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Agatupu Rodney Anoaʻi (October 2, 1966 – October 23, 2000) was an American professional wrestler.He was best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where he wrestled under the ring name Yokozuna.
The first list of yokozuna (with 17 names in total) was compiled by the 12th yokozuna Jinmaku Kyūgorō in 1900 but was not regarded as official until 1926 when it was published by the newly formed Japan Sumo Association and updated to 31 names. Since that time, 42 more yokozuna have been promoted.
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.
Yokozuna Takekuma: at 43 oldest wrestler ever to be promoted to yokozuna: Sakaigawa Namiemon: 1857-11 1881-1 Yokozuna Sakaigawa: a number of dubious yokozuna titles were awarded in his period, diluting the integrity of the title, his title is the only one from his time still recognized: Takasago Uragorō: 1863-07 1873-12 maegashira Chiganoura ...
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (Japanese: 千代の富士 貢, June 1, 1955 – July 31, 2016), born Mitsugu Akimoto (秋元 貢, Akimoto Mitsugu), was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler and the 58th yokozuna of the sport. Following his retirement as a wrestler, he was the stable master of Kokonoe stable until the time of his death.
[1] [2] [13] [14] The same night, Hart and Yokozuna went on to lose the titles to The Smoking Gunns. [2] [9] After the match, their tag team disbanded as Yokozuna focused on singles career while Hart formed a tag team with The British Bulldog in 1996. [15] [16] Both Owen and Bulldog feuded with Yokozuna in early 1996.
The Bone Street Krew (BSK) was founded by Yokozuna, who coined the name of the group, and The Undertaker. It was made up of wrestlers who were friendly with one another and shared similar interests, including playing dominoes ("bones"). Members of the group were vetted by Yokozuna and The Undertaker.
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.
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