Sabu (wrestler)

Terry Michael Brunk (December 12, 1964 – May 11, 2025) was an American professional wrestler. He was better known by his ring name Sabu.

He is best known for working with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on their ECW brand. He was known for competing in hardcore-type matches. He was trained by his uncle, Ed Farhat who was known by his ring name, The Sheik.

On November 5, 2021, Sabu announced that he was retiring from wrestling. He would come out of retirement at All Elite Wrestling's Double or Nothing pay-per-view in 2023. On April 18, 2025, Sabu wrestled his last match at Game Changer Wrestling’s Joey Janela's Spring Break 9. He died weeks later on May 11, 2025 at the age of 60.

Championships

Asylum Championship Wrestling
ACW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
Cutting Edge Wrestling
CEW Newfoundland Heritage Championship (one time)
Hardcore Championship Wrestling
HCW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
Border City Wrestling
BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Championship (one time)
Eastern Championship Wrestling/Extreme Championship Wrestling
FTW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
ECW World Heavyweight Championship (two times)
ECW World Tag Team Championship (three times) (with Taz (one) and Rob Van Dam (two))
ECW World Television Championship (one time)
Hardcore Hall of Fame (2009)
Second ECW Triple Crown Champion
Extreme Wrestling Alliance
EWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (one time)
European Wrestling Association
EWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (two times)
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
FMW World Martial Arts Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Horace Boulder)
Insane Wrestling Federation
IWF Heavyweight Championship (two times)
Juggalo Championship Wrestling
JCW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
Main Event Championship Wrestling
MECW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
Motor City Wrestling
MCW Heavyweight Championship (three time)
National Wrestling Alliance
NWA Independent World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
NWA Florida
NWA World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
National Wrestling Conference
NWC Heavyweight Championship (two times)
New Japan Pro Wrestling
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (one time)
UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship (one time)
Pro Wrestling Holland
Pro Wrestling Holland Championship (one time)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
He was ranked #5 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1995.
He was ranked #86 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003.
Professional Championship Wrestling
PCW Television Championship (one time)
Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling
3PW World Heavyweight Championship (one time)
Stampede Wrestling
Stampede Pacific Heavyweight Championship (one time)
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Match of the Year (2005) (vs. Abyss, Barbed Wire Massacre on December 11)
Ultimate Championship Wrestling
UCW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
UPW Pro Wrestling
UPW American Championship (two times)
United States Xtreme Wrestling
UXW United States Heavyweight Championship (two times)
Universal Wrestling Alliance
UWA Heavyweight Championship (one time)
World Wrestling Council
WWC Hardcore Championship (one time)
WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship (one time)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Readers' Favorite Wrestler (1994)
Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling
XICW Xtreme Championship (one time)
Xtreme Latin American Wrestling
X-LAW International Championship (one time)
Xtreme Pro Wrestling
XPW World Heavyweight Championship (one time)

References

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Category:1964 births
Category:2025 deaths
Category:American professional wrestlers
Category:Former WWE wrestlers
Category:Sportspeople from New York (state)
Category:Total Nonstop Action Wrestling alumni