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Longtime Michigan wrestling promoter Eddie Farhat, Jr. passed away this morning due to complications from COVID-19, according to Michigan pro wrestling historian Mark Bujan. Eddie was the oldest son of The Original Sheik (Ed Farhat).
During the days of Detroit’s Big Time Wrestling, he wrestled under the name Captain Ed George. Since Detroit BTW was always a Farhat “family affair” operation, he also played many roles behind the scenes including booking. Farhat had been dealing with a few other health issues over the years..
Farhat was featured in the famous documentary about The Sheik and the Detroit territory I Like To Hurt People. In the film, Farhat gave a great arrogant “tough guy” promo with his wife and daughter smiling by his side The documentary was a hit among pro wrestling fans when it was released on video in 1985, but it sort of confused viewers because they didn’t realize that they were seeing clips of several years old matches in what was a mockumentary with no real timeline. Most of the footage was from the 1970s as Detroit’s Big Time Wrestling had already closed its doors for good in 1980. Ernie Roth was featured under his old Abdullah Farouk persona as the heel manager of The Sheik. Roth worked in the WWF as The Grand Wizard of Wrestling. He died of a heart attack in 1983.
Eddie’s death is another tragedy for the Farhat family. His younger brother, Tommy Farhat died in October 2020 of kidney cancer. Both men are the cousins of Sabu.
When The Sheik died in 2003, Eddie and Tommy wanted to keep Sheik’s legacy and the Big Time Wrestling alive. They began running shows of their own under the banner “All World Wrestling League presents Big Time Wrestling."
Everyone sends their deepest condolences to the Farhat family as well as Eddie's friends and fans.
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