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Bulk of opponent breaks chair while wrestling, making loud noise (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

charivari

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'loud noise' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'bulk of opponent breaks chair while wrestling' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'chair' is 'chari' which is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'making' is the link.

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(Other definitions for charivari that I've seen before include "dreadful row" , "Big noise" , "Hubbub" , "racket!" , "cacophony" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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