Sheik Ali

Sheik Wadi Ayoub
Personal information
BornWadi Ayoub
(1927-04-20)20 April 1927
Died29 September 1976(1976-09-29) (aged 49)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Shiek Ali
Sheik Wadi Ayoub
Wadi Ayoub
Billed fromBeirut, Lebanon
Trained byTom Lurich
Chief Little Wolf
Jim Deakin
DebutMarch 1953

Wadi Ayoub (20 April 1927 - 29 September 1976) was a champion Greco–Roman style wrestler in Lebanon and then a professional wrestler, best known as Sheik Ali, in Australia and touring internationally. He was famous for his headbutts and his moves included the "Egyptian Deadlock".