Pro Wrestler Turns Vigilante On Train

WWE wrestlers are often criticised for the fake jeopardy they create in the ring during the highly choreographed fights.

But there was nothing phoney about the danger faced by former WWE star Shawn Daivari, aka Sheik Abdul Bashir, as he turned vigilante to take on an abusive thug on a commuter train in Minneapolis.

The offender was riding the light rail to the city airport when he began being abusive and threatening towards fellow passengers.

Bystanders became so worried that several of them set off the train's emergency alarms - but when no police came to help, Daivari was forced to take matters into his own hands.

"I didn't know if this guy had a knife in his pocket or a gun in his backpack," Daivari told the WWE's website. "So I just went up to him, turned him around, grabbed him in a rear naked choke/sleeper hold and held until I felt his body go limp.

"I dropped him, locked on a body scissors and held him down until the next stop, which was about 45 seconds down the road."

Daivari then threw the thug out onto a station platform where transit workers took over and called authorities.

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the video begins with the vari sitting
in the middle of a light rail car but
he'll soon have a front row seat
the unruly behavior about to go down -
VAR e says the man with the backpack 11
Blair was already drunk and swearing at
fellow passengers when Davari got on
board but an already uncomfortable
situation gets even worse when this man
boards the train at the metrodome and
ask Claire to move so he can put his
bicycle in the bike rack Davari says
Blair starts hurling racial slurs at the
man
so the passenger hits the emergency call
button to get police but Blair is less
than thrilled when another passenger
tells him to sit down and be quiet
that's what you got in that after his
face with I'll carry over to carry you
and stuff like that
Avari has had enough and uses a rear
naked chokehold to bring Blair to the
floor for the next minute or so
Avari puts Blair in a scissor hold
causing him to not only lose
consciousness but also control of his
bladder at the next stop Davari and
another passenger throw Blair off the
train out of the hardest part computer
exact height hurt if 280 files at it
like blotting out the door is like
throwing out a dock while another
passenger throws in his coat and
baseball cap
well Blair sits on the platform dazed
and confused I get the feeling that this
is going to be a once in a career-type
events then while this situation ended
harmlessly metro transit admits that
every passenger is a professional
wrestler but spokesman John sequences
the other people on the train
did what they're supposed to do in order
to defend themselves
use the call box call 911 find a
different place on the train to get away
from anything that might
yeah