Re: [sumo] Akebono's first WWE match

[Joe Klemmer <klemmerj@webtrek.com>]

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, James Marshall wrote:

> Yeah, it wasn't bad.  I thought they might have been exaggerating the
> weights.  It seems like they like to do that, make wrestlers taller and
> heavier than they are.

	Oh, that is always done in pro wrestling.
 
> > The match took just a few seconds.
> 
> Yep, very quick and only a few moves like you said.  But the ending
> would be a pin; a count out is something else, when a wrestler is
> outside of the ring for a 10 count.  ;)

	Yes, you're right.  But I was already 85% asleep when I wrote my 
post that it's a wonder it came out as anything other than gibberish at 
all.  ;-)
 
> I suspect that's because he's not used to the talking and acting parts
> of it.  He seemed to do OK with his talking part though.  I could be
> mistaken, but I think he doesn't have much reason to use English anymore
> and I thought he did fine considering that.

	Oh definitely.  I thought he did great.  I would have been all 
fumble-mouthed and stumbling over what little dialog I might have.  But he 
was kinda cute trying to remember his lines and not bust out laughing.
 
> > 	Oh, and on a factual inaccuracy, the WWE announcers claimed that 
> > Akebono was the most decorated Yokozuna in history.  Other than that,
> > though, they were pretty on with the facts.
> 
> I immediately thought comment that was wrong, so it's good to see I
> wasn't mistaken there.  At some point in the past few weeks, I think
> they also said that Akebono was a 6-time champion.  I'm fairly sure that
> he won more yusho than that.  Over 10, I think.  Is it possible that
> they were counting the number of yusho he won at the yokozuna rank?

	Akebono won 11 Yusho's overall.  The most by a non-Japanese up 
until Musashimaru won 12.  Asashoryu is likely to break that record this 
year.

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