History Wrestling / HerbAbramsUWF

* HookersAndBlow: What he spent his free time on and unfortunately is the one of the defining things he is remembered for. His last moments of life were spent naked (or only in his underwear) with two prostitutes and a mountain of cocaine. He even used this trope as a ''recruiting tool'' for a manager he ended up hiring.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The UWF pushed "Herbie's Cookies".

-->-- '''Brian Blair''', ''Series/DarkSideOfTheRing''

-->''"Herb Abrams left this world doing what he loved: Cocaine and hookers."''
--->- '''Brian Blair''', ''Series/DarkSideOfTheRing''

--->- '''''Brian Blair, Dark Side of the Ring'''''
Herb Abrams (July 9, 1955-July 23, 1996) was an American ProfessionalWrestling promoter who ran the Universal Wrestling Federation[[note]]Not to be confused with "Cowboy" Bill Watts' rebrand of NWA Mid-South, or the [[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation Japanese shoot-style pioneers]][[/note]] from 1991-1994.

He died in the only way someone like Herb could've, after a confrontation with police while high on valium and cocaine and caught destroying his own furniture, he suffered cardiac arrest; succumbing to his Rockstar lifestyle in 1996. His life story, as well as UWF's, is chronicled in VICE Media's ''Series/DarkSideOfTheRing'' series as the subject of it's 14th episode.

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-->''"Herb Abrams left this world doing what he loved: Cocaine and hookers"''

* ActionGirl: [[Wrestling/{{Ivory}} Tina Moretti]], [[Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}} Miss Texas]], Rockin' Robin, Velvet [=McIntyre=]

--->''"Herb Abrams left this world doing what he loved: Cocaine and hookers"''
--->'''''Brian Blair, Dark Side of the Ring'''''

* AmoralAfrikaner: Col. [=DeBeers=], whose gimmick was of an UsefulNotes/{{South Africa}}n who was a militant racist pro-[[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra Apartheid]].

* ForeignWrestlingHeel: Col. [=DeBeers=], whose gimmick was of an UsefulNotes/{{South Africa}}n who was a militant racist pro-[[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra Apartheid]].

Initially a contract salesman of women's dresses, Abrams first made his exposure with professional wrestling when he let the New York territory wrestlers know that any that made appearances at his father's business would be allowed to take a dress home with them for their wives and girlfriends. It seems that the world of the squared circle seemed to speak to him, and after starting up his own business in California, he decided to get into the business as a promoter in 1990, starting the UWF in Reseda thanks to a generous million dollar donation from SportChannel America.

While the shows were small, the relative distance to the WWF and his ability to convince current stars and up-and-coming rookies to come take a date with Herb allowed him to develop a small but devoted following. His early success immediately went to his head, and Herb went from commentator to interviewer to the stars, and occasional manager, going by the name "Mr. Electricity" due to his (extremely cocaine fueled) extremely eccentric and over the top persona. This led to him getting into a one-sided battle with Wrestling/VinceMcMahon, a failed bid at expanding into Pay-Per-View, and a recurring trend of him being unable to pay the venues he was running in, and even his own wrestlers. None of this ever stopped Herb from being the insanely over the top character right up until 1994, where he left the business to care for his mother, and the abject failure of the ''Blackjack Brawl'' PPV sank his ambitions to try and become the Vince McMahon of the east.

While the shows were small, the relative distance to the WWF and his ability to convince current stars and up-and-coming rookies to come take a date with Herb allowed him to develop a small but devoted following. His early success immediately went to his head, and Herb went from commentator to interviewer to the stars, and occasional manager, going by the name "Mr. Electricity" due to his (extremely cocaine fueled) extremely eccentric and over the top persona. This led to him getting into a one-sided battle with Wrestling/VinceMcMahon, a failed bid at expanding into Pay-Per-View, and a recurring trend of him being unable to pay the venues he was running in, and even his own wrestlers. None of this ever stopped Herb from being the insanely over the top character right up until 1994, where he left the business to care for his mother.

He died in the only way someone like Herb could've, after a confrontation with police while high on valium and cocaine and caught destroying his own furniture, he suffered cardiac arrest; succumbing to his Rockstar lifestyle in 1996.

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Herb Abrams (July 9, 1955-July 23, 1996) was an American ProfessionalWrestling promoter who ran the Universal Wrestling Federation[[note]]Not to be confused with "Cowboy" Bill Watts' rebrand of NWA Mid-South, or the [[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation Japanese shoot-style pioneers]][[/note]] from 1991-1994. He died in 1996.

* FunWithAcronyms: Well, they ''tried''. Kevin Casey was the manager of [[PowerStable CHAOS Enterprises]], with CHAOS standing for '''C'''asey's '''H'''ouse '''O'''f '''A'''ll-'''S'''tars.

Herb Abrams (July 9, 1955-July 23, 1996) was an American ProfessionalWrestling promoter who ran the Universal Wrestling Federation[[note]]Not to be confused with "Cowboy" Bill Watts' promotion or the Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation[[/note]] from 1991-1994. He died in 1996.

* PointyHairedBoss: Abrams had no experience or qualifications for running a wrestling promotion and wasn't going to let anyone tell him otherwise.

* {{Politically Incorrect|Villain}} ForeignWrestlingHeel: Col. [=DeBeers=], whose gimmick, left over from his time in [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation the AWA]], was of a militant racist pro-[[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra Apartheid]] UsefulNotes/{{South Africa}}n.

* TakeThat: He once had Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams {{Squash|Match}} a geeky {{Jobber}} named "Davey Meltzer," as a response to how ''Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter'' ''hated'' the UWF. The ''WON'' named Abrams "Worst Television Announcer" in 1990, the UWF the worst promotion and ''Fury Hour'' the worst TV show in 1991, and their live TV special ''Blackjack Brawl'' the worst major wrestling show in 1994.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He pushed "Herbie's Cookies".

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Col. [=DeBeers=], whose gimmick, left over from his time in [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation the AWA]], was of a militant racist pro-[[UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra Apartheid]] UsefulNotes/{{South Africa}}n.
* RingOldies: Wrestling/IvanKoloff, Col. [=DeBeers=], Wrestling/PaulOrndorff, Wrestling/BobOrtonJr, Wrestling/NikitaKoloff, Wrestling/DonMuraco, Wrestling/KenPatera...