Adna Al-Kaissie
Adnan Bin Abdulkareem Ahmed Alkaissy El Farthie(born
March 1,
1939) better known professionally as
Adnan Al-Kaissie is a former
professional wrestler and a manager best known as
Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissy,
Billy White Wolf or
General Adnan.
Adnan El Kassey was born Adnan Bin Abdulkareem Ahmed Alkaissy El Farthie in
Baghdad,
Iraq. According to his biography he came from a fairly distinguished family, with his father being an
imam or Muslim holy man. One of his high school classmates was a young
Saddam Hussein (again according to the autobiography). He had an amateur wrestling career in Iraq and went to
Oklahoma State University, starting to wrestle in the state of
Oklahoma in
1959, as "Adnan Kaissey".
Kassey wrestled for
Pacific Northwest Wrestling in the 1960s and in the
World Wide Wrestling Federation in the 1970s under a Native American gimmick as
Billy White Wolf and won the World Tag Team Titles with Chief Jay Strongbow.
In 1978, he wrestled in Hawaii and was the master of the "Indian Death Match" until his arch-rival, Tor Kamata, defeated him.
Not long after this he returned briefly to Iraq with the intent of introducing pro wrestling there. By this time his old classmate Saddam was ruler of the country. By his own account, it was a difficult time, for although Kaissey was very popular and had some success introducing pro wrestling to Iraq, Saddam was already becoming paranoid about potential rivals, and he saw Kaissey in this light. Kaissey fled back to the US and never returned, though he'd kept touch with his family in Baghdad.
In 1981, with tensions between the US and Middle East running high, he debuted in the
American Wrestling Association as "Sheik Adnan El Kaissey" and teamed with "Crusher"
Jerry Blackwell. He had to quit wrestling when he was injured by
Ken Patera but he stayed there until it folded in early 1991 as a heel manager.
In 1991, he was with
Sgt. Slaughter and the
Iron Sheik as
General Adnan in their pro-Iraqi gimmick that feuded with
Hulk Hogan and the
Ultimate Warrior.
He formerly managed his own company, the World All-Star Wrestling Alliance, that he co-owned with Ken Patera.
*1-Time
WWWF World Tag Team Champion (with Jay Strongbow)
*1-Time
NWA World Tag Team Champion (Texas version) (with Hogan Wharton)
*1-Time
NWA United States Heavyweight Champion (Hawaii version)*1-Time
NWA Texas Heavyweight Champion*2-Time NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Champion
*4-Time NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champion (with Shag Thomas, Pepper Martin, Bearcat Wright and Johnny War Eagle)
*1-Time NWA Hawaii Tag Team Champion (with
Peter Maivia)
*
Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him #
410 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.
*
King Kong Brody*
Sgt. Slaughter*
Iron Sheik*
Superstar Billy Graham*
Bobby Duncum*
Chris Markoff*
Boris Zhukov*
Jerry Blackwell*
Ivan Koloff*
Alexis Smirnoff*
Mr. Saito*
Ken Patera*
Jonnie Stewart*
Masked Superstar*
Abdullah the Butcher*
Kamala*
Nord the Barbarian*
King Tonga*
Stanislaus Ustinov*
Teijho Khan*
Luke Graham*
Leilani Kai*
Bob Orton, Jr.*
Hercules Hernandez*
Mr. Hughes*Adnan El Kaissie
*Adnon Kaissie
*Adnan El Kassey
*Shiek Adnan El Kassey
*Shiek Adana El Kaissie
*General Adnan
*Billy White Wolf
