Terry Brunk

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Terry Brunk (born December 12, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan), better known by his stage name, Sabu, is an American professional wrestler, currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He is best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling throughout the 1990s, where he developed his high-risk hardcore wrestling technique.

1 Career
- 1.1 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
2 Wrestling facts
3 Championships and accomplishments
- 3.1 Championship succession
4 References
5 External links

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Career

Acclaimed for his career in hardcore wrestling, Sabu has developed a large fanbase in the US. Sabu was trained by his uncle, The Sheik. He endured a tough early career in many amateur wrestling matches held in high school gymnasiums and bingo parlors before going professional. Sabu went on to become known as one of the most hardcore wrestlers in the industry. Notable title reigns included the ECW World Heavyweight Title, the NWA World Heavyweight Title, and the ECW Tag-Team Title with Rob Van Dam as well as Taz. Sabu's neck was broken during an ECW match with Chris Benoit, earning Benoit the nickname and gimmick of "The Crippler", but Sabu was able to recover and return to wrestling.

Although Sabu never signed a contract with WWE, Sabu did get some mainstream exposure. He won two of his three matches in WCW 1995 against Mr. JL and Disco Inferno. Sabu "went against the script" -- in the storyline -- by defeating Alex Wright, only to have the ruling reversed by disqualification when he continued to fight after the bell. WCW did not like his violent style and unwillingness to lose a match, and did not offer Sabu a long term contract. Sabu was the first wrestler to dive off the entrance sign during an episode of WWE Raw on February 24, 1997, while WWE and ECW were cross promoting.

WCW signed Sabu to a contract in 2000, but legal action threatened by ECW precluded Sabu from ever making an appearance before WCW's demise. From 2000 to 2001, he had a successful run in California's XPW, which catapulted him back into the national spotlight after Paul Heyman had tried to prevent him from working outside of ECW by actually suing him in court for breach of contract, when - as it turned out - Heyman was actually the one who had breached Sabu's contract.

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Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Sabu debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling on July 17, 2002, defeating Malice in a ladder match. He made a second appearance the following week, facing Ken Shamrock in a ladder match that was declared a no contest after Malice interfered.

Sabu returned to TNA on February 25, 2004, teaming with Raven to defeat Raven's former protégés, CM Punk and Julio Dinero (The Gathering). In March 2004 he began feuding with "The Alpha Male" Monty Brown and Abyss, who outnumbered him on several occasions after Raven failed to "watch his back". Raven challenged Sabu to an empty arena match on June 9, but Sabu refused to wrestle him, claiming that he had promised his uncle, The Sheik, that he would never fight Raven. Raven then waged a campaign against Sabu, disrespecting the memory of his uncle and assaulting Sabu's mouthpiece, Sonjay Dutt, until Sabu finally attacked him on July 23. Raven defeated Sabu in a no holds barred match on August 4, and a scheduled return match on August 18 was cancelled after Sabu suffered a back injury.

While injured, Sabu was hospitalized after contracting a virus, and was sidelined for ten months. On December 12, 2004, A Night of Appreciation for Sabu was held to raise funds for Sabu.

Sabu first post-injury appearance was at Hardcore Homecoming where he defeated Terry Funk and Shane Douglas in a three-way barbed wire rope match. The next day, at WWE's ECW One Night Stand 2005, he defeated Rhyno by doing his Arabian Skullcrusher through a table, with the help of his old friend Rob Van Dam.

Sabu returned to TNA on July 29, 2005. At TNA Sacrifice on August 14, Sabu teamed with his old enemy, then-NWA World Heavyweight Champion Raven to face Jeff Jarrett and Rhino. The match was won by Rhino and Jarrett after Rhino gored Raven through a table and pinned him. However, this was not without controversy, as Abyss interfered in that match and press slammed Sabu through a table outside the ring. Two weeks later, Sabu returned on TNA Impact, looking for retribution against Abyss, leading to a match between the two at Unbreakable on September 11. He lost the match when Abyss performed his Black Hole Slam finisher onto some tacks in the ring.

Sabu competed at TNA Bound For Glory in Monster's Ball 2 against Jeff Hardy, Abyss, and Rhino. He was press slammed stomach first through a table outside of the ring. Later Rhino pinned Jeff Hardy after a Rhino Driver from the second ropes to win the match. Sabu also competed in the 10-Man Gauntlet Match to decide who would face Jeff Jarrett. He was eliminated and Rhino won and captured the NWA Title by defeating Jeff Jarrett.

In late October of 2005 Sabu signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment to be in their Legends program. Because of this, it will be possible for Sabu to appear at ECW One Night Stand 2006, which will be held on June 11, 2006, and be a part of the WWE "Classic Superstars" series of action figures.

On November 13, at TNA Genesis, Sabu once again lost to Abyss -- getting the Black Hole Slam onto a barbed wire steel chair.

Sabu faced Abyss again on December 11 at Turning Point in the promotion's first ever Barbed Wire Massacre, which Sabu won.

During an Impact taping, it was revealed that Sabu would be the next opponent for Samoa Joe at TNA Lockdown 2006. With Samoa Joe regaining the TNA X Division title, the match at Lockdown will now be a title defense. Recently, Sabu had broken his arm a few weeks ago while wrestling in Mexico, but it has been reported that Sabu will still be wrestling Samoa Joe at Lockdown and has told those in TNA that despite the injury he will give the match 110%.

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Wrestling facts

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Finishing and signature moves

Triple Jump Moonsault
Arabian Facebuster (leg drop, driving a steel chair into the face of the opponent)
Flying Arabian Facebuster (top rope leg drop, driving a steel chair into the face of the opponent)
Atomic Arabian Facebuster (standing somersault leg drop, driving a steel chair into the face of the opponent)
Arabian Skullcrusher (top rope leg drop, driving a steel chair into the back of the opponent's head)
Arabian Clutch (camel clutch)
Arabian Piledriver (scoop slam piledriver)
Arabian Powerbomb (sunset flip powerbomb)
Arabian Press (crossbody block)
Air Sabu (crossbody block to a cornered opponent)
Plancha
Fireball
Steel chair shot (usually thrown at opponent)