Former WWE star Adnan Al Kaissie has died aged 84 as the wrestling world is mourning more heartbreak.
The co mpany confirmed the sad news that the wrestler – known to fans as General Adnan – died on Wednesday two weeks after the loss of both Bray Wyatt and Terry Funk.
Who was Adnan Al Kaissie?
Born in Baghdad, Iraq, the former WWF and AWA star. Adnan was taken back to the World Wrestling Federation (later WWE), where he had previously competed as an amateur wrestler and played football with Saddam Hussein, the future dictator of Iraq.
Most fans associate Adnan with his management of Slaughter during the early 1990s, when Slaughter was an Iraqi sympathiser.
In an interview with Ken Resnick in 2019, the fictitious general eventually acknowledged that the things he expressed about America were his actual sentiments for the nation, calling them “No bulls**t.”
Adnan originally arrived in the country thanks to his athletic experience in Iraq. He travelled from Houston to Oklahoma, where he wrestled and played football at Oklahoma State University, almost making the Olympics.
Adnan began professional wrestling, playing Chief Jay Strongbow and Native American Billy White Wolf when he won the World Wide Wrestling Federation (the forerunner of the WWF and WWE) Tag Team Championship at the conclusion of 1976.
He eventually found himself competing in Verne Gagne’s American Wrestling Association as Sheikh Adnan Al-Kaissie.
Even though he was never an AWA champion, Kaissie remained a mainstay in the region for the whole of the 1980s. In 2021, he was admitted into the Thesz-Tragos Hall of Fame.
Adnan Al Kaissie cause of death
No cause of death was announced by the organization but they said he passed away on September 6.
WWE said in a statement: ‘WWE is saddened to learn that Adnan Al Kaissie , known to sports-entertainment fans as Billy White Wolf, Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissy and General Adnan, passed away on Sept. 6 at 84.
‘WWE extends its condolences to Adnan Al-Kaissie’s family, friends and fans.’
Tributes for Al-Kaissie poured in on social media, with his former stablemate Sgt Slaughter writing: ‘Sorry to hear the passing of Adnan Al Kaissie .
‘In 1991, WWE asked me to portray and Iraqi sympathizer. Adnan being born in Baghdad and a HS friend (high school friend) of Saddam Hussein was brought in as my general.
‘Together we became the most evil force in wrestling history. RIP my friend
When is Adnan Al Kaissie funeral ?
As of now, the funeral arrangement of the late Adnan Al Kaissie has not been disclosed by his family.
Having said that, we are still following up on his death, we will update you as soon as we get important information about Adnan Al Kaissie funeral service.
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