For what little my opinion is on this, I think that Taka is doing more
to hurt Sumo than Chad did. At least when he started acting stupid (or
whatever you want t call his K-1 career) he wasn't pretending to still
be a Yokozuna or Oyakata.
Sure he's still pretending to be a yokozuna. He's got "65" and
figures of a yokozuna on his ring attire (and I think tattooed someone
on him as well). He parlayed his fame into a Wrestlemania "sumo"
match. He certainly isn't letting anyone forget his past as he
continues to cash in on it.