I just watched this documentary called Don't Bleed On Me about this kid that goes by the ring name Hannibal who wound up contracting Hepatitis C supposedly from Abdullah The Butcher. Its interesting actually because you find out the Billy Graham has Hep C as well as Cowboy Bob Orton because back in 70's, 80's and hell even the 90' it was expected that big time matches would end up where one, if not both guys were bleeding from their faces, arms, etc. And when you have two guys bleeding on themselves and each other their bloods get into each other's blood streams and if you got something then he's got something. So naturally, it started going around.
Well, Abdullah the Butcher for those of you who may not have seen any of his matches, was pretty much known for bleeding and causing bleeding by any means necessary. It was his schtick and if you came to see a bloodbath you were usually treated to one in his matches. And everyone wound up "busted wide open" when they took him on due to his bevy of foreign objects such as his trademark fork hidden in his pants or the occasional drink straw for whatever reason. And as many of you know by now guys who bleed usually do so by cutting themselves with razor blades and commonly they'd been known to share these blades thus causing the spread of things like Hep C or otherwise.
Basically, the story goes that this kid was the hottest indy star around and was WWE bound after numerous tryouts and guys like Tommy Dreamer suggesting he get in. Anyways he blows everyone away at the tryout, gets a three year contract and during a rountine checkup finds out he has Hep C and comes to the conclusion that the only way he could have gotten it was from Abby. Abdullah and this guy had brutal matches before but in this one particular match, Abdullah has a blade taped to his pointer finger and after taking a hit, goes to one knee and slices himself deep causing heavy blood flow and then winds up repeatedly stabbing the kid with his own bloody blade thereby getting his blood into the kid's blood stream. Well WWE finds out and gets rid of the guy because its too big of a risk. Word spreads and no one wants to deal with the kid anymore or otherwise wrestle him.
So the kid tells WWE his side of the story and he with his lawyer try to come to some agreement with them but they still dont want to take the risk so he is relatively screwed. And for some reason WWE knows all about Abdullah but still decide they want him in their Hall of Fame despite the kid's story. But again the kid can't prove it was in any way his fault as Abdullah refuses to submit any type of blood test or otherwise.
The documentary is mostly Honky Tonk Man and Billy Graham talking about how big of a piece of crap Abdullah was and how its common knowledge he would do this sort of thing to numerous guys and even had been known to attack and cut people such as refs and announcers to get boos from the crowd. They even goes as far as to show him attack talk show hosts and the infamous deal where he smashed the guy with the coffee pot resulting in Hannibal getting 56 stitches.
I always thought Abdullah was a legend from when he and Cactus Jack brutalized each other back in WCW, and his years in Japan and WWC matches I've seen. Yeah he always did the gimmick where he would stab his opponent with forks and for some reason a drinking straw but he was what some considered one of the creators of the "hardcore" style which I guess is accurate. To me he was more of a sadistic type character who just set out to brutalize his opponent.
The question I have is do any of you think its wrong for a guy like Abdullah The Butcher to be immortalized in the Hall of Fame especially when its common knowledge that most of his matches were blood baths in the PG Era thats going on. Also knowing the fact that a talented kid who could have been someone huge loses his chance at being a big star possibly because Abby stabbed him with his bloody razor?
Abdullah refuses to submit any blood tests to this day so its not proven he has Hep C or even spread it to anyone but to me, even though I've always loved the guy I think it is rather shitty to induct a guy like him into the Hall of Fame when guys who were actual stars in the WWE or WCW like Savage, Bossman, Earthquake, Bam Bam Bigelow, Vader, etc are left out
Well, Abdullah the Butcher for those of you who may not have seen any of his matches, was pretty much known for bleeding and causing bleeding by any means necessary. It was his schtick and if you came to see a bloodbath you were usually treated to one in his matches. And everyone wound up "busted wide open" when they took him on due to his bevy of foreign objects such as his trademark fork hidden in his pants or the occasional drink straw for whatever reason. And as many of you know by now guys who bleed usually do so by cutting themselves with razor blades and commonly they'd been known to share these blades thus causing the spread of things like Hep C or otherwise.
Basically, the story goes that this kid was the hottest indy star around and was WWE bound after numerous tryouts and guys like Tommy Dreamer suggesting he get in. Anyways he blows everyone away at the tryout, gets a three year contract and during a rountine checkup finds out he has Hep C and comes to the conclusion that the only way he could have gotten it was from Abby. Abdullah and this guy had brutal matches before but in this one particular match, Abdullah has a blade taped to his pointer finger and after taking a hit, goes to one knee and slices himself deep causing heavy blood flow and then winds up repeatedly stabbing the kid with his own bloody blade thereby getting his blood into the kid's blood stream. Well WWE finds out and gets rid of the guy because its too big of a risk. Word spreads and no one wants to deal with the kid anymore or otherwise wrestle him.
So the kid tells WWE his side of the story and he with his lawyer try to come to some agreement with them but they still dont want to take the risk so he is relatively screwed. And for some reason WWE knows all about Abdullah but still decide they want him in their Hall of Fame despite the kid's story. But again the kid can't prove it was in any way his fault as Abdullah refuses to submit any type of blood test or otherwise.
The documentary is mostly Honky Tonk Man and Billy Graham talking about how big of a piece of crap Abdullah was and how its common knowledge he would do this sort of thing to numerous guys and even had been known to attack and cut people such as refs and announcers to get boos from the crowd. They even goes as far as to show him attack talk show hosts and the infamous deal where he smashed the guy with the coffee pot resulting in Hannibal getting 56 stitches.
I always thought Abdullah was a legend from when he and Cactus Jack brutalized each other back in WCW, and his years in Japan and WWC matches I've seen. Yeah he always did the gimmick where he would stab his opponent with forks and for some reason a drinking straw but he was what some considered one of the creators of the "hardcore" style which I guess is accurate. To me he was more of a sadistic type character who just set out to brutalize his opponent.
The question I have is do any of you think its wrong for a guy like Abdullah The Butcher to be immortalized in the Hall of Fame especially when its common knowledge that most of his matches were blood baths in the PG Era thats going on. Also knowing the fact that a talented kid who could have been someone huge loses his chance at being a big star possibly because Abby stabbed him with his bloody razor?
Abdullah refuses to submit any blood tests to this day so its not proven he has Hep C or even spread it to anyone but to me, even though I've always loved the guy I think it is rather shitty to induct a guy like him into the Hall of Fame when guys who were actual stars in the WWE or WCW like Savage, Bossman, Earthquake, Bam Bam Bigelow, Vader, etc are left out
