Larry Shreve

Actor Jan 11 (age 85) Windsor, Ontario, Canada 1971–2024 (53 year career)

7.1 avg rating

Biography

Lawrence Robert "Larry" Shreve, best known as Abdullah the Butcher, and also at times The Madman from the Sudan, is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestler known as one of the most brutal or "hardcore" professional wrestlers of all-time. The scars on his forehead are the result of frequent blading. According to Mick Foley, Shreve used to put gambling chips into the deep divots in his head to entertain (or scare) people at casinos. An amateur martial artist, Shreve also has knowledge of j…

Known For

Film

Roaring Fire

Spartacus

Film

The Triumph and Tragedy of World Class Championship Wrestling

Abdullah the Butcher

Film

NWA Starrcade 1985

Abdullah The Butcher

Film

I'm Going to Get You... Elliott Boy

Abdullah

Film

350 Days

Self

Film

NWA Starrcade 1983

Abdullah the Butcher

Film

Dark Side of the Ring

8.2 2019

Film

I Like To Hurt People

Self - Abdullah the Butcher

Filmography

Acting (43)

Movies (37)

GCW: Tournament of Survival 9

2024

as Abdullah the Butcher

350 Days

2019

as Self

5.1

Iron Sheik: The Maim Event

2014

WWE Hall of Fame 2011

2011

10.0

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV

2010

as Abdullah the Butcher

8.0

The Triumph and Tragedy of World Class Championship Wrestling

2007

as Abdullah the Butcher

9.0

Best of IPW Hardcore Wrestling, Vol. 1

2006

as Abdullah the Butcher

3PW Legends Collide

2003

as Abdullah The Butcher

MLW Rise of The Renegades

2003

as Abdullah the Butcher

AJPW: 2ND WRESTLE-1

2003

as Abdullah The Butcher

JCW Volume 2

2003

as Abdullah the Butcher

ROH: Night of The Butcher

2002

as Abdullah The Butcher

AJPW Giant Baba Memorial Spectacular

2001

as Abdullah The Butcher

Heroes of Wrestling

1999

as Abdullah the Butcher

1.0

WAR Warfare '97 - Day 6

1997

as Abdullah The Butcher

ECW's Bloodiest Matches

1994

as Abdullah the Butcher

NWA Bloodfest • Night One

1993

as Abdullah the Butcher

10.0

ECW Ultra Clash 1993

1993

as Abdullah The Butcher

NWA Bloodfest • Night Two

1993

as Abdullah the Butcher

AJPW October Giant Series 1992 - Day 17

1992

as Abdullah The Butcher

WCW Clash of The Champions XVIII

1992

as Abdullah The Butcher

TWA Winter Challenge II

1991

as Abdullah the Butcher

WCW Starrcade 1991

1991

as Abdullah The Butcher

TWA Autumn Armageddon '91

1991

as Abdullah The Butcher

WCW Halloween Havoc 1991

1991

as Abdullah the Butcher

6.0

WCW Clash of The Champions XVII

1991

as Abdullah The Butcher

TWA Autumn Armageddon '90

1990

as Abdullah the Butcher

WCCW Parade of Champions '87

1987

as Abdullah the Butcher

WCCW Labor Day Star Wars '86

1986

as Abdullah the Butcher

10.0

WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '86

1986

as Abdullah The Butcher

NWA The Great American Bash 1985

1985

as Abdullah the Butcher

NWA Starrcade 1985

1985

as Abdullah The Butcher

7.2

I Like To Hurt People

1985

as Self - Abdullah the Butcher

5.5

NWA Starrcade 1983

1983

as Abdullah the Butcher

6.8

Roaring Fire

1981

as Spartacus

6.4

Don't Give Up The Fight

1971

8.5

I'm Going to Get You... Elliott Boy

1971

as Abdullah

5.4

Television (6)

Dark Side of the Ring

2019

8.2

Clash of the Champions

1988

as Abdullah The Butcher

NWA World Championship Wrestling

1985

as Abdullah the Butcher

WCW Arena Shows

1983

as Abdullah the Butcher

World Class Championship Wrestling

1982

as Abdullah the Butcher

Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling

1981

as Abdullah the Butcher