Abdullah Kobayashi
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Yōsuke Kobayashi, is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his ring name Abdullah Kobayashi after Abdullah the Butcher, who was one of his trainers.
Kobayashi in 2015
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Hardcore wrestling is a form of professional wrestling where disqualifications, count-outs, and all other rules do not apply. Taking place in usual or unusual environments, hardcore wrestling matches
Abdullah Kobayashi
…Abdullah the Butcher, who was one of his trainers. He began his career in 1995 as one of the main wrestlers in Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Deathmatch division and has wrestled for BJW throughout most of his career. He is well known for his very brutal deathmatches with the likes of Ryuji Ito and…
Bull Curry was an innovator in hardcore wrestling.
Abdullah the Butcher during a hardcore match
A ring using barbed wire instead of ropes; this was first popularised by FMW in the 1990s.
Sabu putting Rhino through a table in Extreme Championship Wrestling