“I’m so happy, I’m going to call my mom,” said the 27-year-old rikishi on Oct. 28 after the latest rankings of wrestlers were released ahead of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament, which ...

Okinoshima rikishi practicing for the sacred event ... is one of the strongest sumo wrestlers in the Polish city of Krotoszyn, where the European Sumo Federation is headquartered.

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The Mongolian born and Hokkaido raised Davaaninj told Hakuho he wanted to be a rikishi (sumo wrestler) when he grew up. Hakuho would later recruit Davanninj for the Miyagino stable, where ...

a 24-year-old wrestler with only 10 tournaments under his belt, clinched the championship in the top makuuchi division on his debut there. It's the first time any sumo "rikishi" has accomplished ...

Several WWE legends appeared on the first "WWE Raw" on Netflix, but one star who made headlines coming out of the historic debut episode is Hulk Hogan, who was booed by the Los Angeles audience in ...

Two massive rikishi, or sumo wrestlers, entered the circular ring, the dohyo, wearing only a mawashi, or loin cloth. We observed as the two athletes lifted and stomped each leg, slapped their ...

"I was looking for him to Rock Bottom somebody or drop an elbow in the beginning or something," Rikishi said. "I just thought a heel was going to come out and kind of interrupt The Rock. Wrestling ...

Ozeki Hoshoryu, right, defeats Kinbozan on Day 12 of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament ... built rikishi with a thrust-down reversal at the edge. "Fighting the top-ranked wrestlers is what ...