acting and talking on the subject. The man is not right in the head!!
I think that he's just evil, he clearly gets off on hurting others for fun.
My bet is that had he not become a wrestler he'd probably have been a serial killer.
Total Psycho
@@Hammerhead547The guy is just the worst kind of person . I read that before he went into Wrestling he hustled people with a charity con . He went door to door begging for unwanted clothes for the poor just as winter was coming . People gave a lot and it was quality stuff . What he did with it was put it in a store and sell it as Second Hand . When word got out that he scammed people a lot of them showed up at his store demanding their clothes back and he made a run for it with the cash . He is a sociopath and a narcissist . People are objects to use .
You should see his interview about Hannibal and the Hep C incident. He just smiles like he knows he's done it BUT he blames hannibal for it.
And his food was bad. Worse soul food I've ever tasted.
I think Billy Graham is correct, the guy always had a mental illness, wrestling is probably the only career he could have had without being locked up in jail or a psych ward
You mean working for Vince , stone cold use to beat his wife and Snuka probably killed someone
Yes.
Pgh Comix bigelow? As in bam bam bigelow? Yeah he was never even accused of rape let alone convicted. I think you may have came across the article about Lawrence Taylor who he wrestled in the main event of wresltemania 11 that was accused of statutory rape and never actually read it. Bam bam bigelow actually had 40% of his body burned while he rescued 3 children from a house fire. Should know your facts before you throw things like rape out there about someone.
@Kerry Howard no mis info
And honestly, considering what he's done to people in the ring, including people like that ring announcer, let alone what he did to Hannibal, he should still be locked away anyway.
Imagine if Abdullah tried cutting Haku/Meng without his permission.
Some of his stories are awesome.
That would have turned into a Shoot for real
We would have seen a man beat to death with his own jaw
@@Nobodylovvvvvvv lodged in his own home cooked southern ribs, lol. That is how far up the a$$, Haku/Meng would have put flAbby's fork...
he would probably end up looking a bit like your profile pic ...after about 5 reconstructive surgerys.
Abby: "had to get my heat baby!"
New Jack: "hold my staple gun."
Abdullah vs New Jack. who'd win? Both guys are dangerous
I'll take my chances with New Jack cuz at least he's clean. Also as guys have said just don't do anything stupid around Jack and things will be alright
New Jack.... 'Hold my damn Mass Transit'
@@Machete87 It did happen. ua-cam.com/video/-lKbejQBcsY/v-deo.html
Honestly think if Abby came around more recently he'd have just been another guy who had a cup of coffee with ECW if he came around early enough (later ECW shied away from too many pure blood-and-guts guys, only sticking to those that had enough tenure like Sabu, New Jack and Sandman who'd been there years), like Ian Rotten or something, worked guys like Supreme in XPW, early CZW with Zandig, Lobo and Wifebeater and then got stuck in the cycle of IWA:MS King of the Deathmatch tournaments.
In those days, though, there were few true blood-and-guts guys (sure there'd be blood feuds between wrestlers especially in the 70s, but the pure uncontrolled blood-and-guts like Abby and Sheik were few and far between) and cos you could move territory to territory, you could stay over without it growing stale, especially when Abby would take long tours of Japan or Puerto Rico so he would crop up from time to time in your town and scare the bejeesus out of everybody. In today's environment it ceases to be an attraction, and just starts to be a 60-something year old man (he stopped wrestling around 70 iirc) bleeding for money, and just becomes sad and, with Hep C, dangerous.
Say what you will about New Jack, but with the exception of the William Lane incident, if you work with him, he'll work with you. Kulas, Grimes and Gypsy Joe were all examples of people either not cooperating with, or pulling shit on, New Jack.
@@Machete87 they'd both die of massive blood lose and cross contamination...
Superstar putting so much emphasis on the word INDIAN is hilarious.
@@anthonybernero9720 im guessing the dude was Indian
Gregory Levi 😂
Whats wrong with that?
I couldn't stop laughing
@@anthonybernero9720 that's how old white people talk.
Abdullah The Butcher vs New Jack
in a shoot match would have been a terrifying dream come true.
New Jack coincidentally hates Abdullah in real life.
@@TheHannibalTV WOW! Hannibal why? Abdullah failed to pay his child support to New Jack and his mom? 😂🤣
Abdullah accused New Jack of having Hepatitis and HIV and New Jack showed his blood test to prove he didn't have it.
Shows Abdullah to be clearly a liar.
@@gregorylevi1826 cuz as Jack has said he can go crazy but at least he's clean. I'd take my chances with New Jack
Gregory Levi New Jack said in an interview he don’t like Abdullah because he said that New Jack stole his gimmick which was bullshit. Plus when New jack once wanted to work in Japan Abdullah said he would but Jack would have to give him 35% of his pay
Jake Roberts tells it like it is!!
Jesus, I never knew about your hep C story, it highlights the brutal reality of not only wrestling, but screwing around without a care for the repercussions. glad you pulled through man, thank you for being public with your story, not an easy thing to do but you inspired people because of it.
Abdullah The Butcher is all about Abdullah The Butcher. Abdullah doesn't care about others, nor does Abdullah care about the professional wrestling business. My heart goes out to those who got wronged by Abdullah The Butcher.
EXACTLY..SMH...AND RUDE AS HELL IN PERSON MISTREAT HIS EMPLOYEES IN HIS RESTAURANT...SMH
I was not an Abdullah fan at all. He wasn’t a wrestler, he was a sideshow project
When I was watching tales from the territories stampede wrestling episode, Abdullah kept mentioning that he loved Stu hart. But then would complain about never getting his last paycheck. It felt like he only cared about money.
Damn! Jake looks SO much better.. wow! I heard he got onboard with DDP getting cleaned up.. but damn.. looks Great. Way to go, Snake!
Should check out joe rogan's podcast with him. He is looking a doing much better, and he has so many stories to tell
Abdullah the Butcher was a scary dude when I was a kid.
Umar Rasul Agreed. He’s the scariest wrestler (maybe even person) ever despite being soft spoken.
He and Dick the Bruiser fought at the 1st Extravaganza in the Superdome in 76.I was there at 10yrs old.Both we're scary guys.Great matches.
Abdullah the butcher is like loose canon, like a criminal escape from mental hospital ....like Jason or Micheal Myers from Helloween, he is scary creep...he S obsessed with cutting up peopler maybe when he was young back in his home land he was into this sort of this shit....mentally he's unstable......Abdullah maybe his fetish got the best of him.....he's should of been in jail for this kinda disgusting behavior, no wrestlers deserved this kinda of sick act.....Abdullah the butcher gives the wrestling world a whole meaning of terrorist and fear....call him the madman,and yet lot of these fans like seeing hard core wrestling but it was unexpected for fans to see, like kids is watching,like nightmare for the younger kids.....I wonder if the butcher is dead yet, if he is, I'm not sorry to see him go....to his grave....
@@arthurmah7023 He is still alive, he was on dark side of the ring
Yes Abdullah is a badman!
I'm glad that Hannibal revealed that he had hep-c cause him revealing he has hep-c and blowing the whistle on what Abdullah the butcher did caused other wrestling stars to reveal the horrible things that Abdullah has done to people. Abdullah the butcher is a scum bag and the wrestling world now knows what he did, so hopefully with the wrestling world disowning him it will bring some closure to the whole thing
Jake is totally right.
He was spot on...& Then Tracy Smothers came in, & basically said the same thing at 22:13 lol Abdullah really was a piece of sh*t & it's a shame so many promoters not only allowed it, but encouraged it.
I remember when Abdullah wrestled Wahoo McDaniel and he stabbed Wahoo with a fork in the ring. Wahoo was whacking the Hell out of him with those chops
I saw an interview with Abdullah and he calls his “wrestling violence” and thinks it’s okay to hurt people. He’s unhinged and any wrestler must be aware of him.
He's off
I think the only wrestler that was as sick as Abdullah was New Jack, and even then...
Look at this mark getting worked
Superstar Billy Graham's clip is one of the funniest things I've ever heard or seen.
My father and I joke about it all the time Billy Graham it's hilarious. He really exaggerats his pronunciations in every sentence
He was an INDIAAAN
Agree
“This Indian was dark, he was turning white….THIS GUY’S GONNA DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!!!!”
I watched this video and woke up thinking about it so, I just had to add something. My dad was a part time WCW employee from the late 80's to the mid 90's, every weekend was kind of like "bring your kid to work day" so I grew up hanging out behind the scenes of the greatest promotion in history (my thoughts at the time).
Being a kid behind the curtain of WCW was Christmas morning every day. Here was all of these larger than life, super hero types and the majority were great people that loved entertaining. Ron Simmons was "my" guy. In his booming voice "Hey Thunderbolt! Get over here and get a load of this shit!" was his go to way of calling my attention to something he thought I'd be amused by. He was awesome. He was genuine, he was Ronnie.
I never met Abby, I saw him many, many, many times but never approached him. I wasn't tentative about approaching him because of his mad man character, I knew the difference between a character and the guy that played him. Again, I knew a lot of the boys The thing was, I felt no difference at all between the character Abdullah The Butcher and the man that played him, was one in the same. I had a sixth sense about him sure like most kids have that "twinkle" but he just seemed off in an obvious way; no extra sense required.
I was in the locker room in I think Savannah Ga. with just Abby and one of the boys who I won't mention. He's a HOFer now but he's not in this video so I won't speak for him. The other one, laced his boots up, stood up to go to gorilla, he got to the door, turned around and said "Hey ******, your dad said to meet him out there for the last one on the card, I'm it. So come with me." I was confused, I always met dad back in the locker room after a show but I went anyway.
I go out the door, following the other guy. We step down the hall about ten feet and he turns to me and says "Your dad never told me that, I'm sorry I lied to you but you shouldn't be alone in there with him." and that was all.
Going back home, I asked my dad about Abby. He said "That was the right choice. You know how the guys back stage are different than the guys on the TV? With Butcher there is no difference."
Man that’s crazy
Thankyou first sharing your story. Who knows what he was capable of doing?! He might be a child molester or rapist. Your dad and that wrestler sound like two good solid human beings looking out for your well being.
@@wagsoman Thanks, Calm. They were both really good people. I'm very proud of my dad. He was extraordinary in every way.
Wow that guy was a good human being i wasn't born in that time of wrestling but I've heard about Abdullah veagaly but as a black wrestler he should have been a better person sick individual thanks for sharing your story
Wow, man! I respect ya for not dropping names but the guy did a really nice thing, you should tell us. ;) Or you just don't want to put out that he had a problem with butcher.
Abdullah didn't make good heat. When I was a kid he was "turn the f*ing channel" heat.
If he had skipped the blood and just played the rest of his gimmick he would have been a perfect monster heel.
@Jay At least X-Pac didn't fuck up people with hep c.
The only time he actually drew good heat was vs Terry Funk in Japan...
But then again... It was TERRY MOTHERFUCKING FUNK
Blood was his gimmick.
.....and X-Pac was actually a really good worker and didn't need to carve people up with forks to do so,I always liked him back when he was the Lightning Kid in Global Abdullah on the other hand was a one trick pony and his shtick wore thin rather quickly!!!
I loved and still love bloody matches
Abdullah wrestle for many years in Puerto Rico. The man is insane. He will cut people and he will cut himself with his fork. Those hardcore matches with barbwire and forks, absolutely crazy.
I'm dead af 💀😂...Jake Roberts getting dead serious when he looks at the camera and calls Abdullah a piece of shit 😂😂
When the wrestler said Abdullah the butcher grabbed the popsicle stick with the blade and sliced his face and his throat my God it was like a manslaughter 😂😂😂😂
Abdullah has not done a legit wrestling move in 50 years, one trick pony.
Nevertheless it made him rich, for awhile
@Elliott Feasteryep
Still a lot more entertaining than most of the wrestlers I see today
He has always said himself that he isn't a rassler,"I'm not a rassler,I don't grab holds"
Saw him many times at Indy shows. His forehead was absolutely disgusting
Jack Arnsick because of curiosity. You never know what abdullah is going to do, all you know is there *WILL* be blood.
@@anegg1369 King Curtis,The Sheik and Tiger Jeet Singh had just as many scars on their foreheads
Doctor: Mr. Shreve, your blood test shows that you have Hepatitis C. This is a highly contagious disease. You should not continue to stand in a wrestling ring and bleed because you will infect other people with it. Do you understand what I mean?
Abdullah the Butcher: No.
After watching this it’s clear Abdullah has a problem. These are the kinds of folks that shouldn’t be in the business at all. Ruined so many talents chances and I believe he did it because he knew he’d never get as far as anyone else. Hannibal didn’t deserve that. What a terrifying experience I could only imagine finding out after a match you caught something. I’d be enraged and terrified at the same time.
It'd be just as obvious from those stories if Abdullah was brought into WWE today and he just did what he does.
I knew about Hannibals story years ago and to this day it makes me just as sad. Robbed of a career. I have a friend who also had Hepatitis C and i was there everyday to see him go through those awful treatments as well.
Hey c is fully treatable.
Unfortunately winning a lawsuit doesn’t mean you will see a dime. So sad brother. Thanks for the video Devon and not giving up and taking your life. God bless.
Jake the Snake thank you. Abdullah should not have been allowed to get a way with that. He should have just wrestled like everybody else.
I’ll take New Jack over Abdullah the Butcher any day. At least with New Jack he doesn’t spread his disease on different people (that doesn’t mean he’s a saint neither but he’s the lesser of the two evils) and his theme playing throughout his entrance made him an even bigger attraction along with him diving off of balconies. The ONLY great thing I can say about him was I like his positive view on The Undertaker from an old interview.
Yeah Hannibal you went through a 36 week horrifying treatment, and had your livelihood and even life threatened by this... but he had to get his heat.
Hannibal was robbed of a WWE contract and robbed again of collecting the settlement awarded to him. I don't have time to insult Abdulluah, I simply want justice and closure for Hannibal. #Respect #TheHannibalTV
Patrick J wtf is Hannover
True the only good thing about it is I never would have become a reporter if it wasn't for this stuff happening to me which might be my true calling but I still have a line of credit I'm paying off related to my medical and legal expenses it's brutal.
@@TheHannibalTV We are thankful for #TheHannibalTV and the first legitimate reporter with the background to back it up. Of course we want you in AEW and we want an audit of Abdullah's assets to pay you - but we are thankful. #EyeOfTheTiger
Devon I want you to know I followed your story for years from here in Alberta.. I had hepatitis c since the early 90’s .. I made some bad decisions with drug abuse trying to kill the pain of being molested as a child and I lived with suicidal thoughts and depression for many years.. your story gave me hope and thank you so much for your strength and thanks to epclusa and ribavirin I have been hep c free since December 2017.. I pray that you will get that chance in the big leagues that Abdullah took from you.. Hannibal the future AEW World Heavyweight Champion 👍
THE HANNIBAL TV wwe is a trap bro. Stay away and stay successful. Wwe is not the end all
The question remains. How was Abdullah allowed to wrestle being Hep C positive? I would assume that in a physical contact sport such as wrestling, he would have had to have been tested for any transmittable diseases prior to any matches?
Unfortunately by that time he wasn't working for any major promotions He had been mostly working matches and parking lots and high school gyms and stuff like that and a lot of those smaller indie companies, especially back then. Don't give a damn about their workers and they're definitely not going to spend the time and effort to drug test someone especially if they're just there for a one-off match
Abdullah the Butcher was a sideshow freak. Back in the day his act was pretty popular. Fans all over the world loved the blood. Guys that got in the ring with him were taking a huge risk and, I guess, just doing it for the money. I am amazed that wrestling promoters allowed this for as long as they did.
I'm sure they turned a blind eye cause he put @$$e$ in seats. The almighty buck...
Why are you amazed exactly?
Rocky Johnson was one of my favorites as a kid.
I think I got hep c from watching this.
My Dad met Abdullah at his house in Atlanta a few years back, I don’t want to give up any of the guy’s personal info but from what I know he is definitely “unhinged” to say the least.
Cmonnnnn can't tease us like that 😭😭😭😭
Just tell us. We all know he is a POS
You cant stick it in half way without going all the way in.
Okay, fine… fine… drunk enough to tell the tale… when he came to the door he had a sawed off shotgun by the door… course that’s also probably just an Atlanta thing… but when he was taking pictures with them he had picked up a fork to pose with them with and my dad said when he his brother and my LITTLE SISTER who was a kid at the time were posing with him individually, He would press the fork extremely hard against their head and if they moved in discomfort he would press harder and harder on the fork against their head until the picture was took. Also he seemed like he didn’t remember a lot about his career at the time seemed really out of it.
Dad Didn’t even know he had HepC
Inspiring story. Insane trials and tribulations. Overcoming the odds and raising awareness about the biz and life of wrestlers. It's a hard life.
Respect to Jake the Snake for not trying to be politically correct and calling abdullah exactly what he is. May abdullah rot in hell.
According to a lot of guys who'd wrestled him, Abdullah was menacing and intimidating.....until you heard him talk. He had a very high pitched voice.
Grim Reaper aka mike Tyson
Same with Bobby Lashley.
@@ant_boy_spice4400 OH DAMN, LOL!! Imagine the grim reaper sounding like Mike Tyson? I would die a second time, because my soul would die of laughter....
@@blacke.blackerton5430 Hey at least it's not Michael Jackson
HeeeHeee
@@ant_boy_spice4400 Well, Mike has a slight lisp, I think that's what makes him less intimidating. He just has a soft voice, it's not particularly high.
I was diagnosed in 99 and told my body had naturally fought it off , however I started to feel very fatigue and after 2 more years of annual tests and being again told I had no viral load, it showed up as active and I started interferon one month later . The treatment was hell and my red n white blood cells were affected and I had to be given shots for that as well as my blood platelets crashing to the point of almost needing a blood transfusion . They stopped the interferon for 2 weeks then restarted . I was so sick and was given a strong medicine for cancer patients due to my stomach being so sick and losing a lot of weight . After 6 months I was clear and been clear ever since however I'm not sure the damage it may caused as I only had the ultrasound on my liver which is not 100%. I was a 2A genotype .
It's obvious that abdullah is a liar. Especially when it comes to the bruiser brody incident.
Superstar Billy Graham comes across as a genuine superstar of a person. Down to earth, approachable and just all the traits that make a good person.
Awesome compilation. Watching this after just attending Wrestlecon in JAX this past weekend. Thanks Hannibal 👍
The way SSBG keep expressing that he was INDIAN!
To make a point at how after loosing so much blood he looked like a white man
should've asked New Jack about Abby
definitely going to be the best answer
That would be interesting.
New Jack has said in interviews that while Jack can go crazy Abdullah is a, to quote, "piece of goddamn shit. You use the same dirty blade to gig the boys you working with. That's murder! That shows that's attempted murder." I'd take my chances with New Jack cuz at least he's clean
“IMA KILL THAT MOTHERFUCKA THEN HE KILL ME, WE BOTH DEAD FUCKA *WE BOTH DAYAD*”
I felt your pain when you spoke about rashes. I had really bad rashes due to OCD and washing my hands so much that my hands would be so dry that they would hurt and itch so bad I couldn't do anything about it. I dealt with that for months at a time. A total nightmare until I started taking care of my OCD.
Jerry Jarrett: you're in theater, act like it
Fucking brilliant
Never truer words
Poor way of viewing the wrestling industry.
@@AS_ONYX Jerry Jarrett's view?
@@GorlicBreadz yes
@@AS_ONYX it really isn't but okay lol
@@GorlicBreadz Treating wrestling like it's a performance art rather than a sport or competition is not a good philosophy to have.
Deebo funny as hell, "O he didn't cut me"!
My grandfather was a big time wrestling fan when I was a kid in the 80's and he absolutely hated abby with a passion because he felt abby was a no talent one trick pony who didn't deserve the attention he got.
He would change the channel or get up to take a piss/make a snack whenever abby's matches came on and he wouldn't let me watch either, the one time I asked him why he wouldn't let me watch he told me "because you don't need to see that idiot carving people up like christmas hams".
You’re the man Hannibal! You’re an inspiration to never give up, no matter the circumstance. I hate that you never got your WWE contract, but a failure you are NOT sir! Kudos to you for fighting through your illness and coming back out on top!
And now, he nearly killed a ref. You feel the same way about him being an “inspiration”?
Hannibal, I also suffered and have yet to find a purpose and a path. I trained in the same 1990 Hart bros camp with Lance and Chris. I roomed with Lance for over a year. I just wanted to say lots of people get dealt a shit hand. Some like myself never recover for many reasons. You should not only be thankful. Which I believe you are! But you should also be very Proud and self assured that your recovery and story and spirit. Is there for many many that you may never even meet. You opend the conversation and brought attention in a wrold not known for being open about its problems. I congratulate you on your recovery, and your lifes work!!! You may have gotten a contract and who knows. But you took the hand dealt and played it like a royal Flush!!! Be proud you stand very tall and look at all the guys in the Biz the have supported you and you can call friend. Thats worth more then any Contract and Rocket Push for a couple years that may fade. Your light has only grown brighter!!! I am sure you may not even see what your postive and honest work has done for many workers and the Biz as a whole. Be Proud!
He clearly had zero respect for others
should have been the one to get the bruiser brody shower treatment.
@@giantmess4335 Carlos Colon would never have let that happen. Abdullah made him too much money
"Tiny" Lister wasn't an idiot!!! He was very much aware
That's because despite not being good in the ring perse, Tiny was actually a wrestling fan all his life, so he pretty much knew the ins and outs and who and who not to trust.
“Tiny” only played meatheats like Deebo. Literally everything I’ve seen him in where he’s being himself he was always a soft-spoken, smiling guy. May he R.I.P, not only a wrestling legend, but also an acting legend as well
He's one of the few people who was not trained in the old wrestling mindset of "you just take it because it's you paying your dues" (which is stupid). Like he said he came from the real world. Your average person isn't letting anyone stab them and letting that person live yet wrestling locker room pier pressure had some of these guys scared to speak up because they cared more about fitting in than their own health. I'm watching this and it's blowing my mind how long he was able to do the stuff he did and get away with it.
9:52! That is crazy! What made him think he could do that?
That was actually nuts I actually saved the guy but he got cut up and blood all over his suit which was I guess a rented suit. I was in shock that he did that. It made the news around here the next day.
@@TheHannibalTV Is there a video of this incident on youtube by chance? I haven't been able to find it.
@@eamonwright7488 No there isn't it was a TV show not a UA-cam show and it was like 12 years ago.
THE HANNIBAL TV Ah kk. Thanks for the reply.
I look forward to 30 years from now when we get to interview wrestlers from today about psychopaths who mutilate referees.
Keep up the show . You are bringing out stories that need to talked about
..."But I got to get my heat, baby"
"I never remember sleeping with a girl that smelled that bad" 😭😂🤣🤣💀💀💀💀💀💀
I've seen this many times, life's been good. I've been through a few things lately that have been hard on me. Some my fault done not. But I'm in a battle right now. None of it is health related. But this video has given me hope, to everyone going through any tough time, watch this video there's a huge lesson here. Never stop fighting for yourself when times get bad. Never stop. Thank you Hannibal and be safe everyone
I've followed you throughout the years and a huge fan of your work inside and outside the ring. One way or the other didn't connect the dots and didn't realize the actual hell you been through. I feel guilty for not realizing and knowing all this about my favorite UA-camr. Feel silly even saying UA-camr because your so much more. Your an inspiration and quite literally the strongest wrestler I've ever known. I watched your movie Christmas night. It's been the toughest year and Christmas I've ever had. Watching you and telling your story has been helping me a lot so thank you. It's appreciated 💪
100% respect man.
Best wrestling channel on UA-cam too.
Try to get on AEW
Jake Roberts, short, but sweet 👍🏻
Respect to Tiny! Deebo 💯
I love how Superstar Billy Graham talks
Billy Graham returned his WWE Hall Of Fame ring in protest of Abby being inducted. I'm not sure what the final outcome of the whole thing was, but I know Billy had no respect for Abby and what he did to himself and others. He said a bloodthirsty butcher had no place in the Hall Of Fame.
I was terrified of that freak when I was a kid....looks like I had the right idea.
Hey Hannibal, the last bit of this video where it's you talkin, man that was devastating for you. Jeez the whole situation was horrible! I am so glad you got through that, and I know it wasn't easy from everything you tell us. Well done. I cannot believe the meds that helped you are off the market. This actually makes you even more lucky to have been cured (despite that agony you experience)! And when I say lucky I mean only in that capacity, because it was a disgrace that you found yourself in that situation in the first place. Really unlucky there, because of someone else in a pantomime known as pro wrestling where you should not be at risk from such a thing ever! How many more men have been infected by that irresponsible twat! It's actually disgusting and fucked up that he has been doing this for years. And as SBG said, he has some kind of disorder that he probably needs help with! Holy shit, just glad you are better and can make all this wonderful videos for us.
Thanks a lot and the meds that helped me are no off the market luckily because there are more effective meds with less side effects out now since I took that regime in 2012-2013 so it's a good thing.
@@TheHannibalTV That is a good thing, really good. I was thinking that perhaps there wasn't the same solution for some other people out there who might be in the same situation. You went through a lot to get better so bravo man, no one deserves that. Do you know of other wrestlers who may have got it from him?
@@RabidGerry Some wrestlers who wrestled him and had Hep C are Billy Graham, Jacques Rougeau, Bushwacker Luke, King Curtis (died of Hep C), Ivan Koloff and Bobby Jaggers to name a few. Hard to say if they caught it specifically from them but they all wrestled him at various points. Other wrestlers such as Bob Orton Jr and X pac have had Hep C. More probably have had it from the older decades and not come out about it.
@@TheHannibalTV they have never said so and he did have a autopsy but I know that Dusty had liver problems and has heard liver cancer when he died. Around the last 10 top guys in the Mexican Mafia that were not murdered all died from liver cancer/hep c from being long time IV heroin users
I feel like this compilation is some real catharsis for Hannibal. It’s sad what happened. As a deathmatch fan I can say the match between Abby and Hannibal was great in terms of its brutality and whirlwind of energy. But it robbed Hannibal of a WWE career.
I sympathize, Hannibal. I was given Hep C by dirty tattoo needles. Not even sure which guy to blame, haha. My insurance covered Harvoni and I got it zapped away. Take it easy man! I love Abby......it's terrible that he did that to you and Lord knows who else. It changes things for sure
Rocks dad turned into an old hispanic guy at some point somehow.
Obviously he wasn't fully black,
@@hisroyalhighness8566 Not all black people look alike.
@@LoganCharlesII hence my point goof, all "black " people have different amounts of white in them
@Harvard Blue that is correct.
Tuned in for “color” watched to the end because of your humanity and humility. Excellent video. I’m so sorry for your experience. I hope that you endure and achieve greatness.
RIP ZEUS WE MISS YOU
Greensboro,NC 1983. Abullah was wrestling Wahoo McDaniel. Abullah had something that looked like a frog gigger repeatly injuring Wahoo's right eye. I was pregnant and hanging over the chairs begging them to stop the fight. The coliseum staff, and GPD tried to calm me down. But I knew right then what a monster Butcher was. There was NO entertainment to what I witnessed. Laugh if you must but my husband banned me from any wrestling events until after our son was born. He also forbade me from going to any TV tapings until the birth of our son.
Why did the promotion allow Abdullah to use razors and cut himself and others? .... If anything they should be held responsible for injuries to other wrestlers and shoulda put a stop to this. The wrestlers also should flat out refuse to be a part of those mathches
“I N D I A N” -Superstar Billy Graham
Offended?
Crying?
Hotel?
Trivago
Loved the way he told that story LOL
Abdollah the butcher is 79 years old And he was wrestling for decades before officially retiring in 2019 honestly he should have retired 30 years ago!
Billy Ghram Part Is PUUUUURE GOLD
Hannibal is better than most in WWE and AEW right now. They should give him another shot.
Thanks
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@@jasonriehl6981 I agree,, your mother is a moron for not having an abortion
@@jasonriehl6981 why
Who also came here after watching the dark side of the ring episode
I admire what you went through. You persevered and came out stronger. Congrats bro. You are an inspiration to everybody who faces insurmountable challenges
Thanks for the video, THE HANNIBAL TV
I could listen to Jerry Jarrett all day talk about the wrestling business.
wow years of watching you and first time watching this. Thanks for sharing your story
You’d think 22,000 dollars is chump change to someone who probably made hundred thousands in movies and tv shows but what some don’t know is that Zeus made more money in that mediocre match with Abdullah than he did in the movie Friday. Abdullah got 5,000 dollars (the same amount Zeus got from Friday) despite being “more experienced” than Zeus who made more.
i think he meant 2200 or twenty two hundred
@@andrewclayterman6230 naw he was clear, $22,000. Remember he was more famous than Abdullah
I'm glad you put your story on here. Makes some parts come full circle.
Bless You, brother.
.... I had always thought abdullah the butcher was a wrestler!
Ya learn something new every day.
I’m sorry but I keep coming back to hear Billy Graham talk about the “Indian”!! 😂🤣😂🤣
I had no idea you'd gone through all of this, brother. I live right across the St Lawrence river from you in northern NY, best of luck with everything you're doing
Kamala the Ugandan giant should be in the hall of fame!
Far as I know he's only in that Texas Wrestling Hall Of Fame
He wants nothing to do with the WWE . I don't blame the man he is legless and in a wheelchair from diabetes . Has no one to blame but himself for that should have taken better care of his body . But then Vince turns his back on him and doesn't even try and help the poor guy out with his medical bills. I mean that's why Jessie the body Ventura was trying to start a union but that selfish prick Hogan stooged him out to Vince
WWE HOF is a joke anyway. There already is a legit pro wrestling HOF located in Texas, even has a building and everything. Legit HOFs have buildings, they also don't have people not involved in said industry as inductees like the WWE has with guys like Drew Carey and Trump
Butcher never claimed to be a wrestler. In a documentary he said "I didn't wrestle, I did karate. I never learned or used a single wrestling hold."
lol at he does karate
He was paid for assaulting, aggravated assault, attempted murder, manslaughter or actually murder? All while getting off and doing this? Pssh! Disgusting!
Plus honored by the WWE by them putting him the HOF even though he never worked for them or in MSG for that matter while Brody only made the "Legacy Wing" despite actually wrestling for the WWWF feuding with Bruno ect.
@@TheHannibalTV That's so screwed up!
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I watched that old shoot you did with Honky Tonk Man when he was talking about Abdullah. With him telling it that story about the HOF incident,I would've been embarrassed to be there with him during that time.
Also the part about the restaurant was funny as hell too. RANDOM TRIVIA: The BBQ restaurant that he HAD in Atlanta had closed down back in 2016. When I was living in Huntsville, Alabama,I found this out on a podcast & when my wife at the time heard about it closing,she burst out laughing. She told me when she lived in Atlanta,a lot of ppl had complaints about it & she never ate there herself
Hannibal thank you for telling your story. Salute.
I am an Army veteran who was in the Pegasys program for my hepatitis back before it was being tested on civilians. You did well pulling through that. I respect the strength and courage it took for you to endure it. I can honestly say those were some dark days for me too.