Best of Bobby Lashley On one hand, I dont know that anyone has maintained his level of upper card-to-main event over-ness for as long with as little complaint. He also spent some time in Mexico, learning the craft and gaining the experience necessary to be a star in the sport. Few Superstars have made as quick an impact on WWE as Yokozuna did in his first six months with the promotion. He was largely dominant over the WWF main event scene for the length of 1993 when, after just a few months on the roster, he won a Royal Rumble, won two world titles (one at WrestleMania, one over Hulk Hogan) and held the strap for half the year. 10 Greatest Matches From the 2010s FULL MATCH - Undertaker vs. Yokozuna - Casket Match: Survivor Series 1994 WWE 93.1M subscribers Subscribe 3.4M views 2 years ago Undertaker is out for retribution in his second Casket Match. RELATED: 10 WWE Wrestlers Who Challenged For A World Title Multiple Times (But Never Won It). 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. He clashed with Mark Henry in a casket match, and Undertaker was 13-0 on the Grandest Stage of Them All. The two competed in a worked sumo match in which Earthquake actually got the best of Yokozuna, only for Yokozuna to crush his big foe with Banzai Drops shortly thereafter. The two feuded in actuality in early 1996, cast as frenemies in Camp Cornette before Yokozuna turned face and the guys worked the house show circuit, besides working opposite sides of an underrated six-man tag at WrestleMania 12. Commentator Bobby Heenan claimed Luger's move was a hiptoss, not a bodyslam, as Yokozuna was running at Luger, but the slam was ruled legitimate. The Undertaker was originally scheduled to face Chris Jericho in a blockbuster casket match, but Rusev replaced Y2J. Best of SummerSlam of the 2010s 2012 WWE Hall of Fame Inductee: Yokozuna [17] At King of the Ring, Yokozuna, whose weight had already increased from 505lb (229kg) to 550lb (250kg), challenged Hogan for the title. This is a list of all sumo wrestlers who have reached the sport's highest rank of yokozuna.It was not recorded on the banzuke until 1890 and was not officially recognised as sumo's highest rank until 1909. [2][20], At SummerSlam, Yokozuna, now weighing in at 568lb (258kg), and the newly reborn patriot Luger fought it out for the WWF Championship. However, a photographer appeared on the apron, and he flashed a fireball in Hogan's face. Yes, this rivalry was one-sided, but as such it completed its purpose, getting Yokozuna over. Previous Hakuh Sh , born 11 March 1985 as Mnkhbatyn Davaajargal, Mongolian: ) is a professional sumo wrestler (rikishi) from Ulan Bator, M. In the 1994 Royal Rumble match, the last two competitors, Lex Luger and Bret Hart, fought and eliminated each other simultaneously. 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. While most of us will agree that this was a poor creative choice that was out of touch with what the fans wanted, and particularly impractical for Hogan working a part-time schedule, the Hogan-Yokozuna rivalry was logical in pitting the all-time great American hero opposite the new foreign monster. Banzai! Stone Cold's Hell Raisin' Moments The Best Raw Matches of the Decade There was a magnificent spot, where Undertaker executed a jumping Tombstone on Michaels into the casket. 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The World's Most Entertaining Car Website. 182 minutes The Best of the Holidays The win was the culmination of a considerable push that began in a day and age whenWWE was desperately seeking a main event heel it could program against the likes of Savage, Bret Hart, Tatanka, Crush and The Undertaker. RELATED: The 11 Worst SummerSlams, According To Cagematch.net. Required fields are marked *. 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. [2][40] Although Cornette had tried to make peace between him and new acquisition Vader, many observers felt Yokozuna was being relegated. RELATED: 10 Undertaker Moments That Were Actually Hilarious. [1][2][22] Eventually, Yokozuna was forced to accept a Casket match with the Undertaker. 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. The Best of Miz & Morrison The Luger-Yokozuna issue launched via Yokozunas Independence Day body slam challenge, when he stood on the deck of the USS Intrepid and dared any American wrestler to try to slam him. Undertaker sported his Phantom of the Opera-like mask, and he was determined to put King Mabel away. Their match was physical but it wasn't anything special. The Best of Rey Mysterio On May 16, 1994, Earthquake beat Yokozuna in the only (worked) sumo match[27] until WrestleMania 21, between The Big Show and an actual yokozuna, Akebono. It also changed the course of history in Michaels' wrestling career as his back caught the back edge of the casket which led him to miss four years of action after WrestleMania 14. For the amount of attention and early fervor of this rivalry, it earns a high spot on this countdown. This is an underrated casket match, and Goldust held his own here. Yokozuna's First 10 WWE PPV Matches, Ranked From Worst To Best, Yokozuna Vs. Virgil - Survivor Series 1992, The Foreign Fanatics Vs. Now relive the best, worst and most outrageous moments in the iconic career of one of wrestling's most remarkable big men. That my friends, is great storytelling, something lacking in wrestling these days. Hart had the match won with Yokozuna about to submit to the Sharpshooter, when Mr. Fuji threw salt into the champion's face. )[11] He made his pay-per-view debut at Survivor Series, easily defeating the much smaller Virgil with his huge weight advantage. These are colossal bouts include his Casket Matches against The Undertaker and WWE Title Matches with Hulk Hogan and Bret Hart. The deck was stacked against Triple H as he was aiming to book his spot in the six-pack challenge for the vacant WWE Championship at Unforgiven 1999. Best Matches of 2022. Editors Note: This article is part of anongoing series. Randy Orton and The Undertaker's feud dominated SmackDown in 2005. [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. The Yokozuna Memorial Show was held in Allentown, Pennsylvania in November 2001, shortly after the first anniversary of Anoai's death. Ultimately, Undertaker weathered the storm and he went on to win another casket match. Best of Fastlane Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. However, when Luger went for the pin, Perfect occupied himself with the unconscious Fuji and Cornette who were still lying on the ring apron. [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. The Undertakers feud with Yokozuna seems emblematic of these statistics. Next Host of the Sordid Cinema Podcast and NXpress Nintendo Podcast. As they celebrated afterwards, however, a mysterious figure appeared on the Titantron, looking like the Undertaker inside the casket. [50] At the pay-per-view event, Yokozuna was scheduled to take on King Kong Bundy in one of the event's two featured matches. The Best of Alexa Bliss For Taker and Yokozuna feuded for a long timea full year, putting aside detours like The Dead Man disappearing from television to sell the loss to Yokozuna in a Casket Match. 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. The Best of WWE Extreme Rules There is nothing I like more than basketball, travelling, and animals. Yokozuna defeated Bret Hart to become the youngest WWE Champion in WWE history in the main event of WrestleMania 9. 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. It was a humbling defeat and a loud, clear message from management about his health and weight. Matches Yokozuna vs. Koko B. Ware: January 11, 1993 Royal Rumble Match: Royal Rumble 1993 Yokozuna vs. Bret Hart: WrestleMania IX Undertaker's Most Bone-Chilling Matches Jim Cornette also joined the Yokozuna camp as his American spokesperson. Best of 2021, Best of Royal Rumble Neither booking nor work rate were top-notch in the period between Hulkamania and Attitude, when Yokozuna was in the limelight. After a lot of struggle (as well as damaging the Undertaker's "magic" urn), the group managed to shove the Undertaker into the casket, giving the win to Yokozuna. 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. Chavo Guerrero was the sacrificial lamb in his casket match with The Undertaker. In late 1992, Yokozuna joined WWE and he pushed right to the top almost instantly in his WWE career. To celebrate, he held a "Bodyslam Competition" aboard the USSIntrepid, a decommissioned aircraft carrier, on Independence Day. Best of Rob Van Dam Yokozuna was firmly locked-in as the top heel and The Undertaker was on his way to becoming a top face. 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The Best of TLC Undertaker came close on several occasions but heels flocked out of the locker room to decimate Undertaker and help Yokozuna beat Undertaker to retain the WWE Championship. They destroyed the casket, and the pair could not be separated. Their match lasted over 15 minutes which was longer than it needed to be. Luger vs. Yokozuna was largely paint-by-numbers booking, with the super strong American hero going after the foreign menace, and all signs suggest the WWF intended to crown Luger at WrestleMania until the fans started cooling on him, and it became apparent Bret Hart was at least equally over (not to mention significantly better in the ring). A monster heel, he embarked on a series of squash victories, including a memorable one against Virgil at the 1992 Survivor Series, before arriving at the 1993 Royal Rumble match as a heavy favorite to win the popular gimmick match. [41] Anoai was a member of the Anoai wrestling family: Roman Reigns, Rikishi, Samu, Rosey, Manu, Umaga, and The Rock were among his cousins, The Usos were his first cousins once-removed and Afa and Sika were his uncles. He had two children, Justin and Keilani. The first match between Yokozuna and Koko B. Ware was a highlight to be a squash match. 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. 'Macho Man' Randy Savage's Best Matches Best of Survivor Series: Part 2 The Undertaker, however, was not tagged into the match until after it was just him and Luger on the American Team. So, this rivalry came to a close at WrestleMania, but with Luger getting disqualified in a screwjob finish that never really paid off in anything meaningful as Mr. Perfectthe guest ref who wronged himdisappeared shortly thereafter and Luger moved on to feud with Ted Dibiases Million Dollar Corporation in a totally unrelated storyline. It was mission impossible for Triple H as there was no way that he was going to stuff both Mideon and Viscera in the casket. When fans look back at the early to mid-1990s, few Superstars towered over the New Generation of WWE the way the massive Yokozuna did. Managed by Mr. Fuji, Yokozuna debuted on the October 31, 1992 edition of Superstars with his then new gimmick of a stereotypical sumo wrestler, who competed under the Japanese flag; though the WWF tactfully acknowledged his Samoan roots. 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. Best of Luke Harper He eliminated Randy Savage to win the Royal Rumble match,[1] cementing his movement towards main event status. Halloween Havoc's Most Hellacious Matches Undertaker triumphed and the Game destroyed the casket. Season's Beatings 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. Best of Money in the Bank: Part 2 Best of WrestleMania: 1990s Virgil attempted a roll-up but Yokozuna outsmarted Virgil by flattening him. [2][31][32] Following the match, Jim Cornette stated, "Michael Jordan's back and so is Yokozuna", in reference to Jordan's first return to the NBA. [7] His first major exposure in the United States came in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) as "Kokina Maximus". Kane chokeslammed Triple H, and he stuffed him into the casket. The winner of that match would go on to face Bret Hart later in the evening with the title on the line. A significant weight issuehad doomed his on-screen presence and relegated him to inconsistent programs. At SummerSlam that year, he battled "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in a Free for All match. His uncles were The Wild Samoans, Afa and Sika, who trained him from an early age in the family business. When Undertaker returned, he would avenge his defeat, beating Yokozuna in another Casket match and ending their feud once and for all. Best of Womens Evolution The feud came to an anticlimactic finish with the two on opposite sides, but not blowing off much, at Survivor Series. This was an intense brawl and Undertaker managed to hit the Ortons with a steel chair. ! Length In pinning Hogan to not only take back the title but send him packing from the WWF, Yokozuna got all the more over as an unstoppable force, and his second reign arguably marked the official point at which the WWF moved on from Hulkamania, into the new generation that would ultimately give way to Attitude. Undertaker was relatively comfortable in this casket match with Henry posing few problems for his fellow Texan. Triple H interfered and he clocked Rock in the arm with a sledgehammer. The Best of Eddie Guerrero Best of United States Championship Matches 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. Nevertheless, the finish was remarkable with Undertaker Irish whipping Show into the casket which was standing up, and it closed with Undertaker triumphant. 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