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In August 1988, Anoaʻi began making appearances in Japan with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as "Great Kokina". In August and September 1988, he took part in the "Sengoku Series" tour, where he faced opponents such as Super Strong Machine and Tatsutoshi Goto, and teamed with fellow gaijin including Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow and Scott Hall.
Yokozuna is the highest rank of sumo wrestling. It was not recorded on the banzuke until 1890 and was not officially recognised as sumo's highest rank until 1909. Until then, yokozuna was merely a licence given to certain ōzeki to perform the dohyō-iri ceremony.
received yokozuna licenses from Gojo family and Yoshida family: Tsurugizan Taniemon: 1827-3 1852-2 Ōzeki Onomatsu: offered a yokozuna license but rejected it: Hidenoyama Raigorō: 1828-3 1850-3 Yokozuna Hidenoyama: shortest yokozuna ever, wrestlers outside his stable once staged a strike against his authority: Shiranui Dakuemon: 1830-11 1844-1 ...
[12] [13] [14] WWE denied Oliver's critique. [15] The concept of the untimely deaths of professional wrestlers was a frequent topic of discussion on the Opie & Anthony show. [16] After Scott Hall's death in 2022, Bret Hart and Kevin Nash talked about the premature death of several wrestlers, mentioning the mental and body damage as possible ...
Kōji Kitao (Japanese: 北尾 光司, August 12, 1963 – February 10, 2019) [1] was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler and professional wrestler, born in Mie.As Futahaguro Kōji (双羽黒 光司) he was sumo's 60th yokozuna, and the only one in sumo history not to win a top division tournament championship. [2]
At the time of his death he still held the records for most tournaments at yokozuna (63) and most bouts won as a yokozuna (670), but they have since been surpassed. Following his retirement in 1985 he established the Kitanoumi stable. He was chairman of the Japan Sumo Association from 2002 until 2008, and again from 2012 until his death.
The Yokozuna Benefit Memorial Show was a professional wrestling event produced by World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW) promotion which took place on 29 November 2001, at the Lehigh Valley Sports Zone (WXW Arena) in Allentown, Pennsylvania. [1]
Hiroshi Wajima (Japanese: 輪島大士, Hepburn: Wajima Hiroshi, 11 January 1948 – 8 October 2018) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Nanao, Ishikawa.He was the sport's 54th yokozuna and remains the only wrestler with a collegiate background to reach its highest rank.