Kamala

"Kamala has instructions to literally KILL Hulk Hogan!"

- The Wizard talking about Kamala's upcoming match Kamala, also known as "The Ugandan Giant," had several short runs in the World Wrestling Federation in the 1980s and 1990s. His very first began in 1984. As a heel, managed by a masked "handler" in safari clothing known as "Friday" (who was played by a variety of different people depending on where they were performing) and "Classy" Freddie Blassie. He would later come under the care of various other managers, but most notably his permanent handler Kim Chee (dressed as handler "Friday") would remain at his side. Kamala was portrayed as an untamed savage who could not form words and other heel managers would do the talking for him.

Biography
Kamala competed in a series of matches against André the Giant, including a high-profile steel cage match, which he lost after André twice sat on his chest. Kamala also appeared, along with Blassie and Friday, in a segment of the WWF's Tuesday Night Titans, where he (in kayfabe) ate a live chicken on the air; a cutaway shot was shown of feathers flying out of Kamala's mouth to create the illusion.

Kamala briefly left the WWF, returning in 1986 with the masked handler now named Kim Chee (and usually portrayed by Steve Lombardi who also portrayed wrestler the Brooklyn Brawler), and managed by The Wizard. In this run, Kamala battled Hulk Hogan and Jake "The Snake" Roberts, the latter feud beginning after Roberts exposed Kamala's fear of snakes. He was then managed by Mr. Fuji and formed a tag team with Wild Samoan Sika, before leaving the WWF in late 1987.

He then wrestled for the Memphis-based United States Wrestling Association, feuding with Jerry Lawler and Koko B. Ware, and winning the USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship four times. Kamala returned to the WWF in 1992, along with Kim Chee, and managed by Harvey Wippleman. After losing to The Undertaker in the first televised Coffin match at the 1992 Survivor Series, Kamala turned face, abandoning Wippleman to take the newly ordained Reverend Slick as his manager. Slick set out to "humanize" Kamala, by such means as teaching him to bowl (in a segment taped for Coliseum Video). He was scheduled to compete in the 1993 Royal Rumble, but did not appear at the event. He also had a match scheduled against Bam Bam Bigelow at WrestleMania IX but it was canceled without explanation before the event began.

WCW Stint
At Hulk Hogan's suggestion, Kamala joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He was introduced as part of Kevin Sullivan's Dungeon of Doom stable, whose goal was to end Hogan's career. In his first WCW pay-per-view appearance, he defeated "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan at Bash at the Beach 1995. He lost a singles match to Hogan at Clash of the Champions XXXI. In his second and final WCW PPV, he was part of the "Dungeon of Doom" team at Fall Brawl 1995, which lost to Hogan's team, "The Hulkamaniacs". Kamala was scheduled to wrestle Randy Savage at Halloween Havoc 1995 but was on a pay-per-appearance deal and WCW was not interested in offering him a full-time contract. Due to this he was replaced by The Zodiac at the event and Kamala left the company.

Return and Retirement
After making sporadic appearances on the independent circuit for the next few years, Kamala participated in "The Gimmick Battle Royal" at WrestleMania X-Seven and was eliminated by Sgt. Slaughter. On July 26, 2004, he made a surprise return to World Wrestling Entertainment, participating in a Raw Diva Search segment on RAW, in which the female contestants were instructed to try to seduce him. Kamala faced Randy Orton on the August 11, 2005 edition of SmackDown! (once more accompanied by Kim Chee) but the match was interrupted by a message from The Undertaker to Orton, and ended in a no contest. Kamala appeared at the 2005 Taboo Tuesday event, as one of the choices for Eugene's tag team partner. He lost the fan vote to Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, but came to the ring after the match to deliver a big splash to Tyson Tomko. On June 25, 2006, at Vengeance, he accompanied Eugene to the ring (along with Doink the Clown and Hacksaw Jim Duggan) to take on Umaga who had a similar gimmick to Kamala. Umaga quickly won the match, after which he attacked Eugene, Doink, and Duggan. Before Kamala and Umaga could fight, Umaga's manager, Armando Estrada, intervened. Kamala faced Umaga the following night on Raw and lost the match, marking his final televised appearance.

Trivia

 * Kamala's gimmick bares strong resemblance to that of fellow wrestler Umaga, even down to a manager needing to control him.
 * Kamala officially retired in 2011