History Wrestling / Kamala

* DoesNotLikeShoes: In character, at the very least; he wrestled barefoot.

* BladeOnAStick: Kamala carried a spear to the ring

* NameIsTheSame:
** He was known as ''Superfly'' for a while, not related in any way to Wrestling/JimmySnuka.
** Also as ''Bad News'', a name conjuring to [[Wrestling/AllenCoage a very different character]].

** in {{Kayfabe}}: [[Wrestling/JerryLawler Jerry "The King" Lawler]], [[Wrestling/VonErichFamily Kevin and David Von Erich]], Wrestling/BruiserBrody, Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/SgtSlaughter, Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, [[Wrestling/JerryBlackwell Jerry "The Crusher" Blackwell]], Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan, The Undertaker, [[Wrestling/RandySavage "Macho Man" Randy Savage]] and [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]].

** According to [[http://www.kayfabememories.com/TapeReviews/shootinterviews/jjdillon.htm JJ Dillon]], Lawler had done a guest shot in Florida against [[Wrestling/JamesJDillon Dillon's]] [[ForeignWrestlingHeel Japanese heel]] Kendo Nagasaki, giving Lawler the idea to create his own face-painted "foreign" monster, leading him to turn Harris, then a struggling {{Jobber}}, into one of the most famous wrestling monsters ever.

* {{Retcon}}: Made his [=WWE=] debut in 1984 managed by "Classy" Wrestling/FreddieBlassie, and they appeared together on [[Wrestling/RoddyPiper "Piper's Pit"]] on the August 25th (taped July 30) episode of ''WWF Championship Wrestling''. During his second run, in 1986, he, [[Wrestling/KingCurtisIaukea the Wizard (King Curtis Iaukea)]] and Kim Chee ([[Wrestling/SteveLombardi Steve "The Brooklyn Brawler" Lombardi]]) appeared on Piper's Pit on the November 22 (taped October 28) ''WWF Superstars'', and Piper had to act like he had never seen him before. But then, every time Kamala returned it seemed like his previous runs with the company were forgotten.

* BadassBeard: Emphasized when he was "Ugly Bear Harris", otherwise not much attention was drawn to it

As usual, the basics about his career can be found at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_(wrestler) The Other Wiki]].

!! "Ugandan [=Tropehunter=]":

* HeelFaceTurn: Split from manager Wrestling/HarveyWippleman and Kim Chee in late 1992/early 1993 and sided with [[Wrestling/{{Slick}}Reverend Slick]], who told Kamala "You are a man!" and tried to teach him to bowl.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Introduced to WWE on its Creator/USANetwork talk show ''Tuesday Night Titans'' in 1984 in an interview with manager [[Wrestling/FreddieBlassie "Classy" Freddie Blassie]] and his "handler", Friday (Later renamed Kim Chee and played by [[Wrestling/SteveLombardi Steve "Brooklyn Brawler" Lombardi]] in 1987). Blassie had brought a cage with a live chicken in it and said that "it was time for the chicken to do a disappearing act. He's going to eat him alive!," with host Vince [=McMahon=] [[BigNo saying "No! No! No!"]] as Friday opened the cage and Kamala reached for the chicken. Cut to Kamala still sitting on the couch with feathers around his mouth and [[EyeTake a completely insane look in his eyes.]]

James Harris (May 28, 1950 – August 9, 2020) was an American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er from Senatobia, Mississippi best known for his work in the 1980s and 1990s as Kamala. His [[TheGimmick gimmick]] was of an UsefulNotes/{{Uganda}}n "[[HollywoodNatives savage]]" (and was in fact nicknamed "The Ugandan Giant"). He competed primarily in Memphis, in World Class Championship Wrestling in Dallas, Texas, in Mid-South Wrestling (Louisiana/Oklahoma), in the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation and for Wrestling/{{WWE}}. He made his PPV debut at ''Wrestling/{{SummerSlam}} '92'' against Wrestling/TheUndertaker. He was a four-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/uswa/uswa-uh.html USWA (Memphis) Unified World Heavyweight Champion]]. His last run with a major promotion was as a member of the Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom in Wrestling/{{WCW}} from June through October 1995. He also competed for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/JuggaloChampionshipWrestling, various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories, W*ING, Wrestling/RingOfHonor and many independent promotions, including defeating Ring of Honor[=/=]Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} regular [[Wrestling/LarrySweeney "Sweet N Sour" Larry Sweeney]] at a [[Wrestling/{{WSU}} Women Superstars Uncensored]] event, ''WSU Ultimate Impact Phase 2'' on May 18, 2007, when the promotion was still known as Wrestling Superstars Uncensored. He was inducted into the Texas Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012.

* DrugsAreBad: In his song "Push It" (see below under TakeThat), he explains that he never used steroids because he didn't want to mess up his body, adding "What might work for you might not work for me." Unfortunately, his body ended up messed up in another way via diabetes.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Originally, his gimmick's name was K'''i'''mala. Incidentally, that was the name he was known with while working in Mexico.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Introduced to WWE on its Creator/USANetwork talk show ''Tuesday Night Titans'' in 1984 in an interview with manager [[Wrestling/FreddieBlassie "Classy" Freddie Blassie]] and his handler Friday[[note]]The gimmick was later renamed Kim Chee when Kamala returned in 1987, though Steve Lombardi was not in the mask at this point.[[/note]]. Blassie had brought a cage with a live chicken in it and said that it was time "for the chicken to do a disappearing act. He's going to eat him alive!," with host Vince [=McMahon=] [[BigNo saying "No! No! No!"]] as Friday opened the cage and Kamala reached for the chicken. Cut to Kamala still sitting on the couch with feathers around his mouth and [[EyeTake a completely insane look in his eyes.]]

* FinishingMove: Big Splash, top rope splash, splash onto opponent's back.

* HeelFaceTurn: Split from manager Wrestling/HarveyWippleman and Kim Chee ([[Wrestling/SteveLombardi Steve "Brooklyn Brawler" Lombardi]] under a mask) in late 1992/early 1993 and sided with [[Wrestling/{{Slick}}Reverend Slick]], who told Kamala "You are a man!" and tried to teach him to bowl.

** Despite of his apparently limited moveset, he knew and perfomred a quite decent amount of throws, locks and holds Mid-South, Southeastern and Britain.
* IHaveManyNames: "The Mississippi Mauler", "Big" Jim Harris, Sugar Bear Harris, Ugly Bear Harris, Bad News Harris, Superfly, Kimala and Giant Kamala 1.

* LightningBruiser: By the standards of his days. When many other giant wrestlers did little besides punch and stomp, Kamala could throw superkicks, hook kicks, ''dropkicks'', and even come flying off the top rope with a big splash.

* NameIsTheSame: He was known as ''Superfly'' for a while, not related in any way to Wrestling/JimmySnuka.

* SpotTheImposter: Played for laughs: Weirdly enough, he had a feud with the other "Kamala 2"... one who was [[Wrestling/UncleElmer nothing like him]].

* AnimalMotifs: {{Bears|AreBadNews}} when not working the Kamala gimmick

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Originally, his gimmick's name was K'''i'''mala.

** His gimmick was, in a sense, a [[AlternateCompanyEquivalent re-invention]] of Abdullah.
** Later spawned several copies, most famously Giant Kamala II, real name Ben Peacock, aka Uganda, the Botswana Beast and Atkie Malumba, best known for his work for All Japan Pro Wrestling.

** Despite of his apparently limited moveset, he knew and perfomred a quite decent amount of throws, locks and holds in his arsenal at Mid-South and Britain.
* IHaveManyNames: "The Mississippi Mauler", "Big" Jim Harris, Bad News Harris, Sugar Bear Harris, Ugly Bear Harris, Kimala the Ugandan Giant and of course Kamala the Ugandan Headhunter.

* SignatureMove: He threw a lot of chops of various types, which he was instructed would be good for The Kamala gimmick because no one wanted to tell him his working punches sucked...his real punches were alright, as Andre could tell you, but he couldn't throw a good working punch without hurting people. Back kicks were also a regular feature of Kamala matches.

James Harris (May 28, 1950 – August 9, 2020) was an American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er from Senatobia, Mississippi best known for his work in the 1980s and 1990s as Kamala. His [[TheGimmick gimmick]] was of an UsefulNotes/{{Uganda}}n "[[HollywoodNatives savage]]" (and was in fact nicknamed "The Ugandan Giant"). He competed primarily in Memphis, in World Class Championship Wrestling in Dallas, Texas, in Mid-South Wrestling (Louisiana/Oklahoma), in the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation and for Wrestling/{{WWE}}. He made his PPV debut at ''Wrestling/{{SummerSlam}} 92'' against Wrestling/TheUndertaker. He was a four-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/uswa/uswa-uh.html USWA (Memphis) Unified World Heavyweight Champion]]. His last run with a major promotion was as a member of the Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom in Wrestling/{{WCW}} from June through October 1995. He also competed for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/JuggaloChampionshipWrestling, various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories, W*ING, Wrestling/RingOfHonor and many independent promotions, including defeating Ring of Honor[=/=]Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} regular [[Wrestling/LarrySweeney "Sweet N Sour" Larry Sweeney]] at a [[Wrestling/{{WSU}} Women Superstars Uncensored]] event, ''WSU Ultimate Impact Phase 2'' on May 18, 2007, when the promotion was still known as Wrestling Superstars Uncensored. He was inducted into the Texas Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012.

* ArchEnemy: {{Kayfabe}}: [[Wrestling/JerryLawler Jerry "The King" Lawler]], [[WrestlingFamily the Von Erichs]], Wrestling/BruiserBrody, Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/SgtSlaughter, Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, [[Wrestling/JerryBlackwell Jerry "The Crusher" Blackwell]], Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan, The Undertaker. Non-{{kayfabe}}: Various promoters who he claimed never paid him, also Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher.

* DoNotAdjustYourSet: While doing commentary for an early Kamala match in [=WWE=], Wrestling/VinceMcMahon said, "Ladies and gentlemen, don't adjust your television sets!! This is KAMALA!!"

* {{Expy}}: According to [[http://www.kayfabememories.com/TapeReviews/shootinterviews/jjdillon.htm JJ Dillon]], Lawler had done a guest shot in Florida against [[Wrestling/JamesJDillon Dillon's]] [[ForeignWrestlingHeel Japanese heel]] Kendo Nagasaki, giving Lawler the idea to create his own face-painted "foreign" monster, leading him to turn Harris, then a struggling jobber, into Kamala.

* ForeignWrestlingHeel: In his very early days as The Mississippi Mauler, he was an evil American wrestling in Great Britain. More specifically, an evil ''Creole'', which must've been very foreign and exotic to the British audience. And in Memphis he was an evil Ugandan.

* {{Heel}}: After winning his match against [=Motoshi Ohkuma=] that is described on the Awesome page, he was walking to the back when a fan tried reaching out and touching his hand and he reacted with surprise.

* IHaveManyNames: The Mississippi Mauler, James "Sugarbear" Harris, Ugly Bear Harris, Kamala the Ugandan Giant

** Also, the Nigerian Nightmares (Maifu and Saifu)
* LightningBruiser: By the standards of his day. When many other giant wrestlers did little besides punch and stomp, Kamala could throw superkicks, hook kicks, ''dropkicks'', and even come flying off the top rope with a big splash.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Ugandan Headhunter.

* PapaWolf: Toward anyone who threatened his managers.

** The First Family, led by Wrestling/JimmyHart in Memphis
** [[Wrestling/PaulJones Paul Jones' Army]] in Mid-Atlantic
** The Sheik's [Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie] Army in the [=AWA=]
** Devastation Inc., led by Wrestling/GeneralSkandorAkbar in WCCW and Mid-South/UWF.
** The Dungeon of Doom in [=WCW=].
** The International Squad of Terror in the late 1990s's version of [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA Mid-Atlantic]].

* SquashMatch: Often. Especially when first entering a territory.

* TribalFacepaint: A skull on his face, stars over his pectorals and a moon on his stomach - his paint is some of the most recognizable of wrestling's last 30 years.

** There is a famous interview from his WWE days in 1986 with Kamala, Sika, the Wizard, Kim Chee and "Mean" Gene Okerlund where Kamala is grunting and Sika is speaking Samoan and Gene asked if they were actually communicating with each other.

** Averted in the documentary ''Film/CardSubjectToChange,'' where he is interviewed in full makeup and sings in the ring.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: His feud with, of course, [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]], where it turned out that Kamala was afraid of snakes and Jake used the fear to play mind games with Kamala.

James Harris (May 28, 1950 – August 9, 2020) was an American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er from Senatobia, Mississippi best known for his work in the 1980s and 1990s as Kamala. His [[TheGimmick gimmick]] was of an UsefulNotes/{{Uganda}}n "savage" (and was in fact nicknamed "The Ugandan Giant). He competed primarily in Memphis, in World Class Championship Wrestling in Dallas, Texas, in Mid-South Wrestling (Louisiana/Oklahoma), in the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation and for Wrestling/{{WWE}}. He made his PPV debut at ''Wrestling/{{SummerSlam}} 92'' against Wrestling/TheUndertaker. He was a four-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/uswa/uswa-uh.html USWA (Memphis) Unified World Heavyweight Champion]]. His last run with a major promotion was as a member of the Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom in Wrestling/{{WCW}} from June through October 1995. He also competed for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/JuggaloChampionshipWrestling, various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories, W*ING, Wrestling/RingOfHonor and many independent promotions, including defeating Ring of Honor[=/=]Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} regular [[Wrestling/LarrySweeney "Sweet N Sour" Larry Sweeney]] at a [[Wrestling/{{WSU}} Women Superstars Uncensored]] event, ''WSU Ultimate Impact Phase 2'' on May 18, 2007, when the promotion was still known as Wrestling Superstars Uncensored. He was inducted into the Texas Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012.

%%* BadassBeard

* ForeignWrestlingHeel: In his very early days as The Mississippi Mauler, he was an evil American wrestling in Great Britain. More specifically, an evil ''Creole'', which must've been very foreign and exotic to the British audience.

* LegacyCharacter: Giant Kamala II

* SquashMatch: Often.

* FairForItsDay: The Kamala gimmick has been criticized in recent years for being culturally insensitive. Yet, the gimmick was scarcely an example of UncleTomfoolery - he was billed as a monster heel across several territories and to this day is rememebered as one of the best giant wrestlers of all time.

* ImAHumanitarian: Implied in the gimmick's early years.

* StoutStrength: One of the few men to slam Andre, doing the deed in Mid-South.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: His feud with, of course, [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]].

* BearsAreBadNews: Previously known as Ugly Bear Harris and James "Sugarbear" Harris
* BladeOnAStick: Always carried a spear to the ring.

* CoolMask: As part of his entrance attire.
* DeathFromAbove: He usually weighed in at over 400 lbs. and, for a time, would come off the top rope.
* DentedIron: See DownerEnding below.

* ForeignWrestlingHeel: In his very early days as The Mississippi Mauler, he was an evil American wrestling in Great Britain.
* TheGiant: It was part of his name, after all, though he barely qualified height-wise (being billed as 6'7").

** [[WrestlingMonster Monster Heel]][=/=]ForeignWrestlingHeel: One of the best of his era.

* IHaveManyNames: The Mississippi Mauler, James "Sugarbear" Harris, Ugly Bear Harris, Kamala the Ugandan Giant, Kamala the Ugandan Headhunter

* [[KickChick Kick Dude]]: Back kicks were regular features of his matches.

* OneSteveLimit: Called "The Ugandan Headhunter" because of the presence of Andre The Giant, but it worked as an example of a [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Name to Run Away from Really Fast]].

* ScaryBlackMan: As the Mississippi Mauler.

* TribalFacepaint[=/=]BodyPaint: His are some of the most recognizable of wrestling's last 30 years.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: His feud with, of course, [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]]
* WrestlingDoesntPay: Sadly, a RealLife example. Also sad because he cited Money, Dear Boy as his motivation for getting into wrestling in the first place.

%%* BaldOfEvil: To help his skull paint

* DownerEnding: Forced to retire in November 2011 due to having one of his legs amputated because of diabetes. In April 2012, his right leg was amputated. He continued to have health problems until his passing in August 2020.

* DoNotAdjustYourSet: While doing commentary for an early Kamala match in [=WWE=], Wrestling/{{Vince McMahon}} said, "Ladies and gentlemen, don't adjust your television sets!! This is KAMALA!!"

* DrugsAreBad: In his song "Push It" (see below under TakeThat), he explains that he never used steroids because he didn't want to mess up his body, adding "What might work for you might not work for me." [[{{Irony}} Unfortunately]], he messed his body up [[BigEater in another way]].

James Harris (May 28, 1950–August 9, 2020) was an American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Senatobia, Mississippi best known for his work in the 1980s and 1990s as '''Kamala the Ugandan Giant'''. TheGimmick was of an UsefulNotes/{{Uganda}}n "savage". He competed primarily in Memphis, in World Class Championship Wrestling in Dallas, Texas, in Mid-South Wrestling (Louisiana/Oklahoma), in the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation and for Wrestling/{{WWE}}. He made his PPV debut at ''Wrestling/{{SummerSlam}} 92'' against Wrestling/TheUndertaker. He was a four-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/uswa/uswa-uh.html USWA (Memphis) Unified World Heavyweight Champion]]. His last run with a major promotion was as a member of the Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom in Wrestling/{{WCW}} from June through October 1995. He also competed for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/JuggaloChampionshipWrestling, various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories, W*ING, Wrestling/RingOfHonor and many independent promotions, including defeating Ring Of Honor[=/=]Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} regular [[Wrestling/LarrySweeney "Sweet N Sour" Larry Sweeney]] at a [[Wrestling/{{WSU}} Women Superstars Uncensored]] event, ''WSU Ultimate Impact Phase 2'' on May 18, 2007, when the promotion was still known as Wrestling Superstars Uncensored. He was inducted into the Texas Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012.

James Harris (born May 28, 1950) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Senatobia, MS, who is best known for his work in the 1980s and 1990s as '''Kamala the Ugandan Giant'''. TheGimmick was of an UsefulNotes/{{Uganda}}n "savage." He competed primarily in Memphis, in World Class Championship Wrestling in Dallas, Texas, in Mid-South Wrestling (Louisiana/Oklahoma), in the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation and for Wrestling/{{WWE}}. He made his PPV debut at ''Wrestling/{{SummerSlam}} 92'' against Wrestling/TheUndertaker. He was a four-time [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/tn/uswa/uswa-uh.html USWA (Memphis) Unified World Heavyweight Champion]]. His last run with a major promotion was as a member of the Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom in Wrestling/{{WCW}} from June through October 1995. He also competed for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/JuggaloChampionshipWrestling, various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories, W*ING, Wrestling/RingOfHonor and many independent promotions, including defeating Ring Of Honor[=/=]Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} regular [[Wrestling/LarrySweeney "Sweet N Sour" Larry Sweeney]] at a [[Wrestling/{{WSU}} Women Superstars Uncensored]] event, ''WSU Ultimate Impact Phase 2'' on May 18, 2007, when the promotion was still known as Wrestling Superstars Uncensored. He was inducted into the Texas Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012.

He is one of the wrestlers who holds the distinction of having slammed Wrestling/AndreTheGiant before Wrestling/HulkHogan did it at Wrestlemania 3.

As usual, the basics about his career can be found at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_the_Ugandan_Giant The Other Wiki]].

* ArchEnemy: {{Kayfabe}}: [[Wrestling/JerryLawler Jerry "The King" Lawler]], [[WrestlingFamily the Von Erichs]], Wrestling/BruiserBrody, Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/SgtSlaughter, Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, [[Wrestling/JerryBlackwell Jerry "The Crusher" Blackwell]], Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan, The Undertaker. Non-{{Kayfabe}}: Various promoters who he claimed never paid him, also Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher

* CoolMask: As part of his entrance attire

* DownerEnding: Forced to retire in November 2011 due to having one of his legs amputated because of diabetes. In April 2012, his right leg was amputated.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Introduced to [=WWE=] on its Creator/USANetwork talk show ''Tuesday Night Titans'' in 1984 in an interview with manager [[Wrestling/FreddieBlassie "Classy" Freddie Blassie]] and his handler Friday[[note]]The gimmick was later renamed Kim Chee when Kamala returned in 1987, though Steve Lombardi was not in the mask at this point.[[/note]]. Blassie had brought a cage with a live chicken in it and said that it was time "for the chicken to do a disappearing act. He's going to eat him alive!," with host Vince [=McMahon=] [[BigNo saying "No! No! No!"]] as Friday opened the cage and Kamala reached for the chicken. Cut to Kamala still sitting on the couch with feathers around his mouth and [[EyeTake a completely insane look in his eyes.]]

* {{Retcon}}: Made his [=WWE=] debut in 1984 managed by "Classy" Freddie Blassie, and they appeared together on [[Wrestling/RoddyPiper "Piper's Pit"]] on the August 25th (taped July 30) episode of ''WWF Championship Wrestling.'' During his second run, in 1986, he, [[Wrestling/KingCurtisIaukea the Wizard (King Curtis Iaukea)]] and Kim Chee (Steve "The Brooklyn Brawler" Lombardi) appeared on Piper's Pit on the November 22 (taped October 28) ''WWF Superstars'', and Piper had to act like he had never seen him before. But then, every time Kamala returned it seemed like his previous runs with the company were forgotten.
* RingOldies: Started in the late 1970s and competed in independents up until a few years ago.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Left [=WCW=] in October 1995 right before the ''Halloween Havoc'' [=PPV=] out of frustration with not getting paid.

* TakeThat: His song "Push It," where he slams [=WWE=]'s Wellness Policy as a sham and bashes Pat Patterson, the Brooklyn Brawler, Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling/UltimateWarrior, among other targets.

* WrestlingDoesntPay: Sadly, a RealLife example. Also sad because he has cited Money, Dear Boy as his motivation for getting into wrestling in the first place.

* HeelFaceTurn: Split from manager Wrestling/HarveyWippleman and Kim Chee ([[Wrestling/SteveLombardi Steve "Brooklyn Brawler" Lombardi]] under a mask) in late 1992/early 1993 and sided with [[Wrestling/{[Slick}}Reverend Slick]], who told Kamala "You are a man!" and tried to teach him to bowl.

* HeelFaceTurn: Split from manager Wrestling/HarveyWippleman and Kim Chee ([[Wrestling/SteveLombardi Steve "Brooklyn Brawler" Lombardi]] under a mask) in late 1992/early 1993 and sided with Reverend Slick, who told Kamala "You are a man!" and tried to teach him to bowl.

* {{Expy}}: According to [[http://www.kayfabememories.com/TapeReviews/shootinterviews/jjdillon.htm JJ Dillon]], Lawler had done a guest shot in Florida against Dillon's [[ForeignWrestlingHeel Japanese heel]] Kendo Nagasaki, giving Lawler the idea to create his own face-painted "foreign" monster, leading him to turn Harris, then a struggling jobber, into Kamala.

** Paul Jones' Army in Mid-Atlantic