When fans of pro wrestling think of “Hardcore” performers, they often think of guys like Mick Foley and the wrestlers from the old ECW. But a man who pre-dated them all in the genre was Abdullah The Butcher.
Abdullah the Butcher’s real name is Lawrence Shreve. And while his character was portrayed as the “Madman from Sudan,” in real life he’s from Ontario in Canada. We caught up with Shreve at River City Wrestling Con in Jacksonville. His career started in the Pacific Northwest. “A promoter wanted me to come to Seattle Washington,” said Shreve. When he arrived he was asked to put the other guy “over” .
Shreve quickly developed a hardcore style that involved weapons and a lot of danger. That willingness to wrestle in such an extreme fashion endeared him to fans who were intent on booing him and saw him as a real life monster. “Every match I done got me over because the way I wrestled now I was wrestling then. I was crazy,” said Shreve. In fact, he said he nearly caused a riot many times throughout his career.
One of the performers he worked the most closely with was Mick Foley. At the time Foley’s gimmick was “Cactus Jack”. Somewhat of a psychopathic hardcore performer willing to do anything. The two were a natural pair. Foley would eventually become one of the most well known wrestlers on the planet a decade later in WWF. “Cactus Jack to me was like a god,” said Shreve. “That’s one guy I respect. He took the craziest bumps.
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