page_title: Sabu (wrestler)
section_title: Championships and accomplishments
hierarchical_section_title: Sabu (wrestler) / Championships and accomplishments
caption_attribution_description: English: Sabu's and Tod Gordon's Hardcore Hall of Fame banners in the Asylum Arena.
context_page_description: Terry Michael Brunk is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Sabu. He is currently signed to Impact Wrestling and also wrestles on the independent circuit. He is known for his trademark style of hardcore wrestling, which he pioneered in his time with Extreme Championship Wrestling from 1995 to 2000. He is a three-time World Heavyweight Champion having held the ECW World Heavyweight Championship twice and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship once.
  Under the tutelage of his uncle The Sheik, Brunk began his career wrestling in the North American independent scene in 1985 under the name of Sabu, before traveling to Japan, competing in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling, winning several championships, including the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. He returned to the United States in 1995, briefly working for World Championship Wrestling, 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 two-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion and a one-time ECW World Television Champion.
context_section_description: Apex Wrestling
  BCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  Asylum Championship Wrestling
  ACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  Billtown Championship Wrestling
  BCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  Border City Wrestling
  BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  Cutting Edge Wrestling
  CEW Newfoundland Heritage Championship (1 time)
  Eastern Championship Wrestling/Extreme Championship Wrestling
  ECW FTW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  ECW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  ECW World Television Championship (1 time)
  ECW World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Taz (1) and Rob Van Dam (2)
  Second ECW Triple Crown Champion
  Extreme Wrestling Alliance
  EWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  European Wrestling Association
  EWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
  FMW World Martial Arts Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Horace Boulder
  Hardcore Championship Wrestling
  HCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  Hardcore Hall of Fame
  Class of 2009
  International Wrestling Cartel
  IWC Tag Team Championships (1 time) - with Eric Xtasy and JT Rodgers
  Insane Wrestling Federation
  IWF Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  Juggalo Championship Wrestling
  JCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  Main Event Championship Wrestling
  MECW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  Motor City Wrestling
  MCW Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
  National Wrestling Alliance
  NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  NWA Florida
  NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  National Wrestling Conference
  NWC Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  New Japan Pro-Wrestling
  IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  Pro Wrestling All-Stars Of Detroit
  PWASD Cruiser Core Championship (1 time)
  Pro Wrestling Holland
  Pro Wrestling Holland Championship (1 time)
  Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  Ranked No. 5 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1995
  Ranked No. 86 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003
  Professional Championship Wrestling
  PCW Television Championship (1 time)
  Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling
  3PW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  Stampede Wrestling
  Stampede Pacific Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  Match of the Year (2005) vs. Abyss, Barbed Wire Massacre on December 11
  Ultimate Championship Wrestling
  UCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  UPW Pro Wrestling
  UPW American Championship (2 times, current)
  United States Xtreme Wrestling
  UXW United States Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  USA Pro Wrestling
  USA Pro Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  Universal Wrestling Alliance
  UWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  	Wawan Wrestling Championship
  WWC Hardcore Championship (1 time, current)
  Wrestling Alliance Revolution
  WAR World Extreme Championship (2 times)
  World Wrestling Council
  WWC Hardcore Championship (1 time)
  WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  Bruiser Brody Memorial Cup (2005)
  World Wrestling League
  WWL Extreme Championship (1 time)
  Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  Readers' Favorite Wrestler (1994)
  Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling
  XICW Xtreme Championship (1 time)
  Xtreme Latin American Wrestling
  X-LAW International Championship (1 time)
  Xtreme Pro Wrestling
  XPW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
caption: Sabu's Hardcore Hall of Fame banner in the former ECW Arena.
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