Born December 12, 1964, Sabu was trained for professional wrestling by his uncle, The Sheik (Ed Farhat). He began his wrestling career in 1985 and wrestled under the name Sabu the Elephant Boy.

Born Ed Farhat, The Sheik, grew up in Michigan and was a star high school football player. As a wrestler, his weapons included sharpened pencils and flying fireballs.

He had other Lansing-area ties. Sabu was the nephew of 2007 World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame inductee Edward Farhat, known as The Original Sheik. Farhat was born in Lansing and lived most of ...

Sabu was the nephew of 2007 World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame inductee Edward Farhat, known as The Original Sheik. Farhat was born in Lansing and lived most of his life in Williamston.

Ed Farhat used his Lebanese background to become The Sheik, a character who was an Arab madman. It was another effective use of the scary, foreign heel.

Ed Farhat, known around the world as The Sheik, is one of those men, and for this he is recognized as a WWE Hall of Famer.

Sabu was trained by his uncle, The Sheik, Ed Farhat. The Sheik was the longtime promoter of the Detroit-based territory, Big Time Wrestling, and a pioneer of hardcore wrestling.