Brody and Abdullah spilled each other’s blood all over the world, Japan, Puerto Rico, and all across the United States, ironically the center of this feud was in Japan despite the two men only having one recorded match in the orient. Brody was one of All Japan’s highest-paid talents which made him tough to do business with anywhere else as Giant Baba wasn’t paying Brody to go out and lose every match. Abdullah the Butcher was also a mega attraction in Japan and wasn’t going to lay down for anyone either as it would hurt his stock in the orient as well. While these circumstances made it difficult, the result of the wars between Brody and Abdullah were rarely, if ever disappointing.
each other’s blood all over the world, Japan, Puerto Rico, and all across the United States, ironically the center of this feud was in Japan despite the two men only having one recorded match in the orient. Brody was one of All Japan’s highest-paid talents which made him tough to do business with anywhere else as Giant Baba wasn’t paying Brody to go out and lose every match. Abdullah the Butcher was also a mega attraction in Japan and wasn’t going to lay down for anyone either as it would hurt his stock in the orient as well. While these circumstances made it difficult, the result of the wars between Brody and Abdullah were rarely, if ever disappointing.
We’ll start off looking at their matches in Texas, primarily for Fritz Von Erich’s World Class Championship Wrestling. Typically, both men were heels in the promotions they worked for but in Texas, the people loved Bruiser Brody. When Abdullah began to terrorize the territory, the people knew there was only one man who could put an end to the butcher’s path of destruction, enter Bruiser Brody. In one of their first bouts in WCCW Abdullah used a fork on Brody, nothing new, “Abby” used a fork on almost everyone he was in the ring with
The center of this rivalry, however, was Puerto Rico, where they had numerous battles against each other. These battles from bell-to-bell were often short, but it was the melee afterward that kept fans wanting more of the bruiser and the butcher. Puerto Rico oftentimes held shows in outdoor stadiums and Brody and Abdullah would give the audience all they could handle, often brawling all around the arena and even into the stands at times, long before ECW was even thought of. The raucous crowd was with Brody every time he’d unleash an overhand chop or solid right hand to the face of the feared Butcher, giving him what the fans felt he truly deserved for terrorizing so many of their heroes. Puerto Rico was always more of a wild, anything-goes style territory known for many crazy bouts and numerous barbed wire matches, it was no wonder these two pioneers of hardcore would find their most memorable clashes in the state. Anytime Brody and Abdullah clashed in WWC nobody was safe, fans, security…any objects laying around the building, Brody and Abdullah were masters of using their environment as a weapon. only determined by who was able to walk after the fight. Brody would chop Abdullah all the way into the stands before the butcher would scurry off, leaving Brody to stomp around the arena aimlessly, daring his foe to re-emerge. Abdullah obliged and the two began battling amongst the crowd in the bleachers until Brody chased Abdullah off with a trash barrel. In a rivalry that spanned, decades, promotions and countries Brody and Abdullah drew nothing but money…and blood everywhere they battled. The crazier they got, the louder the fans cheered, the chaos that these two were notorious for made them must-see attractions all over the world. The feud felt real, it felt authentic. You believed these men weren’t characters, but they were REAL, a trait that is missing in today’s world of professional wrestling. Brody versus Abdullah packed stadiums all across the globe and proved that sometimes it’s not always flash and flamboyance the people want, sometimes the fans just want to see a good fight and without question, Bruiser Brody and Abdullah the Butcher ALWAYS brought the fight!

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