Adnan Al-Kaissie

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Adnan Al-Kaissie
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Ring name(s)	Adnan El Kaissie Adnon Kaissie Adnan El Kassey Shiek Adnan El Kassey Shiek Adnan El Kaissie General Adnan Billy White Wolf
Born	March 1, 1939 Baghdad, Iraq
Resides	Hopkins, Minnesota
Debut	1959
Retired	1991

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.

1 Career
2 Championships/Accomplishments
3 Wrestlers Managed by Kaissie
4 Autobiography

[edit] Career

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".

"White Wolf" and Jay Strongbow as the WWWF Tag Team Champions.

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.

During the 1970's, he took pro wrestling to Iraq under the direction of Saddam Hussein. In one such match, he defeated Andre The Giant in Baghdad.

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 the WWF in 1991, he allied with Sgt. Slaughter and the Iron Sheik as General Adnan managing them in their pro-Iraqi gimmick that feuded with Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior. Adnan returned to the ring headlining Summerslam 1991 teaming with Slaughter and Col. Mustafa against Hogan and Warrior.

He formerly managed his own company, the World All-Star Wrestling Alliance, that he co-owned with Ken Patera.

On November 22, 2006, he appeared on FOX News Channel's Hannity & Colmes describing his encounters with a young Saddam Hussein.

He currently resides in Hopkins, Minnesota.