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Update On WWE Legend Hospitalized With Serious Health Issues

By Lyle Kilbane • Published Oct 29, 2025 08:50 EDT
WWE Logo Abdullah The Butcher

An update has been given on the status of one WWE Hall of Famer after they were hospitalized at the age of 84.

Booking agent Steve Stasiak recently revealed via his Book Pro Wrestlers social media accounts that Abdullah The Butcher had been admitted to the hospital:

Wrestling legend Abdullah The Butcher has been hospitalized at 84. The Wild Man from the Sudan is battling serious health issues. One of wrestling’s most feared figures, Abdullah helped shape the sport from Japan to Puerto Rico to Georgia and beyond. Send your prayers, love, and strength his way tonight.

Now, an update has been given on the WWE Hall of Famer’s condition on social media:

Abdullah The Butcher – Official Update

This photo was taken earlier today. Abby is awake, recovering, smiling, and in great spirits. Official from his team as of 6:30 PM. Please keep him in your prayers as he continues his road to recovery.

Abdullah The Butcher Feuded With WWE Legends

While he would spend his career in North America feuding with the likes of The Sheik, Ernie Lad, and Bruiser Brody, he found his greatest success in Japan. Across multiple tours, Abdullah established himself as one of the biggest attractions in Japan thanks to bloody battles with Terry Funk, Giant Baba and regular Detroit foe, The Sheik.

By 1986, Abdullah was working for World Class Championship Wrestling in Texas, later joining WCW and taking part in the infamous Chamber of Horrors match where he teamed with future WWE Hall of Famers Cactus Jack, The Diamond Studd and Big Van Vader in defeat to Sting, El Gigante, and The Steiners.

Abdullah found his way to ECW in 1993, and he continued to wrestle until 2010 despite his advancing age and mounting health problems. The hardcore legend was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011. Abdullah The Butcher was a subject for an episode of Dark Side of the Ring in 2023.

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