Pro wrestling legend Abdullah The Butcher recently made an appearance on the Talk Is Jericho podcast, where he spoke about knowing how to draw people and to bring them back as well as how the finisher at the time used to be when you hit your opponent in the face with your foot, but now there are just too many finishers.
Abdullah The Butcher said:
“We knew how to work, that’s the name of the game.” “Knowing how to draw people, and knowing how to bring the people back. A lot of people don’t know how to bring them. The only time that we’ve done our stuff, when I got Brody, ‘bam, bam, bam, bam,’ then I knew it was time for him to come back.”
“You got to know what you’re doing, a lot of the boys don’t know what they’re doing. If I drop the elbow on a guy, if (Bruiser) Brody threw his foot up, and hit the guy in the face, that was the finish. I mean, today you’ve got how many finishers? 50 finishers, and that’s the key.”
Abdullah The Butcher also talked about how a lot of people would say wrestling is fake, but when they see him, they would instantly know that he isn't a fake since they have seen him do certain things so they have to find a babyface who can beat him.
Abdullah The Butcher said:
“Yeah, but sir, it’s the same thing. You have to know how.” “I am an entertainer, you’ve got to know how to bring the people back, you keep bringing them back. A lot of people will say, ‘wrestling is fake, but when you see Abdullah The Butcher, that’s not fake. I’ve seen him eat lightbulbs, I’ve seen him eat raw fish, I’ve seen him eat a chicken, I’ve seen him eat live things, I’ve seen him eat paper.’ Do you understand? Then all the babyfaces, you had to know how to make them. That the people would say, ‘that guy can beat him.’ And that’s the key.”
You can check out Abdullah The Butcher's full comments at this link. H/T to Wrestling Inc. for transcribing the above quotes.
