"The Madman from The Sudan" Abdullah the Butcher Quiz

Answer: karate and judo

As a kid, Abdullah the Butcher became an expert in karate and judo. He taught other kids in the sports in his back yard. Abdullah the Butcher claimed to have earned the title of "seventh-degree grandmaster" in karate and judo.

Answer: 1958

While living in Canada, Abdullah the Butcher was discovered by promoter Jack Britton. At the age of 17, the athletic Abdullah the Butcher stood six feet tall and weighed over three hundred fifty pounds. Abdullah the Butcher made his professional wrestling debut in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1958.

In one of Abdullah the Butcher's earliest matches, he hit Jack Britton's son, wrestler Gino Brito, in the head with a chair and beat Brito senselessly with the leg of the chair.

Answer: Khosrow Daivari

Khosrow Daivari managed Muhammad Hassan, Kurt Angle, Mark Henry and the Great Khali in World Wrestling Entertainment from 2004 through 2007. Khosrow Daivari never managed Abdullah the Butcher. Abdullah the Butcher has been managed by Paul Jones, Gary Hart, Oliver Humperdink, James J. Dillon, Jimmy Hart, Paul E. Dangerously, Paul Ellering, Skandor Akbar, Harley Race, the Sheik, Adnan El Kassey, Hugo Savinovich, the Grand Wizard and the Great Mephisto.

Answer: A fork

Abdullah the Butcher was known for his unpredictable, ultra-violent hardcore style of professional wrestling. He almost always used his trusty fork to injure his opponents. If a fan sitting at ringside was eating a meal, Abdullah the Butcher would take a fork from the fan and use it on his opponent.

Answer: Terry Funk and Dory Funk, Junior

Between December of 1977 and December of 1978 in Japan, Abdullah the Butcher and the Sheik had a series of bloody matches with Terry Funk and Dory Funk, Junior. The feud culminated on December 1, 1978 in a singles match between Abdullah the Butcher and Terry Funk in Japan. The match ended with a wild brawl between the two wrestlers in the crowd.

Answer: Carlos Colón

Abdullah the Butcher found much success in the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. Abdullah the Butcher became the first World Wrestling Council Universal Heavyweight Champion on July 21, 1982.

Abdullah the Butcher's feud with Carlos Colón became legendary for having violent matches. These two wrestlers had a bloody "barbed wire match" in 1982. In 1986, Abdullah the Butcher's threw ammonia in the eyes of Carlos Colón during a match. In 1992, Abdullah the Butcher's attacked Carlos Colón while he was taking a shower to set up another bloody match.

Answer: Bruiser Brody

In World Class Championship Wrestling, Abdullah the Butcher defeated the Great Kabuki for the World Class Championship Wrestling Brass Knuckles Title. Abdullah the Butcher also continued his wild feud with Bruiser Brody from their time in World Wrestling Council. The two wrestlers competed in many violent "steel cage" matches and "Texas death" matches.

Answer: "Chamber of Horrors" match

At the World Championship Wrestling's 1991 "Halloween Havoc" event, the team of El Gigante, Sting and the Steiner Brothers defeated the team of Abdullah the Butcher, the Diamond Studd, Cactus Jack and Big Van Vader in a "Chamber of Horrors" match. Abdullah the Butcher lost the match as he was sitting in the electric chair when Cactus Jack accidentally flipped the switch.

Answer: yes

Abdullah the Butcher participated in the National Wrestling Alliance's Eastern Championship Wrestling in 1993. Abdullah the Butcher wrestled at the National Wrestling Alliance's Eastern Championship Wrestling's "Ultra Clash" and "Bloodfest" events in 1993. Abdullah the Butcher feuded with his old nemesis Terry Funk in the National Wrestling Alliance's Eastern Championship Wrestling.

Answer: yes

April 2, 2011, Abdullah the Butcher was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame by Terry Funk. During his active professional wrestling career, Abdullah the Butcher never competed in the World Wrestling Entertainment.