Rollermacka
01-24-2014, 08:26 PM
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Been looking for a new series of posts and lets see how this one works out. So when I was young, I always hated Yokozuna (and he was a heel, so he did his job). Looking at the gimmick as an adult, it was a pretty intricate gimmick. He had Fuji, Cornette, never spoke any real English and Yoko learned how to do some of the sumo mannerism to make people believe that he was this grand sumo champion from Japan. So looking at the landscape of American professional wrestling, should someone recycle the gimmick and debut under a "sumo champion" gimmick? The trick would have to be, with tons of information on the internet, they would probably have to use somebody who actually was a sumo wrestler. I looked and there have been a few guys in Japan that have gone from Sumo wrestling to professional wrestling (I think Akebono is still floating around...). I looked at some of the more successful sumos and they seem to be closer to the 300-350 lb mark and built more like a lineman.
Been looking for a new series of posts and lets see how this one works out. So when I was young, I always hated Yokozuna (and he was a heel, so he did his job). Looking at the gimmick as an adult, it was a pretty intricate gimmick. He had Fuji, Cornette, never spoke any real English and Yoko learned how to do some of the sumo mannerism to make people believe that he was this grand sumo champion from Japan. So looking at the landscape of American professional wrestling, should someone recycle the gimmick and debut under a "sumo champion" gimmick? The trick would have to be, with tons of information on the internet, they would probably have to use somebody who actually was a sumo wrestler. I looked and there have been a few guys in Japan that have gone from Sumo wrestling to professional wrestling (I think Akebono is still floating around...). I looked at some of the more successful sumos and they seem to be closer to the 300-350 lb mark and built more like a lineman.