Herb Abrams

Herbert Charles Abrams, also known by the nickname Mr. Electricity, was an American professional wrestling promoter from Queens, New York, who founded the Universal Wrestling Federation 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. His father, Abram Abrams, 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. 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. Abrams founded the Universal Wrestling Federation 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, a…