RIP General Adnan

[NintendoLogic]

He was 84, which is a bit surprising because that means he was only in his 40s when he was in the AWA and he looked ancient then. He also went to high school with Saddam Hussein, which is one of my all-time favorite pieces of wrestling trivia.

[Perfectly Straightedge]

I just did a google search on this last night

RIP. General Adnan

[Rah]

If anyone is interested, you can find three of his matches from his Iraqi days here:

https://www.youtube.com/@beemanbeeman/search?query=Adnan Al Qaisi

I put together the Campbell match (as it seemed the most complete) here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKLmTYtGZyY

[David Mantell]

RIP to Adnan Al Qaisi lead babyface in Saddam Hussein's state-run, gunpoint-booked Iraq wrestling promotion in the 1970s. One of two pro wrestling territories in the Middle East along with Rafael Halperin's promotion in Israel in the 60s/70s.

Andre the Giant and George Gordienko both jobbed to Adnan because Saddam threatened to shoot them if they didn't. This time it was Ian Campbell:

Adnan on his way to defeating Andre with the Saddam Shot Threat: