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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Professional wrestling promoter
Gender:
Male
Places:
Work field:
Birth:
(Amarillo)
Death:
23 July 1996
The details
Biography
Introduction
Herb Christian Abrams (January 2, 1954 – July 23, 1996) was an American professional wrestling promoter from New York.
Career
Abrams founded the Universal Wrestling Federation in 1990 and remained CEO of the company until his death. He was the head booker of the UWF from 1990 to 1992, and again in 1994.
Before his death, while high on cocaine, Abrams was found naked and covered in a "vaseline" type substance, destroying furniture with a baseball bat in his New York office. He was in the company of prostitutes at the time. Not long afterwards, he died while in police custody, of a heart attack. He had cocaine stuck all over his body when he died.
Championships and accomplishments
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- Worst Television Announcer (1990)