2: Kamala
As a child, Kamala scared the daylights out of me. Billed as the “Ugandan Giant” he was unlike other wrestlers. Fleet on his feet at over 300 pounds and painted symbols on his belly and face. Kamala came to the ring with his handlers “Friday” and Freddie Blassie and got in the ring slapping his belly and manhandled his opponents.
Kamala wrestled for Mid-South Wrestling, Memphis, and World Class Championship Wrestling in the early 1980s. In Mid-South Wrestling, Kamala was nicknamed "The Ugandan Giant", managed by General Skandor Akbar and billed as a former bodyguard of President of Uganda Idi Amin.
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