Sabu (wrestler)
American professional wrestler
Terry Michael Brunk (born December 12, 1964) is an American former professional wrestler. He is better known by his ring name Sabu.
| Sabu | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Sabu in 2017 | |
| Born | December 12, 1964 Staten Island, New York |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Sabu Sabu the Elephant Boy Samu Terry Essar Terry Snuka |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
| Billed from | Saudi Arabia Bombay, India "Bombay, Michigan" |
| Trained by | Ed Farhat |
| Debut | 1985 |
| Retired | November 5, 2021 |
He is best known for working with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on their ECW brand. He was known for competing in hardcore-type matches. He was trained by his uncle, Ed Farhat who was known by his ring name, The Sheik.[1]
On November 5, 2021, Sabu announced that he was retiring from professional wrestling.[2]
Championships
change- Asylum Championship Wrestling
- ACW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- Cutting Edge Wrestling
- CEW Newfoundland Heritage Championship (one time)
- Hardcore Championship Wrestling
- HCW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- Border City Wrestling
- BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- Eastern Championship Wrestling/Extreme Championship Wrestling
- FTW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- ECW World Heavyweight Championship (two times)
- ECW World Tag Team Championship (three times) (with Taz (one) and Rob Van Dam (two))
- ECW World Television Championship (one time)
- Hardcore Hall of Fame (2009)[3]
- Second ECW Triple Crown Champion
- Extreme Wrestling Alliance
- EWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- European Wrestling Association
- EWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (two times)
- Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
- FMW World Martial Arts Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Horace Boulder)
- Insane Wrestling Federation
- IWF Heavyweight Championship (two times)
- Juggalo Championship Wrestling
- JCW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- Main Event Championship Wrestling
- MECW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- Motor City Wrestling
- MCW Heavyweight Championship (three time)
- National Wrestling Alliance
- NWA Independent World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- NWA Florida
- NWA World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- National Wrestling Conference
- NWC Heavyweight Championship (two times)
- New Japan Pro Wrestling
- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- Pro Wrestling Holland
- Pro Wrestling Holland Championship (one time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Professional Championship Wrestling
- PCW Television Championship (one time)
- Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling
- 3PW World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- Stampede Wrestling
- Stampede Pacific Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- Ultimate Championship Wrestling
- UCW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- UPW Pro Wrestling
- UPW American Championship (two times)
- United States Xtreme Wrestling
- UXW United States Heavyweight Championship (two times)
- Universal Wrestling Alliance
- UWA Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- World Wrestling Council
- WWC Hardcore Championship (one time)
- WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- Readers' Favorite Wrestler (1994)
- Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling
- XICW Xtreme Championship (one time)
- Xtreme Latin American Wrestling
- X-LAW International Championship (one time)[7]
- Xtreme Pro Wrestling
- XPW World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
References
change- ↑ Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks. p. 273.
- ↑ "Sabu Says He's 'Probably' Not Going To Wrestle Anymore, Would Like Final Match Against Brock Lesnar". Fightful. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ↑ "Legends of the Arena Results 6.27.09". 411mania. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 500 - 1995". 411mania. Archived from the original on 2001-08-27. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 500 Wrestlers of the PWI Years". Wrestling Information Archive. Archived from the original on 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ↑ "Impact! Results - 1/14/06 (Christian & Rhino vs. AMW, Sting is heard)". WrestleView. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ↑ "Resultados X-LAW: HARDCOREWEEN (30 octubre 2010) – Sabú termina con una costilla rota". SuperLuchas Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved 2013-11-21.
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