page_title: Kamala (wrestler)
section_title: Independent circuit, TNA, JCW (2002–2010)
hierarchical_section_title: Kamala (wrestler) / Professional wrestling career / Independent circuit, TNA, JCW (2002–2010)
caption_attribution_description: Professional wrestlers Kamala (left) and Sgt. Slaughter in 2009.
context_page_description: James Arthur Harris, better known by the ring name Kamala, was an American professional wrestler. Nicknamed "The Ugandan Giant", Kamala portrayed a fearsome and simpleminded Ugandan who wrestled barefoot in war paint and a loincloth, and approached the ring wearing an African mask and carrying a spear and shield. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation in the mid-1980s and early 1990s.
context_section_description: Kamala returned to wrestling and had a lengthy run on the independent circuit.  He lost to his nemesis Jerry Lawler at International Wrestling Cartel On July 20, 2002. From 2003 to 2004 he made appearances for Memphis Wrestling.
  He lost to Jim Duggan at WrestleReunion 1 on January 29, 2005. On September 30, 2006, he wrestled to a non-finish with Bryan Danielson, in a match for the ROH World Championship at a National Wrestling Alliance event in Bridgeport, Connecticut. 
  He defeated Lanny Poffo at Great North Wrestling event Wrestling Supershow at the Ottawa SuperEX in Ottawa, Canada.
  Kamala appeared at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's Slammiversary pay-per-view in June 2008, as a guest at Jay Lethal and SoCal Val's storyline wedding. His last match was on August 15, 2010 at Juggalo Championship Wrestling with the Weedman defeating The Haters (Pauly and Vito Thomaselli).
caption: Kamala performing a shoulder claw on Sgt. Slaughter in 2009.
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