Botswana Beast
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| Botswana Beast | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ben Peacock |
| Born | February 19, 1964 Macon, Georgia, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Botswana Beast Giant Kimala[1] Giant Kimala 2[1] Uganda Mambo Warrior New Guinea Man Eater Atkie Malumba Prince Kamala Mala |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Billed weight | 374 lb (170 kg) |
| Billed from | Uganda Botswana Papua New Guinea |
| Debut | 1986 |
| Retired | 2005 |
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Benjamin Peacock (February 19, 1964) an American professional wrestler. Known as under the ring names Giant Kimala, Giant Kimala 2, Botswana Beast and Uganda. His gimmicks portrayed Kamala a fearsome and simpleminded Ugandan headhunter. He wrestled barefoot, clad only in a loincloth, his face painted with war paint and two stars and a yellow star on his torso. He worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling from 1990 to 2003, World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico, World Class Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling in 1992 and Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1999.
Professional wrestling career[edit]
Early career (1986–1988)[edit]
Peacock started his wrestling career in 1986 for Continental Championship Wrestling in Alabama as the New Guinea Man Eater.[1] In November 1988 he faced against AWA World Heavyweight Champion Jerry Lawler at Continental Wrestling Association in Memphis, Tennessee. Peacock did not win the title.[1]
World Class Championship Wrestling (1988–1990)[edit]
In September 1988, Peacock made his debut for in the Dallas, Texas-based World Class Championship Wrestling promotion where he was known as the Botswana Beast. The gimmick was portraying an African headhunter who was wild and vicious from Botswana. The Botswana Beast teamed with Iceman Parsons where they would feud with Kevin and Kerry Von Erich. Beast would then face Terry Gordy in a Dog Collar match which ended in a No Contest at 5th Cotton Bowl Extravaganza pay-per-view.[2] Beast continued working for World Class until 1990 when the promotion folded.
World Championship Wrestling (1990, 1992)[edit]
Peacock made an appearance for World Championship Wrestling (WCW)'s Clash of the Champions XIII as "the Beast" teaming with Kalua as they lost to Colonel DeKlerk and Sgt. Krueger when Beast was pinned by DeKelrk.[3]
In 1992, Peacock made his full time debut for WCW as Mambo Warrior. He was managed by Paul Heyman. In November 1992, he was hired by Heyman to face against Erik Watts. Mambo lost to Watts by submission.[4]
World Wrestling Council (1990–1994, 1998–2000)[edit]
In 1990, Peacock made his debut for World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico as Atkie Malumba. He would feud with Carlos Colon which lead to a Barbed Wire Death match which Colon won.
He would return to WWC in 1998 until his last match there. His last match was a no contest against Colon's son Carly Colon on December 4, 2000.[1]
All Japan Pro Wrestling (1990–2001)[edit]
Also in 1990, Peacock made his debut for All Japan Pro Wrestling as Giant Kimala. He teamed with Abdullah the Butcher feuding against the Funk Brothers (Terry and Dory Funk Jr.) and the Can-Am Express. In 1991, Peacock became Giant Kimala 2 when Kamala would team with Peacock and Abdullah. They worked in many six man tag matches. By the end of 1991, Kamala would return the United States and World Wrestling Federation. Eventually he went back to Giant Kimala and continued teaming Abdullah until 1996. Kimala then would team with Gary Albright for a few months and then Jun Izumida. Kimila and Izumida would be together until 1998. Albright and Kimila reunited until a few months before Albright's death in January 2000. Then he would reunite with Abdullah in 2001. His last match for AJPW after 11 years was on October 27, 2001 when he defeated Kim Duk. Then Kimla would be inactive from wrestling for a while.
Extreme Championship Wrestling (1999)[edit]
Peacock made his debut for Philadelphia based promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling on July 31, 1999 as Uganda when he defeated David Cash. He would have matches against Vito Lograsso, Spanish Angel, Sabu (wrestler), Axl Rotten and Spike Dudley. His notable in ECW match was against Rob Van Dam, who was ECW World Television Champion. Van Dam won the match and retained the TV title.[5]
Juggalo Championship Wrestling (2000)[edit]
After leaving ECW, he continued the Uganda name for Juggalo Championship Wrestling on April 14, 2000 where he defeated Tom Dub.[1]
Return to All Japan (2003)[edit]
After a one and a half year hiatus from wrestling, Peacock returned to All Japan where he teamed with Kendo Kashin.<ref name="wrestlingdata">
Later career (2003–2005)[edit]
After leaving AJPW, Giant Kimala continued working in Japan. He spent tiem in IWA Japan teaming with Freddy Kruger. His last match was teaming with his AJPW partner Abdullah the Butcher defeating AJPW veteran Dory Funk Jr. and Katsuhiko Nakajima for WRESTLE-1 Grand Prix 2005 – Second Round in Tokyo on October 2, 2005. Peacock then retired from wrestling.<ref name="wrestlingdata">
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Giant Kimala". Cagematch.net. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
- ↑ http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/uganda-1187.html?prom_id=139&res=10&sort=rev. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/clash.html#XIII. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ AG (February 19, 2019). "WWE Originally Planned An Invasion Angle For WrestleMania 35". WWFOldSchool. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
- ↑ https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=2944&bild=0&details=7&liga=5&jahr=1999. Missing or empty
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