KXLY: Infamous Head-Butt Wrestler In Slammer

A Cheney man made infamous for video showing him headbutting a referee during a high school wrestling match now faces a felony assault charge for stabbing his wife. Chad Hilderbrandt, 30, was arrested in April on a first degree assault charge after allegedly stabbing his wife in the upper thigh. Hilderbrandt’s wife told detectives with the sheriff’s office that her husband had accused her of appearing in pornographic movies. She claimed Hilderbrandt was trying to stab her in the vagina. Hilderbrandt made national news back in 1996 when he attacked a man refereeing his high school wrestling match in Colville. Chad Hilderbrandt had just been pinned by his opponent but then shoved the West Valley athlete after the match was over/ KXLY . More here . And: June 4, 1996, SR story here .