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Kamala vs Butch Reed 1985

This is film footage from the Bill Watts run Mid South Wrestling promotion. At the time Butch Reed was roughly 7 years in as a pro and had been handed the mantle of lead face after Junkyard Dog left MSW for the WWF and the short lived Master G experiment had failed. Kamala was played by Jim Harris, who despite his savage Ugandan gimmick was actually born in Mississippi and spoke perfect English.

The career of Kamala is a study in what really makes for an effective worker. Despite using a limited brawling/quasi comedy ring style Harris was a strong money throughout the territory system and around the world. Few were able to equal his sustained marketability, mastering of crowd psychology and expert level character projection...and the results showed at the box office.

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