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Many wrestlers and athletes failed to slam Yokozuna until Lex Luger flew in by helicopter, stepped forward, and slammed him on the deck. Commentator Bobby Heenan claimed Luger's move was a hiptoss, not a bodyslam, as Yokozuna was running at Luger, but the slam was ruled legitimate. This made Luger the next major challenger to Yokozuna's title.
The 1993 Royal Rumble was the sixth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on January 24, 1993, at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California.
On July 4, Crush injured his back in the Stars and Stripes Challenge trying to bodyslam the WWF Champion Yokozuna, who at the time had a billed weight of 580 lb (260 kg). The bodyslam challenge took place on the US Navy Aircraft carrier USS Intrepid. Crush, generally considered to have the best chance of those present, was the first wrestler to ...
Yokozuna (c) vs. Hulk Hogan for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship: June 13 King of the Ring: Nutter Center: Dayton, Ohio: 6,500 Bret Hart vs. Bam Bam Bigelow in the King of the Ring tournament final August 30 SummerSlam: The Palace of Auburn Hills: Auburn Hills, Michigan: 23,954 Yokozuna (c) vs. Lex Luger for the WWF World Heavyweight ...
Yokozuna controlled the beginning of the match until he ran at Hogan in the corner but missed an avalanche splash. Hogan tried twice to body slam Yokozuna but could not pick him up. Yokozuna performed a bear hug on Hogan and tried to pin him after executing a belly to belly suplex. Hogan kicked Yokozuna in the face three times and knocked him ...
This Royals fan won the $25,000 Sonic Slam prize on Saturday night when MJ Melendez won an epic battle with a Dodgers pitchers.
Lex Luger's rivalry with Yokozuna began on July 4 at the Yokozuna Bodyslam Challenge on the deck of the USS Intrepid. After several wrestlers and other athletes attempted to body slam Yokozuna, Luger arrived in a helicopter. He was able to body slam Yokozuna, which led to a title shot at SummerSlam. [33]
Nadal, 38, owns 22 Grand Slam titles; Djokovic, 37, has won 24, a record for the Open era. Sinner won his first two Grand Slam trophies in 2024, and Alcaraz collected the two other men's majors ...