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Herb Abrams (Herbert Charles Abrams) was born on 9 July, 1955 in Queens, New York, United States, is an American professional wrestling promoter and commentator. Discover Herb Abrams's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 41 years old?

Popular As Herbert Charles Abrams
Occupation Professional wrestling promoter and commentator
Age 41 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 9 July, 1955
Birthday 9 July
Birthplace Queens, New York, United States
Date of death 23 July, 1996
Died Place Manhattan, New York, United States
Nationality United States

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Who Is Herb Abrams's Wife?

His wife is Murry Lee (m. 1989-1994)

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Herb Abrams Net Worth

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Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Timeline

1949

His father was a contract salesman of women's dresses who employed 42 workers at his Manhattan office as of 1949.

He attended William Cullen Bryant High School in Long Island City, New York.

1955

Herbert Charles Abrams (July 9, 1955 – July 23, 1996), also known by the nickname Mr. Electricity, was an American professional wrestling promoter from Queens, New York, who founded the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) in 1990.

Herbert Charles Abrams was born on July 9, 1955, in Queens, New York, the oldest child of Sonia (née Hoffman) and Abram Abrams.

1976

In 1976, Abrams approached photographer Bill Apter while he was shooting Superstar Billy Graham on the streets of New York.

He told Apter to spread word that any wrestlers who made an appearance at his father's clothing store in Flushing, Queens, would be allowed to take dresses for their wives as compensation.

1983

Abrams moved to Los Angeles and started his first business, Network '9' Limited in 1983.

1988

Abrams later started a chain of plus-size clothing stores for women called I'm a Big Girl Now in 1988.

1989

Abrams was married in 1989, and his father died that same year at the age of 64.

1990

Abrams founded the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) in 1990, receiving $1 million from SportsChannel America to produce the weekly television program UWF Fury Hour.

In August 1990, during a press conference announcing the UWF's launch, Abrams was asked how he expected to succeed in the wrestling business with no prior experience in it.

Abrams responded: "What they're looking for, I have, and that's the Hollywood glitz".

Abrams ran his first television tapings at Reseda Country Club in Reseda, California, that fall; the venue's owners would later sue Abrams for money owed.

Abrams soon gained a reputation for chronically failing to pay venue owners, and even his own wrestlers.

As the UWF's head booker, Abrams was often criticized for the promotion's inconsistent storylines, and matches that lacked clean-cut finishes.

For the first 11 episodes of Fury Hour he was an on-screen commentator alongside Bruno Sammartino, for which the readers of Wrestling Observer Newsletter voted him Worst Television Announcer of 1990.

Prior to earning that dubious distinction, Abrams had used a jobber on Fury Hour named "Davey Meltzer"—an obvious jab at journalist Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer Newsletter editor-in-chief and publisher.

Abrams was replaced on commentary by Craig DeGeorge, but stayed on-screen as an interviewer.

1991

After the UWF's SportsChannel America deal expired without extension in September 1991, Abrams' live show schedule went from regular, to sporadic.

1994

In 1994, coming off a divorce, Abrams made one final, grand attempt to make an impact in professional wrestling: the television special UWF Blackjack Brawl, broadcast live from Las Vegas, Nevada's MGM Grand Arena.

While the MGM Grand Arena seated approximately 17,000, Abrams sold only approximately 300 tickets, making the event an enormous commercial failure.

Abrams moved back to New York City soon afterward to care for his ailing mother, and never promoted another UWF event.

1996

Abrams died on July 23, 1996, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan, New York of a heart attack while in police custody.

Before his death, police had found Abrams in his Manhattan office naked and covered in baby oil, destroying furniture with a baseball bat.

Abrams' autopsy showed he had cocaine and valium in his system when he died.

He was buried in New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon, New York.

Abrams' ex-girlfriend said that during the last few years of his life, he had experienced paranoia when high on cocaine.

Allegedly, Abrams owed various people money, and insisted on destroying furniture to find non-existent "bugging devices" he believed were secretly recording him.

2020

Dark Side of the Ring aired an episode focused on the life of Abrams titled "Cocaine & Cowboy Boots: The Herb Abrams Story" in May 2020.

It was the third-highest rated episode in the show's then 14 episode history.

Jonathan Plombon released a biography on Abrams titled Tortured Ambition: The Story of Herb Abrams and the UWF in September 2021.