The virus hepatitis C has made news in the world of professional wrestling of late, with probably the biggest story being a Canadian wrestler who is claiming he contracted hepatitis C from a Hall of Fame wrestling legend.
In a clip from the documentary “Don’t Bleed on Me” (see video to the left), wrestler, Devon Nicholson , aka Hannibal, says that after coming up positive for the hepatitis C test and losing a contract to wrestle professionally, he’s pointing the finger at one man in specific…. Abdullah the Butcher.
70-year-old Abdullah the Butcher (real name Larry Schreve), has been wrestling professionally for decades and was notorious for cutting himself and his opponent during the match…every match.
This is exactly why Nicholson says Abdullah was the source of his hepatitis C and lawyers representing Nicholson have requested proof of a negative test for Abdullah to no avail.
In the video, outspoken wrestling legend “Superstar” Billy Graham, who claims to have contracted hepatitis C in the 70s and received a liver transplant, said he believes there is a multitude of wrestlers out there that have hepatitis C and don’t know it.
Hepatitis C is a contagious liver disease that results from infection with hepatitis C virus. It can range in severity from a mild illness lasting a few weeks to a serious, lifelong illness. Hepatitis C is usually spread when blood from a person infected with hepatitis C virus enters the body of someone who is not infected.
Hepatitis C can be either "acute" or "chronic". Acute hepatitis C virus infection is a short-term illness that occurs within the 1st 6 months after someone is exposed to hepatitis C virus. For most people, acute infection leads to chronic infection. Chronic hepatitis C is a serious disease than can result in long-term health problems, or even death. There is no vaccine for hepatitis C.
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