The gimmick originally started off as a rip of the MAD MAX/ROAD WARRIOR movies, with a guy named Mike Stark originating the role in the Memphis area. A guy named Jeff Van Camp soon took the gimmick for himself in the Alabama region. One of these guys took the gimmick to the Mid-South area, where they did a great angle with Jake Roberts and Nord The Barbarian (aka The Bezerker). A couple of years later, a guy named Sid Eudy showed up in Memphis with the outfit. Sid is, of course, today's Sid Vicious.

Since Sid's stint under the mask, there've been at least four more men who have taken up the name: Randy Lewis, Barry Buchanan (now known as the WWF's Bull Buchanan), Emory Hale (the most recent) and this guy, Gary Nations.

Humongous never made it national, and it's too bad, as the gimmick really wasn't that bad. In fact, it's pretty similar to Kane's. Humongous was a huge, muscular engine of destruction that never spoke, and could shake off a DDT like it was nothing (well, this was back when a DDT was THE finishing maneuver).

If you ever have a chance to watch the feud he had with Jake Roberts, watch it. Classic stuff. Even had a stint where Roberts started wearing a hockey mask too, to combat his rival. As you can see in the left pic , Jerry Lawler used this idea, too.

Oh, and if you're a wrestling action figure fan, you can add Lord Humongous to your collection by simply going to the store and buying the new LM toy from the MAD MAX figure line.

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