9. Abdullah Can't Get In The Ring
A few weeks before WrestleMania, an advert popped up on a wrestling website for an event the day before Mania at the Florida Fairgrounds just 30 minutes outside of Orlando. The ad featured appearances by a couple of wrestling legends, one of which was a match featuring Abdullah The Butcher. Over the years, Id heard about the crazy antics of The Butcher so the prospect of seeing him in action live was pretty enticing. We arrived at the fairgrounds and it looked like an old high school gym that had been out of action for decades, but that didnt stop us and a few hundred other wrestling fans from packing it out in anticipation to see some wrestling legends. As Abdullah made his way out from the back to take on a local young indy star, the two began to brawl right off the bat. We were sitting pretty far from the front so couldnt quite see the aisle way. We anxiously awaited Abdullah getting in the ring to start the match. Onlyhe never did. It became clear when the entire match was a brawl across the arena, that the old Butcher couldnt physically make it into the ring. If you thought The Iron Sheik was bad at WrestleMania X-Seven, that was a 5 star classic compared to Abdullah at the fairgrounds in 2008.
Kenny McIntosh
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