Harris debuted in 1978 under the ring name "Sugar Bear" Harris. He spent most of his early career in the Southern United States, also using the ring names "Ugly Bear" Harris and "Big" Jim Harris. His first manager was Percy Pringle.

Aug 10, 2020 · He initially wrestled under the names Sugar Bear Harris and the Mississippi Mauler before developing his Kamala character. It was while Harris was being mentored by …

Nov 27, 2021 · In 1978, Harris made his professional wrestling debut as “Sugar Bear” Harris. One year later, in 1979 he won his first professional wrestling championship in the National Wrestling Association (NWA) Tri-State Tag Team competition with wrestler Oki Shikina.

Aug 10, 2020 · James Harris, a Mississippi-born sharecropper who gained international fame as “Kamala the Ugandan Giant,” a massive professional wrestler who terrorized opponents with …

Aug 9, 2020 · He began his wrestling career in Michigan at the age of 25, and debuted with the National Wrestling Alliance in 1978 as “Sugar Bear Harris. In 1982, Harris met Mid-South Wrestling...

Aug 10, 2020 · Kamala (real name James Harris) was an American professional wrestler. He began his professional wrestling career in 1978 under the ring name “Sugar Bear” Harris. In 1982, Harris was offered a job at the Continental Wrestling …

Aug 10, 2020 · In real life, Harris was born in Mississippi and began wrestling in 1978 as Sugar Bear Harris. He became Kamala in 1982 in the Continental Wrestling Assn., with the back story that he was a...

He wrestled throughout the south under a variety of aliases, most notably as Sugar Bear Harris. In the early stages of his career, he briefly held the the Tri-State version of NWA United States Tag Team Title with Oki Shikina in October 1979.

Aug 11, 2020 · James Harris, a Mississippi-born sharecropper who gained international fame as “Kamala the Ugandan Giant,” a massive professional wrestler who terrorized opponents with his trademark “splash,” has died. World Wrestling Entertainment confirmed his death in …

Aug 9, 2020 · He first stepped into the wrestling ring in the early 1970s, originally portrayed as “Sugar Bear” Harris. It wasn’t until the late 1970s that he adopted the persona that would become synonymous with his name – Kamala, the Ugandan Giant.