Sabu (wrestler)
| Sabu | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Sabu in 2017 | |
| Born | December 12, 1963 Bombay, Michigan |
| Died | May 11, 2025 (aged 61) |
| 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 | 2025 |
Terry Michael Brunk (December 12, 1964 – May 11, 2025) was an American professional wrestler. He was better known by his ring name Sabu.
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 wrestling.[2] He would come out of retirement at All Elite Wrestling's Double or Nothing pay-per-view in 2023. On April 18, 2025, Sabu wrestled his last match at Game Changer Wrestling’s Joey Janela's Spring Break 9. He died weeks later on May 11, 2025 at the age of 60.[3][4][5]
Championships
[change | change source]- 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)[6]
- ECW World Tag Team Championship (three times) (with Taz (one) and Rob Van Dam (two))[7]
- ECW World Television Championship (one time)[8]
- Hardcore Hall of Fame (2009)[9]
- 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)[13]
- Xtreme Pro Wrestling
- XPW World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Sabu Passes Away | Fightful News". www.fightful.com. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ↑ Boone, Matt (11 May 2025). "Sabu Dead At Age 60 - PWMania - Wrestling News". Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ↑ "Legendary wrestler Sabu dead at 60". Fox Sports Radio. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ↑ "ECW Championship history". WWE. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
- ↑ "ECW Tag Team Championship history". WWE. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
- ↑ "ECW World Television Championship". WWE. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
- ↑ "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.
Other websites
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