Stomping through WWE like a Japanese movie monster, Yokozuna simply dominated. He heaved Randy Savage over the top rope to ...

Taro Akebono, the first foreign-born yokozuna and later a mixed martial artist and pro wrestler, died of heart failure in early April at a hospital near Tokyo, according to a source close to him. He ...

Rising talent Yoshinofuji shocked five-time Emperor's Cup winner Onosato to claim back-to-back victories over yokozuna at the ...

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 ...

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 ...

A father ordered his son, who was leaving home to become a sumo wrestler: “Do not come home until you’ve made it to ‘sekitori.'” (Sekitori means sumo wrestlers in the highest “makuuchi” division and ...

Up-and-coming No. 1 maegashira Yoshinofuji handed yokozuna Hoshoryu his first defeat Tuesday at the New Year Grand Sumo ...

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 ...

Kisenosato had previously finished in second place (called “jun-yusho”) a record 12 times without winning a tournament (“yusho”) — though he still has the record for most jun-yusho with only one yusho ...

Sumo avoided having a hole at the top for the first time in over 30 years on Monday when the Mongolian Hoshoryu was recommended for promotion to the highest rank of yokozuna. The sport faced the rare ...

Jacob Fatu has made an impact in the eyes of the WWE Universe in a short time. He made his debut in June 2024 and has since become one of the most dominant wrestlers from the Anoa'i family. In the ...

Announced at the SmackDown tapings Tuesday night in Newark, N.J., the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2012 has added one more huge star. Yokozuna, a former WWE Champion, will be inducted into the Hall of ...