I personally believe that the Ulmen Trials are just something that De'vo came up with.. kind of like building his own stage. Sure, "to this day" no one has completed the trials... it dates back hundreds of years.. do you REALLY think people were doing stuff like this hundreds of years ago? Because as history would have it, hundreds of years ago, cups and balls would get you hanged ^_^
I agree with Miles, it's fabricated... kind of like how I believe Daniel Madison wasn't put in the hospital for counting cards and thus developing flourishes with a broken hand...
but that's just me
By the way, I'm Santa Claus and I'm having a beer with Elvis, Andy Kaufman, and Jimmy Hoffa