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Kasavubu

Also known as Jimmy Banks, Joe Joe Andrews, JoJo Andrews, Apeman Andrews, Ape Andrews, Sugar Bear Brown

Personal Data

Birthday:

14.05.1956

Birthplace:

Akron, Ohio, USA

Day of death:

17.07.1982 (at the age of 26)

Cause of death:

Herzversagen

Gender:

male

Height:

6' 4" (194 cm)

Weight:

330 lbs (150 kg)

Career Data

Alter egos:

Jimmy Banks
Joe Joe Andrews
    a.k.a.  JoJo Andrews
    a.k.a.  Apeman Andrews
    a.k.a.  Ape Andrews
Kasavubu
Sugar Bear Brown

Roles:

Singles Wrestler

Beginning of in-ring career:

1975

End of in-ring career:

17.07.1982

In-ring experience:

7 years

Signature moves:

Big Slam

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Current Total Rating (?)

Valid votes: 3

Number of comments: 3

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Average rating: 7.00 [3]

Average rating in 2020: 6.00 [1]

Average rating in 2018: 8.00 [1]

Average rating in 2015: 7.00 [1]

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Latest comments of the CAGEMATCH inmates

jajt1989 wrote on 30.07.2020:

[6.0] "Pretty decent brawler with a decent gimmick in Stampede, had a couple good feuds and did well for himself up there"

JEK 1991 wrote on 06.12.2018:

[8.0] "Reminds me of Mark Henry. Great worker in the ring. His massive size was impressive. Best remember in WWWF as Jojo Andrews and Kasavubu in Stampede. Had some great feuds with Bret Hart and his brothers. Being North American was the biggest peak of his career. He also reminds me of Kamala being billed form Uganda. Too bad had heart issues which ended his life. RIP"

mdkarl wrote on 30.10.2015:

[7.0] "I agree with Bret Hart that this guy was a pretty good wrestler. Kasavubu sort of had a poor man's Kamala gimmick when I saw him in his Stampede Wrestling days. He played the big black man gimmick. He wore furry boots in the ring and let his manager do his talking for him. He was a very straight forward brawler. Kasavubu was designed for territory wrestling. When he was the biggest guy around, he could scare the kids watching the show. This guy put the holy terror into me as a 9-10-11 year old watching the Saturday matches. Sadly Kasavubu's health would fail him at such an early age and he would pass on before hitting his prime as a wrestler so we can only dream of what might have been. I grade wrestlers on their ability to connect to a crowd and their ability to draw money. Kasavubu was a head liner in the stampede territory and that is more than can be said for most of the high flyers of today's Independent scene"