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...like opponents who can swallow you up like giant clams sucking down helpless Hawaiian pearl divers? Prince Ieukea, the Hawaiian nobleman who has given up his crown to become a big-time wrestler, can take on two Howless (Hawaiian variant of honky) at one time and turn them into bloody papua. Ieukea eventually had to be banned from the sport after he attacked Don Ho, who was in he audience in Honolulu that evening. Don Ho had called him a "tin horn sport." Ieukea dislocated Ho's shoulder before the ring police stepped in to "quiet him down...

Author: By Nick Eberstadt, | Title: Some Notes on Big-Time Wrestling | 4/15/1976 | See Source »

There are many men, like Ieukea, who speak a truth that is louder than words. Prince Mephisto, the middle Eastern Sheik foresook his kingdom to come to America to fulfill his life's burning ambition--to beat America's greatest matmen. The Prince uses extra-professional tactics which some whimpering idiots claim to be unethical. Before a match, for example, he sometimes goes into a trance and puts a spell on his hapless opponent. Other times he makes balls of fire emanate from his fingertips. He has been known to burn the eyes out of the sockets of his helpless...

Author: By Nick Eberstadt, | Title: Some Notes on Big-Time Wrestling | 4/15/1976 | See Source »

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