1. Adnan bin Abdul Kareem Ahmed Alkaissy El Farthie, better known professionally as Adnan Al-Kaissie, was an Iraqi-American professional wrestler and manager best known as Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissey, Billy White Wolf, or General Adnan.
21 Facts About Adnan Al-Kaissie
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Adnan Al-Kaissie competed in the World Wide Wrestling Federation.
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In 1981, Adnan Al-Kaissie joined the American Wrestling Association.
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Adnan Al-Kaissie competed at SummerSlam 1991 with his partners Sgt.
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Adnan Al-Kaissie Al-Kaissy was born Adnan Al-Kaissie Bin Abdulkareem Ahmed Al-Kaissy El Farthie in Baghdad, Iraq.
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Adnan Al-Kaissie received a scholarship to play American football at the University of Houston, transferring to Oklahoma State University, emerging as a wrestler.
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In 1964, Adnan Al-Kaissie, who had married an American woman, became a United States citizen.
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Adnan Al-Kaissie wrestled for Joint Promotions in the United Kingdom, appearing on ITV in December 1969 as White Wolf, facing Jim Hussey,.
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Adnan Al-Kaissie began to fear for his safety after overhearing conversations from his nephews in the Republican Guard and later felt he was being used by Saddam.
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Adnan Al-Kaissie left Iraq for the last time in 1980.
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In 1974, Adnan Al-Kaissie debuted in New Japan Pro-Wrestling as the Sheik of Sheiks of Baghdad, he teamed with Nikolai Volkoff and they tried to win the NWA North American Tag Team but they failed after losing the Best Two Out Of Three Falls match against Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Aichi, Japan.
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Adnan Al-Kaissie returned to the United Kingdom in late 1979, billed as "The Sheik", making another appearance on ITV, this time on the World of Sport TV show, battling Lenny Hurst to an "open verdict" for using a possibly illegal sleeperhold.
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Adnan Al-Kaissie failed at that task, so he then enlisted Jerry Blackwell, now wearing a sheik's outfit and renamed Sheik Ayatollah Jerry Blackwell, to team with him to try to win the AWA Tag Team Championship.
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That failed, too, so Adnan Al-Kaissie bought Ken Patera from manager Bobby Heenan to team with Blackwell, and Adnan Al-Kaissie would act as Blackwell and Patera's manager.
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Adnan Al-Kaissie had to quit wrestling when he was injured, which is the real reason Patera was brought in to team with Blackwell.
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Slaughter as "General Adnan Al-Kaissie," and managed him during his pro-Iraqi gimmick in a feud with Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior.
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Adnan Al-Kaissie headlined SummerSlam 1991 with Slaughter and Mustafa against Hogan and Warrior.
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Adnan Al-Kaissie is featured as a playable character in the WWE 2K15 video game; in where he appears as a downloadable character as part of the "Path of the Warrior" Showcase.
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Adnan Al-Kaissie was featured as a playable character in WWE 2K16.
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Adnan Al-Kaissie formerly managed his own company, the World All-Star Wrestling Alliance, which he co-owned with Ken Patera.
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Adnan Al-Kaissie died in Minnesota on September 6,2023, at the age of 84.