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...able to break four inch thick planks with his "Big Splash" submission hold, but he is no match for Johnny Alee, the 1132 pound man who fell through the floor of his North Carolina log cabin one hundred years ago. Nor can he compare to El Topicon, the Brazilian wrestler who is reputed to weigh an incredible fifteen hundred pounds, who is so enormous that he can engulf a two hundred pound opponent in his rolls...
...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...
...Erich, in all his savage fury, is nothing to compare with Abdullah the Butcher. The Butcher was found in the jungles of the Sudan by a American explorer, who came across him battling wild mountain lions. Realizing the man's fantastic potential as a professional wrestler, they sent out a party to capture him. Although few in the party survived, the Butcher was captured, and shipped to America in a cage. Many of his opponents wished he had remained therein. Abdullah has been photographed attacking his adversaries with the severed leg of a sheep, with metal pipes he must have...
Yasunaga's career, on the other hand, has been marked by consistent success. Wrestling at 126 lbs., he has racked up more than 30 career wins. He was 5-5 as a freshman and last year went 10-3-1 to win the most valuable wrestler award. This season, he was hampered by the flu and a knee injury that kept him out of the Eastern championships. Nevertheless, he finished just behind Smith with a 9-3-1 record...
Each year, several awards for "second effort" are given in the memory of John Emrie, a former Harvard wrestler who drowned in the Colorado River...