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This is a list of records held by wrestlers of professional sumo. Only performances in official tournaments or honbasho are included here. Since 1958, six honbasho have been held every year, giving wrestlers from the modern era more opportunities to accumulate championships and wins. Before this, tournaments were held less frequently; sometimes ...
This is a list of all sumo wrestlers who have reached the sport's highest rank of yokozuna. 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.
In 2007, Karelin, alongside Buvaisar Saitiev, were voted the best wrestlers in the history of the sport by FILA. [22] Four times he was awarded the "Golden Belt" as the best wrestler of the planet by FILA - in 1989, 1990, 1992, and 1994. [23] [24] He was also included in the 25 best world athletes of the 20th century. [90]
The championship is determined by the wrestler with the highest win–loss score after fifteen bouts, held at a rate of one per day over the duration of the 15-day tournament. In the event of a tie a play-off is held between the wrestlers concerned. [2] Names in bold mark an undefeated victory (a zenshō-yūshō).
The actor trained with wrestlers Chris Kanyon, Diamond Dallas Page and Shane Helms (aka WWE’s The Hurricane) for his starring role in the 2000 film Ready to Rumble, and learned to be a decent ...
The 69th Yokozuna of the sport. He is widely considered to be the greatest sumo wrestler of all time. In 2009, he broke the record for the most wins in a calendar year, winning 86 out of 90 bouts, and repeated this feat with the same record again in 2010 when he established the second longest winning streak in sumo history.
The gold medalist from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics said many U.S. wrestlers don't have the income to just focus on their training − something he experienced prior to his time − so the goal is to ...
A three-time women's world champion in pro wrestling, the Kansas-born Burke made her debut in the sport in 1935 and retired in 1956, living until the age of 73 in 1989.