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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.
The list includes yokozuna and ōzeki (the highest rank before the yokozuna rank was introduced), but excludes so-called kanban or "guest ōzeki" (usually big men drawn from local crowds to promote a tournament who would never appear on the banzuke again) and wrestlers for which insufficient data is available.
Azumafuji was the first yokozuna to turn to Western-style professional wrestling, in 1955.This occurred after a dispute in the Japan Sumo Association between two other elders, Takasago and Tatsunami, which he wished to escape. [1]
at best rank, former college yokozuna, won a makushita and jūryō championship in the same year: Rōga 狼雅: East Maegashira 8: 2018-11 Futagoyama March 2, 1999 (age 25) Tuva: at best rank, first foreigner to claim the title of high school yokozuna, won a jonokuchi and a jonidan championship the same year: Ryūden 竜電: East Maegashira 13 ...
Yokozuna's next title challenger was The Undertaker, whom he was eventually forced to accept a casket match with. [2] The match occurred on January 22, 1994, at Royal Rumble , which Yokozuna won by shoving the Undertaker in the casket with help from multiple heel wrestlers.
Pages in category "Yokozuna" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total. ... This page was last edited on 30 June 2015, at 01:29 (UTC).
Aobajō (left) and Taihō at a Yokozuna Deliberation Council keiko sōken (December 23, 2011) Taihō branched off from his old heya and opened Taihō stable in December 1971. In February 1977, at the age of 36, he suffered a stroke , and his subsequent health problems may have played a part in him being passed over for the chairmanship of the ...
At WrestleMania IX, Yokozuna defeated Bret Hart to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. [38] His title reign only lasted several minutes, as he dropped the belt to Hulk Hogan in an impromptu match. [39] Yokozuna regained the title but dropped it to Hart the following year. [40]