Scandals and high-profile resignations of former stars have 'sullied' image of Japan's national sport – but could its latest ...

He had a rare, killer heel.” Yokozuna’s last match in WWE took place at the 1996 Survivor Series pay-per-view. He’d be released in May 1998 and would continue to compete until October 1999.

The highlight match of the competition took place on ... consecutive titles since making his debut at the top rank. The last yokozuna to accomplish the feat was Taiho in 1962.

SUMO is Japan's national sport, steeped in hundreds of years of history and tradition. But Japanese wrestlers no longer ...

When Yokozuna won the match and became champion ... But the happiness didn't last long. Just minutes after winning, something unexpected happened. Hulk Hogan came out and challenged the tired ...

Onosato, 24, has been promoted to yokozuna, the highest rank in sumo. In terms of speed, it was a record-breaking rise to the pinnacle of the sport, s･･･ ...

Any wrestler facing Yokozuna must've been terrified while he prepared his finisher, knowing their career could be over in a moment. Sadly, that's not a hypothetical. During one match with a jobber ...

Last year the sumo world lost one of its contemporary greats, Hawaii-born Akebono, who died at the age of 54. The American was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of yokozuna.

Hakuho has the yokozuna in trouble ... MIHARA: So as far as who wins a match and who loses a match, there's nothing lost in translation. And it's very easy to understand, right?

Suffering from pain in both knees and chronic diabetes, Terunofuji fully competed in only two of the six grand tournaments last year. Since being promoted to the rank of yokozuna in July 2021 ...