It's Man vs. Lion in a Wrestling Match in Egypt

Self-styled Egyptian strongman Sayed El Essawy stepped into a cage to fight a lion in a no-holds-barred death match. He said it was to boost tourism in Egypt. WSJ's David Botti reports. (Originally published June 26, 2011.)

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[hanabolus]

The problems with this are many :

1) This so called bodybuilder, who has the body of a teletubby, is hungry for attention of any sort, positive or negative.

2) The lion is his own lion and he has been conditioned to know that the dagger-like thing he's holding hurts. I guarantee you he has used the dagger from outside the cage many times to teach him not to challenge him.

3) The condition of lion, with welts on the eyes and whatnot, is par for the course in Egypt. No respect for animals.

[hoglad]

Whatever happened to 'fighting the lion with his bare hands'?

[EgypTTM]

am egyptian and i don't support this stupidity!!!! FIGHT WITHOUT A STICK AND A SHIELD and then it will be a fair fight!! Better yet!! don't fight the lion at all!!

[Trunks1107]

@hanabolus That poor lion. It reminds me of the animals they show on the commercials for adopting abused pets, except, they want him to be like that...

[GrandNecro]

hum... god only put animal here for food not entertainment

[emwinslimshady]

only beefing with beef but nothing hapen

[SpraxIAKS]

@hanabolus Walk in a Lions neighborhood and see if they 'respect' you.

[amgaaaaad]

I'm ashamed to be Egyptian today :((((

[LearnToReadTheKuran]

Idiots

[LeoInterHyenaem]

What a shame the animal didn't rip that hideous head off.

A gathering of plebs.

[ceilingtile7]

what a fat bitch