Hardcore pro wrestling legend Sabu dies at 60

Hardcore pro wrestling fable Terry Brunk -- amended known arsenic Sabu -- has died astatine the property of 60, AEW and WWE confirmed Sunday.

"From barbed ligament battles to unforgettable high-risk moments, Sabu gave everything to nonrecreational wrestling," AEW posted connected societal media.

The quality comes conscionable weeks aft Sabu competed successful a status lucifer during WrestleMania play successful Las Vegas against Joey Janela astatine Joey Janela's Spring Break 9.

"It was an grant and a pleasance to enactment with Sabu 1 past clip and to beryllium capable to springiness him the sendoff helium deserved," GCW proprietor Brett Lauderdale told ESPN astir promoting Sabu's last match. "His beingness and vocation merit to beryllium celebrated and it's refreshing to cognize that his last lucifer was 100 percent authentic Sabu. He is and was a legend, and his bequest volition unrecorded for generations to come."

Sabu began his wrestling vocation nether the tutelage of his uncle Ed "The Sheik" Farhat and made a sanction for himself during his tenure successful ECW during the 1990s wherever helium combined high-flying antics with ultraviolent matches that featured barbed wire, chairs, tables and more. He was a two-time ECW champion, ECW tag squad champion and ECW satellite tv champion.

Sabu was progressive successful memorable feuds with Rob Van Dam and Taz. The hardcore fable besides competed successful New Japan Pro Wrestling, WCW and TNA earlier having a little stint successful WWE successful the 2000s aft the institution purchased ECW.

Sabu performed astatine WrestleMania 23 successful 2007 erstwhile helium was portion of the ECW Originals squad that defeated The New Breed successful a tag match. He was released 1 period later. After touring the autarkic wrestling scene, Sabu made an quality successful AEW successful 2023 arsenic a peculiar enforcer for a lucifer betwixt Chris Jericho and Adam Cole.

Sabu's origin of decease has not been disclosed.