Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook A&E’s “WWE Superstar Sunday” lineup will feature a new episode of Biography: WWE Legends this ...

“Banzai!” That was the last word many of WWE’s top Superstars heard when they faced the imposing Yokozuna. Standing 6’4” and weighing nearly 600 pounds, the Japanese sumo wrestler squashed legends ...

Tokyo — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 421 pounds and he is the first Japanese competitor to reach the ...

There have been many giants who have entered the squared circle throughout the decades in wrestling, but one that rose to fame for his sheer size was Yokozuna. Yokozuna was born into the Anoa'i family ...

Yokozuna was a legendary WWF (WWE these days) heel, the professional-wrestling term for a bad guy — but Agatupu Rodney Anoaʻi was a legendary good dude. As the first WWE Superstar profiled on the new ...

Sumo fans got the showdown they have long waited for as newly promoted yokozuna Onosato beat yokozuna Hoshoryu in a dramatic playoff to win the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28. Both yokozuna ...

Actress Misako Konno is a huge fan of sumo, to put it mildly. Her love of sumo paid unexpected dividends in spring when she was appointed to the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, which is tasked with ...

Kisenosato had previously finished in second place (called “jun-yusho”) a record 12 times without winning a tournament (“yusho”) — though he still has the record for most jun-yusho with only one yusho ...

The May grand sumo tournament turned out to be one of the most unpredictable competitions ever, with many upsets and surprises. But in the end, the sport's alpha dog wasn't going to be denied. One of ...

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. The two-time WWE champion dominated the main event scene, ...

Announced at the SmackDown tapings Tuesday night in Newark, N.J., the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2012 has added one more huge star. Yokozuna, a former WWE Champion, will be inducted into the Hall of ...