WWE Pays Tribute to Sabu on Monday Evening Uncooked

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The skilled wrestling world was shaken when information unfold that ECW icon and hardcore wrestling legend Sabu, actual identify Terry Brunk, had handed away at 60 years outdated.

Countless wrestlers paid tribute to the legend online, thanking him for the contributions he had made to the enterprise.

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WWE did the identical on Monday Evening Uncooked, and a number of members of the roster proceeded to observe swimsuit.

Commentators Michael Cole and Pat McAfee kicked off the present with a tribute to Sabu, calling him a “trailblazer” and “legendary.”

“The wrestling world misplaced a trailblazer over the weekend: legendary ECW celebrity Sabu.” Cole mentioned. “He was a hardcore extraordinaire. He handed away on the age of 60. A two-time ECW World Champion who had a legendary rivalry with a good friend of mine named Tazz.”

“I used to be extremely fortunate to develop up throughout the period of ECW,” McAfee mentioned. “Clearly, all of us had our personal trampoline wrestling associations across the nation. All of us adopted the best way of the ECW superstars. And what Sabu did each time he carried out was put his life on the road for everyone’s leisure. We’re ceaselessly grateful for his service to this trade.”

“All of us keep in mind Sabu tonight, ship our condolences to his household and his associates,” Cole concluded as the group chanted “Thanks, Sabu.”

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This wasn’t the one time Sabu was remembered on Uncooked. Earlier than he entered into the ring, CM Punk stood on the apron and pointed to the sky in homage to ECW’s Evel Knievel.

“He influenced everybody and all the things,” CM Punk later mentioned on Instagram. “You examine him and once you lastly noticed him, he in some way exceeded the expectations. He was notorious. There’ll by no means be one other.”

“The nephew of WWE Corridor of Famer, The Sheik, Sabu grew to become a nationwide star as a part of ECW, the place he was a pioneer of hardcore wrestling, leaping from chairs and driving his opponents by way of tables and even barbed wire,” WWE said in an online tribute.

“In 2006, Sabu signed with WWE as a part of WWE’s revival of the ECW model. Lastly unleashed on WWE, Sabu competed in marquee contests with Rey Mysterio for the World Heavyweight Championship and John Cena for the WWE Championship.

“Considered one of his best accomplishments got here when he and fellow ECW Originals, The Sandman, Tommy Dreamer and Van Dam had been victorious at WrestleMania 23 in Sabu’s native Detroit in entrance of over 80,000 followers.

“Sabu left WWE quickly after in 2007 and continued to journey the world as sports-entertainment’s human spotlight reel.”

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