Re: [sumo] Akebono is a disgrace to sumo

[Charles Beauchamp <beauking1@yahoo.com>]

--- Joe Petrow <joepetrow@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 1, 2005 7:36 AM, Emmett Wayne
> <emmett.wayne@us.army.mil> wrote:
> > All,
> > 
> > There may be some of you who actually follow WWE
> wrestling that remember
> > that there was a wrestler that actually went by
> the moniker, "Yokozuna".  He
> > was a samoan (I believe he died last year), of
> similar build to Konishiki
> > (although not nearly as large).
> 
> He died a couple years back.  I believe at the time
> of death he was
> considerably heavier than Konishiki ever
> was...getting up into Iz
> territory...
> 
> > He finishing moves were exactly as
> > described for Akebono:  squash the guy in the
> corner, and then to a sumo
> > squat on top of him for the 3 count.
> 
> "Yokozuna" actually added a little bit to it,
> because he would squash
> the guy jumping from the second rope.  I don't think
> that Akebono was
> even that agile in his "match"...
> 
> If Akebono were to really spend a couple days
> working hard with Big
> Show, I think they could script a fast-paced two or
> three minute
> serious looking sumo match that might make fans
> think of sumo as
> something other than a joke...but I think it more
> likely that they
> will play this sumo match for pure comedy and
> nothing more.
> 
>   - Joe
> 

People forget this would be the 2nd "sumo" match in
the WWE/WWF.  John Tenta and "Yokozuna" had a "sumo"
challenge years ago.  Tenta was a Makushita known as
Kototenta in his early days.

Also Futahugaro wrestled in the WWF once.

Currently there is another WWE star that goes by the
moniker "Rikishi" so the "sumo" thing isn't really out
of character in the WWE rings.


		
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[EndPost by Charles Beauchamp <beauking1@yahoo.com>]