Former WWE star James Harris has died at the age of 70.
The death of Harris, who was also known as “Kamala the Ugandan Giant,” was confirmed by WWE in an online statement.
“Under the frightening face paint of Kamala, the 6-foot-7, 380-pound Harris battled the greatest Superstars in sports-entertainment history, including Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker and Andre the Giant,” said the message. “He terrorized opponents and thrilled audiences in Mid-South, World Class Championship Wrestling, WCW and WWE until 2006.”
“To make matters worse, it was Corona that took him; he was one of the good ones,” the author wrote online referring to COVID-19, which is caused by the new coronavirus. “Kamala was one of the most believable monsters in wrestling. He played the role perfectly, but was also one of the nicest guys you could meet. In helping him get his book out there, we became pretty close over the years and I am happy to have been his friend.”
Many health issues plagued Harris’ recent years, including diabetes, which resulted in the amputation of both legs. In fact, Casanova said in his post that his medical issues caused “financial problems,” and offered information for fans to make a monetary contribution to the family.
Harris began his wrestling career under the name Sugar Bear Harris before running through a few other monikers but finding little success. It wasn’t until a promoter suggested Harris loosely base his persona on Ugandan dictator Idi Amin that he began to find success.
Harris was known for walking into the ring with body and face paint and a spear. Article Credit to :https://www.foxnews.com
“Kurt Angle is regarded as the Most accomplished wrestler of the last decade and before all is said and done,he will most likely be celebrated as the greatest Pro Wrestler of all time. Witness Kurt Angle on this 2 Disc Set with over 7 hours of Material as TNA Chronicles the life and career of the Olympic Gold Medalist”.
Hello Collectors and Fans. It’s Your Pal the Bodybender-once again with another Classic Pro Wrestling Dvd Review- This week it’s Kurt Angle Champion, and it really is a Classic for one of the Greatest to ever step in the Ring and he is from Pittsburgh, Pa-My Hometown. This is a Classic, which is easily found and always on Ebay. Mike Tenay in the Video called Kurt the Best Damm Wrestler in the Business. And from the Day he was announced in Tna he literally put them over the Top.. Signing Kurt Angle was Monumental for Tna. For a few Years with Developing their Own talent-and the Addition of Kurt Angle and Sting, Tna was the top Company in Wrestling. I feel this lasted until Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan came into Tna. Which is another topic for another Time. Thanks as always for visiting and Enjoy this Blog and Buy this Dvd. This is listed currently On Ebay for Only 6.83. Wow!
This is Part 2 of our Kurt Angle Blog. This set produced By Tna as a 2 Disc set, and was released in 2008.This week I am including for you-the Review from https://www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com
Title: Kurt Angle Champion
Synopsis: This 2008 DVD release by TNA is a two disc set featuring the very best of Kurt Angle. A documentary worthy of a WWE DVD is shown across both discs, covering Kurt Angle’s life and wrestling career. The documentary is punctuated by ten Kurt Angle matches held between November 2006 and April 2008.
Reasons to Buy this DVD:
Documentary
This is one of the finest documentaries I have ever seen on a TNA DVD. Previous DVDs like the ones for Sting, Samoa Joe, Christian Cage and both DVDs for AJ Styles (Reviews for at least two of those DVDs are coming soon) only feature the wrestler alone talking in a sit down interview that lasts less than an hour. In addition to input from relevant TNA personalities like Dixie Carter, Jeff Jarrett, Mike Tenay and Christian Cage, among others, this sit down interview features talking head clips from important people outside of TNA! Included in the segments are Kurt’s mother M. Jacqueline Angle, brothers Mark, John and Eric Angle, manager Dave Hawk, Wrestling coach Robert Bubb, Clarion University Recruiter Jack Davis, Pittsburgh Steelers player James Farrior and to cap it all off: wrestling legend Bruno freaking Sammartino! So TNA gets a thumbs up from me for making the effort to include so many people to offer some insight into Kurt Angle’s life.
As to the actual content, the DVD covers Kurt’s childhood, his early wrestling training, his Olympic career, his health/injuries, meeting future (ex)wife Karen, signing with WWE, his pain pill addiction, his relationship with Vince McMahon and what led him to leave the WWE and join TNA and everything in between. TNA footage includes the announcement at No Surrender 2006 (It’s real. IT’S DAMN REAL!) and Kurt Angle’s legendary debut where he headbutted Samoa Joe. There are some fascinating anecdotes (A personal favorite of mine is Kurt Angle reminiscing about his brief, yet disastrous stint as a Sportscaster). There are moving stories about the deaths in Kurt’s life, such as the loss of his father, sister, grandmother and longtime friend Dave Schultz. Says Kurt “It seemed like I had my best competitive competitions after somebody in my family would die.” For the most part this DVD is just a truly engaging watch. And the best part about the documentary? It’s non-Kayfabe! Hooray!
Kurt Angle vs Samoa Joe (Genesis 2006, Turning Point 2006, Final Resolution 2007 and Lockdown 2008)
I’m just lumping four out of the five Angle vs Joe matches into one package as I’ve gone on long enough about the Documentary. The best of these four matches is their first encounter at Genesis 2006. Personally I think TNA made a mistake booking Angle vs Joe at three consecutive Pay Per Views. Yes their matches were stellar, but TNA proved here that you can indeed have too much of a good thing. Still nobody is forcing you to watch all four at once, so when viewed at your own leisure, you will find these matches well worth your time and money.
Kurt Angle vs AJ Styles vs Christian Cage vs Samoa Joe vs Chris Harris King of the Mountain match (Slammiversary 2007)
This is on here for obvious reasons. Kurt Angle became the first official TNA World Heavyweight Champion. AJ Styles puts on great displays with pretty much everyone. His exchanges with Angle, Joe, and Christian were first rate, and his bump through the announcers table was a highlight to be replayed for years to come. Chris Harris (AKA Braden Walker! [clap clap clap clap clap] Braden Walker!) handled himself well in the main event atmosphere. Indeed looking back, the man seemed destined for great things at the time. Joe and Angle obviously were firing on all cylinders and Christian Cage, as the most hated heel in the match, played his role perfectly. This match was excellent.
Kurt Angle vs Jay Lethal (No Surrender 2007)
What a riot this match was! It will always have a place in the hearts of many TNA fans. It is a true testament to the kind of man Kurt Ange is, that he not only put over Jay Lethal clean, but actually had a competitive match with him that went a decent length. I can’t believe that TNA dropped the ball on such a hot prospect in Lethal … oh wait a minute yes I can! The point is that this match as Kurt Angle himself puts it is just “fun” and Don West’s reaction to the finish is priceless.
Kurt Angle vs Yuji Nagata (Global Impact 2008)
This match is special not only because Angle puts on a hard hitting tour de force with the Japanese star Yuji Nagata, but also because TNA branched out and included a match from outside their own organisation. Say what you want about TNA, but I’ll always give them credit for their working relationships with other promotions and the fact that they allow their own roster to wrestle in other promotions while under contract, unlike another company (no prizes for guessing which one) who doesn’t even acknowledge their existence.
Kurt Angle vs Sting (Bound For Glory 2007)
This isn’t the best match on the DVD but it’s better than the other Sting vs Angle match from Impact which is also on here. This one is worthy of inclusion as two of the biggest names in wrestling and the future leaders of the Main Event Mafia (yeah yeah, I know) square off against each other at TNA’s biggest event of the year. It’s a good match but what I remember most is Kurt Angle’s attempt at a 450 Splash. This match is worth seeing just for that!
Documentary Format
Now I know I spent a long time endorsing this documentary (and with good reason) but what I didn’t like about it is that it’s divided into chapters with matches in between. It’s hard to keep up with Angles story as one minute he’s talking about his highschool football games, the next he’s wrestling Samoa Joe, then the next, he’s training for the Olympics. As good as the overall package is, I believe it could have been much better if the documentary was shown in it’s entirety on disc 1 and the ten matches were shown on disc 2. Also (and I almost hate to say this), fascinating though the documentary may be for the most part, there are times when less would have been more. It’s undeniably dull at times and that’s with the divided formula. It’s still great at the end of the day and when I say it’s dull I’m talking about a tenth of the material at most. But watching it a second time, I found myself wishing that they’d edited out certain segments just to make the DVD flow more nicely.
Kurt Angle vs Samoa Joe (Hard Justice 2007)
It’s hard to imagine these two having a bad match, but unfortunately they did on this night. Not that it was their fault. This match was lackluster because it was the main event of TNA’s worst event of 2007 (and one of their worst ever).
Too much Joe
Now I haven’t got any problems with Samoa Joe (other than how TNA have booked him over the last … three and a half years?) and as I said earlier his matches with Angle have been mind blowing. But come on! Five of the ten matches are Angle vs Joe! Six if you count the KOTM match where Joe was one of Angles four opponents. Apart from Joe and the rest of the KOTM participants, the only other opponents Kurt faces on this DVD are the fairly random trio of Sting, Jay Lethal and Yuji Nagata. Hopefully a Volume 2 is in the works.
Hey I haven’t done this in a while. The Angle vs Joe match from Genesis 2006 is also on Best of the Bloodiest Brawls: Scars and Stitches and the King of the Mountain match and Angle vs Sting match from Bound for Glory are both on Best of TNA 2007.
Final Verdict:
When all is said and done this really is one of TNA’s best DVD releases ever. The documentary remains today as the best the company has ever produced (including the Jeff Jarrett one!) and eight of the ten matches are topnotch. Is it perfect? No. But it doesn’t have to be. It’s one of the best wrestling DVDs you will ever see. As a fan I can’t recommend this one highly enough!
THIS WEEK’S ADDITIONS TO THE COLLECTION
Today In Wrestling History Via WWE Network (08/15/2020): Kurt Angle vs. Hulk Hogan + Shawn Michaels Mocks Montreal on RAW
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- 08/15/2016 – Raw – Heath Slater gets checked out by a WWE trainer: WW
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- 08/15/2016 – Raw – Raw is struck by lightning: WWE.com Exclusive, Aug
- 08/15/2017 – 205 Live – Mustafa Ali challenges The Brian Kendrick to a mat
- 08/15/2017 – 205 Live – Akira Tozawa receives his custom plates on his new
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- 08/15/2017 – SmackDown – Is Jinder Mahal worried about SummerSlam?: WWE.com
- 08/15/2017 – WWE Top 10 – Top 10 Raw Moments: Aug. 14, 2017 S2017E128
- 08/15/2017 – SmackDown – Jinder Mahal has a message for India ahead of Summ
- 08/15/2017 – SmackDown – What does Natalya have planned for Naomi at Summer
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WWE changes stipulation for SummerSlam match
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Andrew Ravens Published on August 15, 2020
WWE has changed a stipulation for the match between Seth Rollins and Dominik Mysterio at SummerSlam.
This past Monday night on Raw saw the two stars do a contract signing for the match. Mysterio also signed a second contract to be a WWE star. During the segment, it was revealed that Dominik would be allowed to use kendo sticks or other weapons of his choice during the match.
However, on Saturday, WWE announced that this contest will now be a Street Fight. This will mark the first match for Dominik inside of a WWE ring.
BREAKING NEWS: @WWERollins vs. @35_Dominik will now be a 𝙎𝙏𝙍𝙀𝙀𝙏 𝙁𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 at #SummerSlam! https://t.co/q1RIt9Kemy
— WWE (@WWE) August 15, 2020
WWE holds the SummerSlam pay-per-view event on Sunday, August 23, 2020 in Orlando, Florida at the Amway Center. Here is the updated card:
WWE Championship Match:
Drew McIntyre (champion) vs. Randy Orton
WWE Universal Championship Match:
Braun Strowman (champion) vs. Bray Wyatt
WWE Raw Tag Team Championship Match:
The Street Profits (champions) vs. Andrade & Angel Garza
WWE United States Championship Match:
Apollo Crews (champion) vs. MVP
Street Fight:
Seth Rollins vs. Dominik Mysterio
WWE Raw Women’s Championship Match:
Sasha Banks (champion) vs. Asuka
WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship Match:
Bayley (champion) vs. Asuka
Hair vs. Hair Match:
Mandy Rose vs. Sonya Deville
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REPORT: There is significant backstage heat on a WWE star
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Paul Davis Published on August 14, 2020
Velveteen Dream, real name Patrick Clark, is back with WWE and he is already being positioned near the top of the card as he is set to wrestle Finn Balor next Wednesday on NXT TV. Dream returned this week as part of a Triple Threat Match to determine would be next to move on to TakeOver: XXX to compete for the NXT Championship.
However, some people in the company are not happy to see him back and his return was a surprise to many who were at the tapings on Wednesday as the wrestlers found out just minutes before he walked out to the ring.
Fightful is reporting that there is “significant heat” behind-the-scenes on Dream for behavior issues. The issues are said to be things that would get other people fired and the belief is that he is getting preferential treatment.
WrestlingNews.co has heard stories over the years about Dream, dating back to when he was on Tough Enough so the stories of backstage heat are not new but things seem to be worse these days.
There’s more unhappiness now amongst fans and wrestlers because he was brought back after he faced multiple allegations of inappropriate conduct with minors. Again, we don’t know what the outcome was of WWE’s investigation or if authorities were involved. WWE has not commented on their reasoning for bringing him back.
At one point, there was a belief in the company that he was about to get released. That was before he was involved in a car accident.
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WWE’s TV-PG era has apparently ended
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Paul Davis Published on August 14, 2020
It looks like the PG era has ended…at least for this week and possibly for all future shows.
At the start of this week’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown, the rating said the show was rated TV-14. This appears to be a sudden change because the cable guides still list the show as TV-PG.
The TV-PG rating is something that fans have wanted to see changed for years because the feeling is that the shows are too safe and sanitized.
We’ll see if the TV-14 rating is something that is permanent. If it is over, then it could lead to edgier storylines and may give WWE freedom to cross lines that they haven’t crossed in almost 20 years.
I doubt we’ll see anything like the Attitude Era but the rating could lead to a change in how they present their storylines and characters.
Folks #SmackDown is TV-14!!!!! pic.twitter.com/SMvTTpkzQb
— Steve Taylor (@Steve1oftheMany) August 15, 2020
Folks #SmackDown is TV-14!!!!! pic.twitter.com/SMvTTpkzQb
— Steve Taylor (@Steve1oftheMany) August 15, 2020
Ric Flair written off WWE TV during Monday Night Raw
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Paul Davis Published on August 10, 2020
A WWE Hall Of Famer was written off TV on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw.
In the main event of the show, Randy Orton defeated Kevin Owens with the RKO. Flair was at ringside to support Orton but things took a turn for the worst after the match.
As Flair was about to leave the ring, Orton asked Flair to stay because they needed to talk. Orton said that he has every right to be upset with Flair but he can’t find it in his heart but he has every right to be pissed off because the match with KO wasn’t necessary. Orton blamed Flair’s ego but he said he learned so much from Flair and he said Flair taught him everything he knows.
Orton then said that he no longer respects or loves Flair because he is a liability to his career and everything he’s trying to get done. Orton said that Flair wanted Orton to be the son that he wished he had. Orton made fun of Flair because it looked like he was about to cry. Orton also made light of Flair needing a pacemaker and said that the Flair he knows wouldn’t have slipped into a coma a couple of years ago and Flair is now a junkie for the spotlight and now he is washed up and can’t do it anymore.
Flair said he’s taking this personal and the old Ric Flair is not here anymore and he admits that he wants to be part of the spotlight and he wants Randy’s approval and he wants to be there when Randy wins the WWE Championship and he wants Randy to break the record for most World Title wins. Flair got emotional as he talked about being in a coma and he said that he wanted to make sure that he loved the people around him. Orton and Flair hugged and then Orton hit a low blow. Orton followed up by punting Flair in the head. The lights briefly went out so the fans watching did not see Orton’s foot hitting Flair’s head.
Drew McIntyre rushed to the ring as Orton was leaving and the show ended with trainers checking on Flair in the ring.
WrestlingNews.co first reported last month about plans for Flair to be written off. The plan was to write him off a few weeks ago after the match between Orton and Big Show but Flair was kept off the show as a precaution after his wife Wendy Barlow tested positive for COVID-19.
“I don’t respect you anymore, and I don’t love you anymore.”@RicFlairNatrBoy needs to get out of there as soon as possible. #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/lgf6fT0hzQ
— WWE (@WWE) August 11, 2020
“I want you to break MY record. Not @JohnCena‘s record. MY record!”@RicFlairNatrBoy just wants to bear witness to @RandyOrton‘s greatness. #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/FHN2rj8BDj
— WWE (@WWE) August 11, 2020
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