The Japan Sumo Association launched a new era in the sport on May 28, making Onosato's promotion official to the highest rank as the 75th yokozuna. And just as he vowed to be the best when promoted to ...

Yokozuna was a legendary WWF (WWE these days) heel, the professional-wrestling term for a bad guy — but Agatupu Rodney Anoaʻi was a legendary good dude. As the first WWE Superstar profiled on the new ...

Tokyo — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 421 pounds and he is the first Japanese competitor to reach the ...

Despite the joke, Gagne had the utmost respect for Yokozuna, right from his earliest days: When he was in the AWA, he was just kinda getting going, but he was...for his size, he looked like he ...

Debuting with WWE in fall 1992, Yokozuna exploded on the scene with the brute force of a Banzai Drop, marking the beginning of an abbreviated yet sensational career. Hailing from the same wrestling ...

Sumo fans got the showdown they have long waited for as newly promoted yokozuna Onosato beat yokozuna Hoshoryu in a dramatic playoff to win the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28. Both yokozuna ...

A Japanese sumo wrestler broke Mongolia’s domination of the sport, winning the title of yokozuna and ascending to sumo’s apex. Onosato Daiki, 24, was approved by the sport’s top advisory group after ...

From 1993 to 1996, The Undertaker and Yokozuna were two of the biggest rivals in WWE, taking part in dozens of matches together across pay-per-view, TV, and live events. Speaking about the late ...

Sgt. Slaughter has revealed that he came up with the Yokozuna character in WWE after Vince Mcmahon seemingly gave up on the superstar. Yokozuna will be remembered as one of the most recognizable ...

When fans look back at the early to mid-1990s, few Superstars towered over the New Generation of WWE the way the massive Yokozuna did. The two-time WWE champion dominated the main event scene, ...