Sabu - How Adrian Adonis was Robbed After Death
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Sabu discusses who robbed pro wrestler Adrian Adonis (Keith Franke) after his ultimately death. Streaming now 📺 TitleMatchNetwork.com
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On July 4, 1988 the pro wrestling world would change forever. Former WWF/AWA star Adrian Adonis was on his way to a show in Canada with promoter the Bearman (Dave McKigney), the Kelly Twins and a couple referees.
The van Adonis was riding in veered on the road and crashed into an embankment below. Sabu was actually on his way to the same area with the his uncle, the Original Sheik.
After the crash, Sabu tells us that Adrian Adonis was actually robbed of his ring and cash by the ring crew guy who was following behind. Adonis allegedly could have been saved if help had arrived faster.
The tragic story ended the careers and lives of Adonis, the Bearman and Mike Kelly of the Kelly Twins. Adrian was on a comeback tour after leaving Vince McMahon's WWF. His most well-known work is wrestling Roddy Piper in his "retirement" match at Wrestlemania III.
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Thats evil and SABU is a man of truth we are blessed to have him
@Coco-xw3wp
Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't be surprised if they did it on purposes.... That sounds like a set up to me!!
Sabu is one solid dude. I can watch hom all day. He never sold out and gave the fans more than anyone else. His inner way of triage is fans first. Fans before $$. He has mu forever respect.
I never heard of this wrestler. What a shame about the wrestlers that crashed. So glad the guys who robbed them are in jail, cold hearted.
@TitleMatchWrestling
2 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more. Adrian Adonis is a very underrated talent. Former WWF Tag Team Champ - his biggest match is likely vs Roddy Piper at Wrestlemania III. Adonis also appeared on WM2 and was former tag partner w/ Jesse Ventura in AWA.
@John-kr7iz
2 жыл бұрын
@@TitleMatchWrestling OMG him and Piper, what match that was
@TitleMatchWrestling
2 жыл бұрын
@@John-kr7iz You said it. One of the best on that card & it doesn't get nearly enough credit.
@John-kr7iz
2 жыл бұрын
@@TitleMatchWrestling Those were the days!
@bobbyblue46
Жыл бұрын
He played like a LGBT character when it was completely unacceptable to be that way in American society.
Piper had a lot of stories involving Adrian’s ghost. And damn, this story gives a whole new meaning to the name, “RING crew”
@Beelzebubba2823
Жыл бұрын
Any links??
@trentaccid2177
Жыл бұрын
Shame it was not Mel Phillips in the ring truck he could have played with there feet
Sabu is one of the best wrestlers of all time
That's disgusting! Robbing a guy after death then calling for help!
@angieperides7500
Жыл бұрын
How about going to the hotel and having the hotel manager call my mom to ask to get into the room. Then actually get on the phone with my mother and tell her everyone is dead and hang up? Robby James you’re a waste of space
@Charsi_Escobar
Жыл бұрын
@@angieperides7500your poor family deserved so much better. I hope that they get what is coming to them
I ran into Robbie years later and he knew every detail and yes Adrian was alive and probably could of been saved. Dad always had his briefcase underneath the driver’s seat.
@angieperides7500
Жыл бұрын
Carrie let’s talk, hopefully coming to your neck of the woods and would love to meet ya
@trentaccid2177
Жыл бұрын
VERY SAD
People are so evil.
@REALAmERicANTigER
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@AngelEyes-bt6qp
2 жыл бұрын
You know what they say about money eh. There is definitely some evil people but that mostly stems from the money, there is nothing but evil energy involved in that whole slavery scam being run on humanity. But they're all too busy trying to acquire it (by any means judging by this story from Sabu) too see the obviousness of the reality we are in. Money isn't even anything. Literally. What a world.
@LH74
Жыл бұрын
I hate people too man.
Sabu and RVD were unstoppable as a tag team
Sabu may have been too honest for his own good … Seems like a great guy who would not be good at politicking behind the scenes. This may explain a few things.
Sabu im a big fan of you from the netherlands. I met you at an pro wrestling Holland show back in 2013/2014 i think when i was 13, one of the best moments in my life i never forget that. Im now Reading your book. So far its awesome! I hope you return to holland/the netherlands one day so i can meet you again. Thanks for every thing you did to entertain the people 👊🏼
So sad. I am from Newfoundland, and this story is quite well known here.
@ianrumbolt
Жыл бұрын
Didn't they swerve to miss a moose out around Twillingate somewhere?
@metalmovies
Жыл бұрын
Lewisporte, actually.
@Mikey420isTaken
Жыл бұрын
@@ianrumbolt bear too
@ianrumbolt
Жыл бұрын
@@Mikey420isTaken yes, I watched his episode of Dark side of the ring last night actually.
that was terrible not only everyone who died but the ring crew robbing them...glad they got cought.
Sadly, I believe it.. I had a relative that was violently killed with others from a head on collision, people were ejected from their cars and dismembered. All of their jewelry, purses & wallets were stolen. What kind of monster (probably a junkie) do you have to be to do something like that?
@djmreacts5808
2 жыл бұрын
Normal people do it to
@shambalaninja3086
2 жыл бұрын
Nurse and a hospital employees and the Funeral Home do it also
@JamesSmith-sw3nk
2 жыл бұрын
@@djmreacts5808 Nobody that steals from an accident victim is normal. They are evil.
@jonmeans2637
2 жыл бұрын
Not always. I've seen so called " junkies" find wallets on the ground and turn them in. Regular people are shit heads too
@Coco-xw3wp
Жыл бұрын
@@JamesSmith-sw3nk I agree!!
Love how sabu says newfoundland properly! he has been here a bunch and what a guy!
Sabu- I’m Adrian’s daughter I’d love to talk to you
@kmoore5215
Жыл бұрын
You should petition to get Keith in the WWE HOF ASAP!!! I’m surprised Jesse or Piper didn’t push the issue.
@angieperides7500
Жыл бұрын
@@kmoore5215 2023 somethings will be coming out
@garethcullen9604
Жыл бұрын
Do you believe roddy piper when he said he seen Adrian’s ghost?
@trentaccid2177
Жыл бұрын
Did you ever talk to Sabu. I worked for The Phila. Spectrum . Your dad was always so nice to me when he wrestled here. Very sad to lose him. What a terrific wrestler he was people just have to watch Texas Wrestling to see that.
@Ohionortheast
Жыл бұрын
Hope you got to talk to him before he passed.your dad was a great wrestler really entertaining he always made me want to see him lose! Great heel work
This is horrible Adrian was always nice to me when he wrestled in our building The Phila Spectrum. Adrian and Dick Murdock would make me laugh so much in the back of our building.
I remembered when thst happened. Newfoundland is a hell of a place at times when the fog rolls in
I'm from Lewisporte, Newfoundland (where this happened!) And I never heard this part in the news reports, so I guess this makes it even more tragic than I originally knew. Adrian Adonis, you will be missed!
Thanks you Sabu for that info after all these years I finally got closure on Adrian Adonis mysterious Demis, he was a great Athlete and an NWF Legendary Ikon.
Robbing a damn corpse - that's just wrong.
Sabu a legend
Nursing Homes are the worst for this type of shit . My sister is in one and recently a CNA was caught stealing 1,600 from a stroke victim . Some people are scum .
@ButtersCCookie
Жыл бұрын
Yes. CNA stole earrings and wheelchair!
what kind of a man robs someone and leaves them to die i'll tell what kind a despicable human being that's what kind i could and would never do something so heartless cruel and despicable. i hope the person that did that rots in hell for eternity.
I saw on Dark Side of the Ring that Adrian carried a lot of cash
The world is twisted, RIP Adrian
What kind of watch is Sabu wearing? I'm into watches and cant figure ot out. It looks solid and nice.
This story has another part that is out there. Adrian had just came back from Japan. He had been paid in Cash from Japan ( as is the custom ) he had 10k on him.
Crazy’s story and it’s true I double checked
Darkside of the ring episode never mentioned this. Interesting
If that’s true, that’s fucked up! If those guys are still alive, I kind of hope they’re suffering every day of their life!
@angieperides7500
Жыл бұрын
It is true. They stole from these guys as my father was still alive
@ButtersCCookie
Жыл бұрын
Jail is too good for them. World would be a better place if vengeance was granted immediately. People like this, no trial is needed. No excuse can be justified.
thank.u
Wow! People are so terrible
Keith was a great man. It is a shame.
@Charsi_Escobar
Жыл бұрын
Any stories?
Damn.
that bear bit finger off of my brother in law you got to wrestle the bear for 2 minutes by fans tried to sue but they sent h a after him in pei canada
How disgusting.
God bless you all 🤎
Wow That's fucked up...
I have the picture of him
They pulled a Dario Brando. (DIO's father JJBA)
Buttfuck, Newfoundland. I love Sabu. lol
so much sleeze in wrestling.
How can Sabu say they were drunk when they never verified if there were drugs or alcohol involved
@patricksimon3431
11 ай бұрын
He's one of the boys
Tf is wrong with people man
Someway somehow the wrestling business always produced shady low lives among them.
I'd heard they hit a moose?
@kmoore5215
Жыл бұрын
Same
@justafan5598
Жыл бұрын
I heard that they swerved to avoid the moose.
Damn they cleaned Adonis and the twins out 😂😂😂 I think the bear 🐻 robbed them 😂😂😂
I hope the Bear was OK
They actually went to the hotel and robbed them there there
@Coco-xw3wp
Жыл бұрын
Stop lien!
@angieperides7500
Жыл бұрын
@@Coco-xw3wp ?
@Coco-xw3wp
Жыл бұрын
@@angieperides7500 My bad I thought it was a troll spreading miss information again... I miss read what u wrote my bad!
@KeithFroehlich07
Жыл бұрын
She is Adrian's daughter. She would know. I read in the newspapers that they robbed his hotel safe of about $6,000 in cash. It was in Minneapolis newspapers and I read it on Google Archives, it was the promoter of the show.
Pretty rotten to rob him ......seedy SAM.
Jeez
Rip to all who died from this crash
I would like to speak with Sabu if at all possible
@TheBC313
Жыл бұрын
He's on twitter you can talk to him on there.
@rickstalentedtongue910
Жыл бұрын
Sabu Sabu!
Sabu is wrong here, I believe Adrian did not drown but died from injuries from the crash later that day.
@angieperides7500
Жыл бұрын
Don’t really know
@stevep4574
Жыл бұрын
@@angieperides7500 You don't know?
@angieperides7500
Жыл бұрын
@@stevep4574 he passed at the hospital however, it is rumored both my dad and Dave were in the water
@stevep4574
Жыл бұрын
@@angieperides7500 That's terrible, I heard there was a moose on the road.
@steveleusch8660
Жыл бұрын
@@stevep4574 murray said at the scene
who says they were drunk?
I've heard this before.
scumbags come in all shapes and forms but I do recall a wrestling ring at my local county fair decades ago and thought those in the ring and around it were like homeless vagrant types; even below carnies. It was fun to watch because it was so dumb
From what I read before they said Adrian’s head was almost completely severed
@KeithFroehlich07
Жыл бұрын
Not true. Adrian died of a skull fracture later that night in the hospital. His head being severed was just another rumor just like it was that they were first buried at Sea.
Drowneded??? He said it twice.
Get a clue, I live in Newfoundland, and we are not in the Artic. I actually live very close to where the accident was, and it certainly wasn't a 100 ft embankment lol...
Dude is wired.
Anyone drown from the this conversation
😳😎😉
Meh . . . The ring crew might have put up with a lot of bullshit from those guys, especially Adonis. No pity for the him.
Tony Atlas said Keith was a jerk and disgusting. Perhaps karma??
@patricksimon3431
11 ай бұрын
I think so ,people like that always have a bad ending , brusier was another bad person
How did they rob Adrian who was still alive and then he died of drowning? Did they rob him while he was underwater?
@justafan5598
Жыл бұрын
I heard that he died in the hospital from head trauma.
Wasn't Adonis beheaded in the crash? Or is that an Urban Legend?
@angieperides7500
2 жыл бұрын
No he was not. He was alive at the hospital
@indiglo1971
Жыл бұрын
Maybe that's Jayne Mansfield you're thinking about.
@juniorlee9341
Жыл бұрын
@@indiglo1971She wasn't beheaded either. The top of her scalp and the blonde wig she wore came off , and it was reported that she had been decapitated, but she wasn'y
@jackbarnaba7751
Жыл бұрын
He drowned at the scene.
@NiktheEnglishGreekCypriot
Жыл бұрын
@@jackbarnaba7751his daughter has literally commented before you that he died at the hospital.
Newfoundland isnt the artic boys lol
Sabu needs a translator
@simpdown1404
Жыл бұрын
Which language would you prefer?
I'm sorry but I find this very hard to believe. But I will tell you what is 100% true and it was in the newspapers, one of the promoters, robbed Adrian's safe in his room after he was killed and tried to steal about $6,000 in cash.
@angieperides7500
Жыл бұрын
Do you have a copy of the newspaper
@justafan5598
Жыл бұрын
That's the version I heard.
@angieperides7500
Жыл бұрын
@@justafan5598 gonna have to watch Darkside of the Ring July 11th
@KeithFroehlich07
8 ай бұрын
@@angieperides7500 Angie I saw it in a photocopy on the Google search archives website where they show original newspapers in photocopy form I will see if I can find it and I will send it to you if I do.
Grease balls. That's so immoral
He is wrong about a few things, the surviving Kelly twin was tested and was sober, the embankment they went over was about 15 ft tops and they went over it because they were dodging a bear on the road and when they went down, they hit a big rock head on. The van ended up in a stream but nobody drowned, Adonis was asking for help over and over until he passed. The second van on wrestlers was about 15 minutes behind the 1st so the robbery from the ring crew happened withing 10 minutes of the crash when maybe he could have been saved. I have visited the site a few times to leave little trinkets, it's sad to think about because I saw them all wrestle at an event a week before or so and had them sign a promo poster for me. RIP guys
Bumfuck Newfoundland lolololo🤣🤣💕
Sabu says they were drunk when they crashed, yet the surviving Kelly twin says no one was drinking at the time, that they were looking at a bear cub wandering in the road and crashed trying to avoid it.
@bullsfan102
11 ай бұрын
ya no mention of a moose on the dark side of the ring ep and no drinks involved, Sabu is exaggerating it seems. if they were drunk it would have been easily found out via the coroner.