Sabu 1st Real Shoot Interview (extremely rare)

Terrance Michael "Terry" Brunk (born December 12, 1964) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestler, better known by his https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_name Sabu. He is known for his trademark style of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_wrestling, which he pioneered in his time with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Championship_Wrestling (ECW) from 1995 to 2000. He is a three-time World Heavyweight Champion having held the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Heavyweight_Championship twice and the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_World_Heavyweight_Championship once. Under the tutelage of his uncle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_%22The_Sheik%22_Farhat, Brunk began his career wrestling in the North American independent scene in 1985 under the name of Sabu, before traveling to Japan, competing in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Martial-Arts_Wrestling (FMW) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Japan_Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), winning several https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championship_(professional_wrestling), including the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWGP_Junior_Heavyweight_Championship. He returned to the United States in 1995, briefly working for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_Wrestling (WCW), before beginning his most well-known stint in ECW, where he quickly became a fixture of the promotion. During his time in ECW, he became a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ECW_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Heavyweight_Champion and a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ECW_Television_Champions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Television_Champion. He would have both a feud and an alliance with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tazmaniac, defeated him for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_FTW_Championship and winning the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_World_Tag_Team_Championship with him. In 1997, Sabu began a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_team with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Van_Dam, winning the ECW Tag Team Championship twice.After leaving ECW, Sabu wrestled in several national promotions, winning the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in 2000. In 2006, he was hired by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment_(WWE) as part of their new third brand, a rebooted version of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECW_(WWE_brand). Sabu would wrestle for WWE until he was fired in 2007. He also became a regular wrestler in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling (TNA, now Impact Wrestling) since the creation of the promotion in 2002.Brunk was trained by his uncle, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_%22The_Sheik%22_Farhat, and was initially trained to be a technical wrestler. He began his boxing career in 1985 in Farhat's promotion, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Time_Wrestling_(Detroit), and was billed as being from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia under the ring names "Sabu the Elephant Boy" (use of "The Elephant Boy" was later dropped) and "Terry S.R." (the "S.R." standing for "Sheik's Revenge"). During the 1980s, Brunk wrestled for various independent promotions in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii. He was rarely billed under his real name, in order to avoid confusion with the similarly named https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Funk, but has wrestled under his real name of in Hawai'i. Sabu debuted in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Championship_Wrestling (ECW) in October 1993 as a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling) at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NWA_Bloodfest by defeating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tazmaniac. One of the most notable aspects of Sabu's early career was his refusal to speak,a gimmick that he inherited from The Sheik (who never spoke English in public to...