Before he could celebrate, Yokozuna watched from the floor in awe as Undertaker appeared on the video screen and then rose from the dead and into the sky, not to be seen for eight months. The two then brawled This was the first time that the WWE Title was defended in a casket match. Best of The Bellas Thankfully, Undertaker did return and the two met in another casket match the following year at Survivor Series, this time with actor/karate expert Chuck Norris as the special enforcer to even the odds and stop anyone from interfering. This is, in some ways, an odd pick, because based on the feud these guys literally had on TV, it would probably fall toward the bottom of the countdown or miss altogether. [39] He competed in the 1996 Royal Rumble match, managing to eliminate Bob Backlund, King Mabel, and Swat Team member #2 before being tossed out by Shawn Michaels, the eventual winner. Yokozuna: Bio. Pro Wrestling Illustrated, PWI 500 first edition, p.44. Luger seemed to have the match well in hand and had knocked out Yokozuna with a running forearm smash in the middle of the ring. 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[2][40] Although Cornette had tried to make peace between him and new acquisition Vader, many observers felt Yokozuna was being relegated. The Best of WWE: The Best of Yokozuna All rights reserved.Click here for our privacy policy. Unable to make the most important pay-per-view main cards, it was a fall from grace from a Superstar so integral to the goings-on in WWE. He fell backward, smacked his head and was pinned by the Texas Rattlesnake. Luger had metal plates put into his arm following an injury from a motorcycle accident, making it a formidable weapon (it was stipulated that Luger had to wear a protective pad over it, but it was torn off in the course of the match) and Yokozuna was knocked out of the ring, unconscious, and lost via count-out. [43] He appeared at Free for All just before SummerSlam, facing off against Stone Cold Steve Austin. In the 1994 Royal Rumble match, the last two competitors, Lex Luger and Bret Hart, fought and eliminated each other simultaneously. The contest would be Yokozuna's last significant match on television. In the best . In 1996, Yokozuna was on his final legs as a WWE performer. Mickie James Hakuh Sh , born 11 March 1985 as Mnkhbatyn Davaajargal, Mongolian: ) is a professional sumo wrestler (rikishi) from Ulan Bator, M. Many wrestlers and athletes alike tried to slam Yokozuna, with no success. For its unfulfilling resolution and absence of good matches, it hits the glass ceiling at number three. These are colossal bouts include his Casket Matches against The Undertaker and WWE Title Matches with Hulk Hogan and Bret Hart. Best of Womens Evolution What should have been Yokozuna's night was instead a creative misstep designed at putting the spotlight on Hogan one last time at the event he helped create. Best of Ruthless Aggression Yokozuna collides with the greatest rivals of his WWE Hall of Fame career. The match itself may have left fans wanting more, but the overall spectacle is impressive, technically astounding, and emotionally resonant seriously, I was devastated as a kid watching Mr. Fujis army destroy one of my favourite wrestlers. UK Classics He opened his eyes and said the Undertaker would not rest in peace; he then disappeared in a smoke and light show, rising to the top of the Titantron and seemingly levitating all the way to the arena ceiling. The latest in the sports world, emailed daily. In the rematch, Vader defeated Yokozuna. 182 minutes Commentator Gorilla Monsoon made mention of another, larger Samoan that they would soon be seeing in the WWF. Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker's casket match for HBK's WWE Championship at the 1998 Royal Rumble is unquestionably the greatest casket match in WWE history. He spoke English to the fans, had Mr. Fuji wave an American flag during his matches, and challenged Vader to numerous matches. The first match between Yokozuna and Koko B. Ware was a highlight to be a squash match. Unlike in many squash matches, Koko came out still looking strong despite losing the match. The winner of that match would go on to face Bret Hart later in the evening with the title on the line. This all paid off at WrestleMania 10, when Hart not only got back into the title picture but wound up in the main event opposite Yokozuna again. Two months after being humiliated via one of the shortest WWE Championship reigns in company history, Yokozuna found himself toe-to-toe against Hulk Hogan at the King of the Ring pay-per-view. Best of WrestleMania Main Events Triple H - SmackDown (9/23/99), The Undertaker Vs. Heidenreich - Royal Rumble 2005, The Undertaker Vs. Mark Henry - Raw (3/10/08), The Undertaker Vs. Kamala - Survivor Series 1992, The Undertaker Vs. Watch WrestleMania and other WWE Premium Live Events on Flow. He eliminated Randy Savage to win the Royal Rumble match,[1] cementing his movement towards main event status. Again, the answer is no. Im not sure if a more extended program was planned beyond that pointI can imagine one-on-one bouts being entertaining enough spectacles if the WWF kept them shortbut the attack, instead, marked the end of Earthquakes run with the WWF before he headed off to WCW, not to return until after the end of the decade, under a mask. Nevertheless, Undertaker was representing the Corporate Ministry in his casket match with The Rock. The Phenom has been involved in the majority of casket matches that have been staged in WWE. Yokozuna grabbed a steel chair on the outside and he swang for Luger but the Lex Express moved out of the way. However, Shawn Michaels emerged from the casket, and he nailed Triple H with Sweet Chin Music. Royal Rumble 1994 Undertaker vs Yokozuna Casket Match. Best of Rob Van Dam The All-Americans - Survivor Series 1993, Yokozuna Vs. Hulk Hogan - King Of The Ring 1993, Yokozuna Vs. 10 Greatest Matches From the 2010s Best: Wins the Royal Rumble Match (Royal Rumble 1993) 1 of 6 Few. Moreover, Show finally made his way down to the ring and he pummeled Undertaker. Yokozuna won on account of his manager Mr. Fuji throwing salt in Harts eyes to set up the finish. Few Superstars have made as quick an impact on WWE as Yokozuna did in his first six months with the promotion. Although the Yokozuna character was portrayed as a champion sumo wrestler, Anoai never competed as an actual sumotori. On October 23, 2000, three weeks after his 34th birthday,[51] Anoai died from pulmonary edema in his room at the Moat House Hotel on Paradise Street in Liverpool while on a wrestling tour of the UK for All Star Wrestling. Celebrating "The Bad Guy", Scott Hall Yokozuna got tired, and the match finished prematurely. Daniel Bryans Best Matches The Best of Eddie Guerrero ECW Barely Legal 25 On an August 17, 1992, episode of Prime Time Wrestling the Samoans (soon to be the Headshrinkers) made their debut. While the resulting matches werent great, and there are ways in which the meat of their rivalry (the turn from 1993 to 1994) felt like a placeholder before we returned to Luger-Yokozuna, the story was sound and I give this rivalry the nod over Lugers because it did get a proper resolution. [2][15][16] As he and Mr. Fuji celebrated, Hulk Hogan came to the ring to help Hart and was challenged by Mr Fuji to take on the champion for his newly won crown. His uncles were The Wild Samoans, Afa and Sika, who trained him from an early age in the family business. The Hulkster, who had come to ringside to check on Hart, hit the ring, ducked another salt-fueled attack and delivered his big leg drop to capture the championship. With Hulk Hogans insertion into the main event scene, there was a natural pathway for Hart to both stay apart from Yokozuna, and for a groundswell of support to develop from Harts fans about the injustice of him never getting a rematch for the title he lost under heavy shenanigans. The bout was ruled as a no-contest since no one could end up in the casket. Their clash was marginally better than their WrestleMania 9 match. Undertaker put this feud to bed after he rolled Heidenreich into the casket for the win. [39], Yokozuna returned at In Your House 8: Beware of Dog to wrestle Vader. Vader gets the nod for the number four spot, though, because of the unspoken build that went down in 1993. Despite using his big size, Yokozuna lost the match to Michaels. In the process, Yokozuna and his finisher were established as killers, and Yokozuna was geared up for higher tier patriotic threats over the year to follow. Bryan upped the tempo to get things going his way. The Undertakers kayfabe record of success with WWE is nothing if not unique. Randy Orton and The Undertaker's feud dominated SmackDown in 2005. It was an emotional night but one that ensured the story of the super heavyweight would live on in the annals of WWE. Triple H lost the match which was the first casket match to take place on SmackDown. Best of Money in the Bank: Part 2 It was presented by the independent promotion World Xtreme Wrestling, although matches included wrestlers from multiple promotions. The issue between these two big men kicked off in the build to Survivor Series 1993, when The Undertaker stepped up to join the All Americans team and oppose Yokozunas Foreign Fanataics squad that had sidelined Tatanka. The Best of Nexus October 13, 2020 Theres a time-honored tradition of a new monster crushing an old monster on his way up the card. Best of 2021, Best of Royal Rumble At SummerSlam that year, he battled "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in a Free for All match. He was a top heel in the New Generation Era, and he was under the tutelage of Mr. Fuji. Best of the Elimination Chamber Match The Best of Money in the Bank How would you rank Yokozunas rivalries? Entering at #27, Yokozuna scored seven eliminations during his time in the Rumble, including that of Bob Backlund, Earthquake, and future tag team partner Owen Hart. Best of Luke Harper RELATED: Dustin Rhodes' 10 Best Matches, According To Cagematch.net. Vader kayfabe broke Yokozunas leg weeks laterseemingly another monster passing the torch moment, like Yokozuna similarly injuring Earthquake. The Undertaker and his former tag team partner Big Show were opponents in a casket match at Survivor Series 2008. It wasnt the most satisfying finish to a WrestleMania main event, but worked in the sense that it created doubt as to whether Yokozuna could beat Hart on his own, in addition to whether Hart ever could have actually bested Yokozuna (would his Sharpshooter have won the day, or would Yokozuna have powered out of it anyway in short order?). Taker and Yokozuna would wind up responsible for each others eliminations in a double countout brawl that set up their Royal Rumble Casket Match for the titlethe aforementioned instance in which Yokozuna and company recruited much of the heel locker room to help them bury The Dead Man and put him out of action for months. Yokozuna's First 10 WWE PPV Matches, Ranked From Worst To Best, Yokozuna Vs. Virgil - Survivor Series 1992, The Foreign Fanatics Vs. [41] The splash was shown on television as a leg break, in reality it was performed to allow Yokozuna to take some time off to lose weight. On that night, his weight became the centerpiece of his match. Adam Coles Undisputed Best It became something of a dream match to speculate on what would happen if these two collided in the ring, and I specifically remember debating who was more deadlythat a childhood friend at the time was sold on Yokozuna at a hundred-plus-pounds heavier, while I backed Vader for his more aggressive style and agility (he may have used it sooner, but 1993 was when I first saw him pull off a moonsault). Undertaker and Kama Mustafa's casket match at SummerSlam 1995 were superb with Undertaker having a good match against one of his real-life good friends. The Best of The New Day By WrestleMania 10, Yokozuna had run his course as world champ, and handing the title back to Hart was ideal final chapter to that angle, and his on-again off-again rivalry with Hart. The mammoth competitor cashed his ticket to WrestleMania IX, and eventhough it was a monumental occurrence, what played out in Las Vegas' Caesars Palace put him on the wrong side of history. Previous Afterward, Paul Bearer gave Undertaker a hammer and nails to seal Kamala's fate. The Undertaker, however, was not tagged into the match until after it was just him and Luger on the American Team. A Tombstone was enough for Undertaker to put Henry into the casket and to go 14-0 at WrestleMania. The match was billed as an All-Americans (Lex Luger, The Undertaker and Steiner Brothers) vs. Foreign Fanatics (Yokozuna, Quebecer Jacques, Ludvig Borga and Crush) contest. This week, Im looking back at seven of the best of them with consideration to quality of storyline, quality of matches, heat, and longevity. In late 1992, Yokozuna joined WWE and he pushed right to the top almost instantly in his WWE career. Kane chokeslammed Triple H, and he stuffed him into the casket. The Best of the Holidays Without the help of Fujis henchmen, Yokozuna would go on to lose the match and face his greatest fear as he wound up locked inside the casket. In April 1995, Owen Hart began promising that he would have a great tag team partner to face off against The Smoking Gunns (Billy and Bart) at WrestleMania XI for the WWF Tag Team Championship. When Cornette tried to interfere to break a pinfall, Piper decked him. The contract Luger had signed for the match, as orchestrated by Yokozuna's new spokesman and advisor James E. Cornette, stated that if he did not win the championship, he would not get another shot at the title. As you can imagine, there was a lot of hype leading into the Royal Rumble. To celebrate, he held a "Bodyslam Competition" aboard the USSIntrepid, a decommissioned aircraft carrier, on Independence Day. After Fuji accidentally threw salt in Yokozuna's eyes, Hogan came through with the win and captured his fifth WWF Championship. While he had his sabbaticals and, particularly for the last five years or so of his career was mostly a part-time talent, still, I can say without hesitation that he was at least a fringe main eventer for twenty-six years. Luger took control late in the match, scoring on Yokozuna with a bodyslam and flying forearm. It was during this feud that Yokozuna teamed up with Ahmed Johnson and Jake Roberts in a six-man tag-team match at WrestleMania XII, facing off with Vader, Owen Hart and British Bulldog. RELATED: 10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About The Undertaker. The Game's World Heavyweight Championship was not on the line, and Triple H clocked Kane in the head with a ring bell. Your email address will not be published. Best of Stone Cold Steve Austin [42] The event was rescheduled two days later, in which the matches that were previously blacked-out took place again. Shortly after he was offered a new gimmick: Yokozuna. Best of United States Championship Matches The Phenom rolled him into the casket to ensure a repeat of the WrestleMania 22 outing. This was a forgettable WWE Championship match, and there was a possibility that Luger could finally add the WWE Championship to his collection. Undertaker stuffed King Mabel in the casket, and Mabel's manager Mo suffered the same fate before he shut the lid, he retrieved the golden chain. The 1994 Royal Rumble featured a Casket match for the WWE Championship between Yokozuna and The Undertaker. Now relive the best, worst and most outrageous moments in the iconic career of one of wrestling's most remarkable big men. When The Undertaker returned, it was only fitting the two would pick up where they started, and they staged a Casket Match rematch at Survivor Series 1994 to blow off their issue with Taker putting away Yokozuna with the aid of Chuck Norris to keep interloping heels at bay. Clickhereto see every entry. The Undertaker - Royal Rumble 1994, Goldust Vs. Most of Yokozuna's stuff still looks good, but the man himself just didn't have the cardio for fast-paced matches anymore. I didnt pull the trigger, however, for what I imagine are similar reasons to why the WWF never pulled the trigger on Luger taking the world titlehe just wasnt quite over or good enough in the ring to justify it. [9] Anoa'i would make his initial debut as Kokina in an untelevised match on September 1, 1992, at a WWF Superstars taping in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Seth Rollins' Best Matches The Best of Sasha Banks Overcoming Superstars such as the massive Earthquake and the all-time-great "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Yokozuna became the first heel to win the match since it became a pay-per-view attraction. Cowboy Bob was past his prime here, but the Ortons worked as a cohesive unit. The feud came to an anticlimactic finish with the two on opposite sides, but not blowing off much, at Survivor Series. Nevertheless, the finish was remarkable with Undertaker Irish whipping Show into the casket which was standing up, and it closed with Undertaker triumphant. When Undertaker returned, he would avenge his defeat, beating Yokozuna in another Casket match and ending their feud once and for all. As expected, neither man held back, and Undertaker connected with a Tombstone on Vader. 2012 WWE Hall of Fame Inductee: Yokozuna Whether it was by design or pure happenstance, 1993 was the year of the super heavyweight monster heel, with Yokozuna in the main WWF main event scene and often as not holding the world title there, while Vader held WCWs top title for all but ten (non-consecutive) days of the year. It was during this feud that Yokozuna teamed up with Ahmed Johnson and Jake Roberts in a six-man tag-team match at WrestleMania XII, facing off with Vader, Owen Hart and British Bulldog. They were both eliminated by double-count-out. This storyline was used to allow the Undertaker to rest for several months to recover from lingering real-life injuries.[2][23]. The second is what happened after Yokozuna defeated The Undertaker . This feud makes the cut for the memorable, if unsavory images of these two engaged in sumo combat, as Yokozuna faced his one believable rival in that context, and went on to decimate him after the match. Plus, get every WWE Premium Live Event, your favorite shows, new movies, live sports, and more. He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012. These are the matches that exemplify the greatness of the United States Championship. Agatupu Rodney Anoai (October 2, 1966 October 23, 2000) was an American professional wrestler. On March 31, 2012, Yokozuna was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by his cousins, The Usos and Rikishi. Tevon is a big fan of professional wrestling, who has followed wrestling since the Attitude Era. And yet for all of that sustained success, The Dead Man also never truly had a sustained run as world champion to hang his hat on with only two reigns that lasted much more than a month, none more than five months. He was best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where he wrestled under the ring name Yokozuna, a reference to the highest rank in professional sumo wrestling in Japan. His victory undid the wrongs of WrestleMania IX and set him up for a reign of dominance that would encapsulate WWE and have every major babyface in the company gunning for him. The Best of Alexa Bliss Just the same, this rivalry makes the countdown, and Ill go so far as to call it very good, on account of what it did for Yokozuna. Undertaker triumphed and the Game destroyed the casket. Yokozuna was powerless, and Hogan capitalized by nailing Yokozuna with his trademark leg drop to become WWE Champion for a record-extending fifth time. However, fans were heavily backing Undertaker, and he remained unbeaten at SummerSlam with a fine win. Just moments after his status as the top villain in WWE was established, Yokozuna watched as Mr. Fuji arrogantly issued a challenge to Hulk Hogan for a title match. Air date The two-time WWE champion dominated the main event scene, combatting the likes of Bret Hart, Hulk Hogan, Lex Luger and The Undertaker to considerable success while establishing himself as the lead villain of the era. [1][2][39], Yokozuna was officially released from the WWF in May 1998, a decision that came directly from Vince McMahon due to his weight issues. Yokozuna defeated Bret Hart to become the youngest WWE Champion in WWE history in the main event of WrestleMania 9. A significant weight issuehad doomed his on-screen presence and relegated him to inconsistent programs. [2] He wore a mawashi as part of his ring attire, but wore long tights underneath the loincloth, something that Vince McMahon and Yokozuna's own cousin Rikishi later felt wasn't needed and that he should've worn the traditional mawashi without the tights to expose his buttocks. The World's Most Entertaining Car Website. 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