Wrestling Legend Sabu
Lifeless at 60 …
Weeks After Retirement Match
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Wrestling legend Sabu has died, simply three weeks after preventing in his retirement rumble … in accordance with All Elite Wrestling.
The key wresting group posted in regards to the star’s passing … sharing appreciation for his “unforgettable high-risk moments” and saying he gave every thing he needed to the wrestling world.
AEW and the wrestling world mourns the passing of Sabu.
From barbed wire battles to unforgettable high-risk moments, Sabu gave every thing to skilled wrestling.
Our ideas are along with his household, his associates and his followers. pic.twitter.com/JpgbYj2KKl
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) Might 11, 2025
@AEW
AEW sends its sympathies to his household and associates. The group didn’t present a reason for dying.
Sabu — born Terry Brunk — kicked off his wrestling profession in manner again within the mid-Nineteen Eighties when he was in his early 20s … receiving coaching from his uncle Edward “The Sheik” Farhat.
His massive break got here in 1991 when he gained fame within the Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling … the place he acquired scars on his arms and torso that introduced him notoriety.
Whereas at first some believed the scars have been self-inflicted, individuals round him shot down the rumors — claiming he obtained then throughout hardcore wrestling matches.
He appeared in Excessive Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling and — from 2006 to 2007 — within the WWE.
Sabu made just a few appearances within the final couple years of his life … and, he final wrestled on April 18 of this 12 months — simply weeks earlier than his premature passing.
Through the 2010s, Sabu was in a relationship with fellow wrestler, Melissa Coates … although she handed away from issues attributable to COVID-19 in 2021 on the age of 52.
Sabu was 60.
RIP