Yoko weighed 505 lbs upon his WWF debut. He continued to gain and by the time he was defending his title he had gained a bit more and was 568lbs. Post-Championship Yoko then made his biggest gain and was a hugely impressive 641lbs. There is rumour that he subsequently reached a WWF peak of 670lbs, but appearances at this stage were rare as unfortunately soon after, it was decided that Yoko was getting too large and was rather harshly ordered by WWE to lose weight. He was unable to do so.
@italianking29 Didn't his feud with Vader end in around 1996?
I can't remember seeing Yoko much after the Survivor Series of 1996, in the WWF. I remember he did some touring of the UK with an independent federation after this, where he unfortunately died, but no more television appearances, I don't think. I read some rumours that he lost weight, but I saw no evidence of it, he seemed bigger than ever when I saw him here in the UK. Unfortunately he had abandoned the red tights and black belt.
Yoko really looked a fearsome competitor in the ring. But it is said that in real life he was a very good and friendly man. Quite a lot of superstars have spoken highly about him, and his professionalism. He was indeed a very nice man. RIP Yokozuna, we wrestling fan love you.
Yea yoko was my favorite wrestler.. I do think that its ironic that him, owen hart, and brittish bulldog all passed.. and if you guys recall they were all partners..
When he was around five hundred pounds he was fairly agile for a big man. But as his weight reached seven hundred he couldn't move around very well in the ring and it is regrettable that he is not alive today.
A reply to the comment above mine asking what was he like, it's hard to say really I had never heard of him up until the day I got my photo with him, Greg the Hammer Valentine and my brother in law, I guess he was big but so was the ring. I was only about 8 so everything was huge lol.
i gotta say along with earthqake an vader..this man was a great personallity..even vs the undertaker who i love the most..there matches were the most entertaining..a big man who moved like a middle weight. LOVE AN MISS YOU MAN PEACE
It's sad to see this video. I remember him. Mr. Fuji brought him over my house in 1993 and gave me and my dad free tickets to see them at the New Haven Coliseum. I took lots of pictures of them. I just saw Mr. Fuji on Sunday for the first time in 23 years. He was in Fairfield, CT. He remebered me too. I used to babysit his two twins.
1:09 man undertaker had a gut back then lol. Man i just found out today that yokozuna died. He was my favorite wrestler because he didnt look like a steroid junky
yes rikishi fatu...he was part of headshrinkers back in the day...rikishi and umaga are brothers...yokozuna and the rock are their cousins....all the somoans are family
how could anyone like this guy after all the wrestlers he put in the hospital with several broken ribs? he put Hacksaw Jim Duggan in the hospital for four months. BURN IN HELL YOKOZUNA!!! STOMP AND PISS ALL OVER YOUR GRAVE.
at the end of the day - accidents and injuries are an integral part of wrestling and the superstars are aware of the hazards of the business, it isnt as if the man purposefully injured other performers! this guy had a family and by all accounts was a real gentleman outside the ring. u really need 2 grow the fuck up...
he really was good calmed down guy i met him with my big brother because we got backstage passes to raw in a local radio station but yea i was only 8 at the time i asked him wat was the best thing in wrestling and he said"moments like this"(direct quote)i have an autographed shirt that he gave me
heart attack if u seen the match where vader broke his leg he was about dead their he did not have much longer left i believe he died a few months later
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no way!!!! Ever heard about Kane, Undertaker, Batista, Hulk hogan, Mark henry, Great khali, Big show, Viscera, Cena, Kurt angle and many more. Even Carlito and Boogeyman is much bether
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yokozuna will be fucking remembered as a awsome (no offensise)fat wrestler that could do things from the top rope and if umaga would get a better stroyline and become face maybe he would be as popular as rikishi was,,,,lol also i1 thoght ecw becomes 2 hours has umaga on it umaga becaomes face and hardcore like jumping off a steel cage headbut yeah or the running butt thing but with a chair in there face that is one thing i think wwe should do also ecw sucks now just trying to improve
It's good to see a video on a very underrated superstar. Yoko is one of those who seems to get lost in the shuffle so many times. He was champion in a time when wrestling was in a downfall during the early 90s.
Can I ask who you are and where you are getting your information from? Another question too is how did you get those pictures??? Those are all personal pictures??
Did any one know at 1:08 paul bear was touching yokozuna
suaese101teo 1 day ago
@suaese101teo lol yes I had to go back . his giving his nip a wee squeeze and the look on his face lol
darafitzsmokie 19 hours ago
Yokozuna for WWE Hall of Fame 2012... agree anyone?! :D and Macho Man Randy Savage too!! :D
JBR 1 month ago
legend is the best way to describe this man!!
RIP Rodney Anoa'i.
willie12321 3 months ago
hogan loses to the big man. haha
12valvepower1 3 months ago
Yokozuna, Rikishi, and The Rock are all related together.
hibrahim86 5 months ago
RIP champ, <3
MitchMarsh 7 months ago
Name of Song please?
R.I.P. YOKOZUNA........
vamemfis 8 months ago
@vamemfis Finger Eleven, One Thing
ghostforlife1 3 months ago
Yoko for H.O.F
sbxlv1 11 months ago
He was only 34..
HoosierMF 1 year ago
actually,it says in wikipedia that yokozuna died at 770 pounds
TheDahype 1 year ago
rip kokina de las minas
era un verdadero luchador no
mamadas komo las ke salen ahora en la
wwe
chale la joteria no bale en la onda
rhusoes 1 year ago
was paul bearer pinching his tits? hahahaha.. Rip YOKO..
Dadustbowl04 1 year ago
you were an unstoppable hurricane in WWF R.I.P
devilaliali 1 year ago
R.I.P
1243asdfghjk 1 year ago
C'mon WWE. Gimme a damn Yokozuna DVD already !!!!!
Sledge070685 1 year ago 4
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i made a song about him
metalmadness00 2 years ago
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What's the cause of his death?
Willzito 2 years ago
how much did he way
lovejessica531 2 years ago
Yoko weighed 505 lbs upon his WWF debut. He continued to gain and by the time he was defending his title he had gained a bit more and was 568lbs. Post-Championship Yoko then made his biggest gain and was a hugely impressive 641lbs. There is rumour that he subsequently reached a WWF peak of 670lbs, but appearances at this stage were rare as unfortunately soon after, it was decided that Yoko was getting too large and was rather harshly ordered by WWE to lose weight. He was unable to do so.
MartyFA 2 years ago
@MartyFA Your right but you missed when wwe told him to lose weight and he did when he returned i believe in 98 for his feud with vader
italianking29 1 year ago
@italianking29 Didn't his feud with Vader end in around 1996?
I can't remember seeing Yoko much after the Survivor Series of 1996, in the WWF. I remember he did some touring of the UK with an independent federation after this, where he unfortunately died, but no more television appearances, I don't think. I read some rumours that he lost weight, but I saw no evidence of it, he seemed bigger than ever when I saw him here in the UK. Unfortunately he had abandoned the red tights and black belt.
MartyFA 1 year ago
@MartyFA i think at one stage he got down to around 400lbs but then shoot back up to a higher weight than ever
mikeykm1993 11 months ago
I always liked his intro music
FuroraCeltica 2 years ago 3
What is it please?
XAVIERSHIMEX 2 years ago
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why did he died ??????????
MeDiaTrUck 2 years ago
great tribute i always liked him with the beard
RIP Yoko, Yoko Bam Bam and Big man Vader were the three best big men wrestlers in the wwe
2WIREG 2 years ago
bac in tha 70s 80s he use ta b-boi tha uncles said he was a hella raw pop locker
MonstaUcE 2 years ago
i wish he didnt die. he was a fun wrestler. R.I.P we all love you yokozuna
ChickenChowMein21 2 years ago 4
Doesn't it look like he gained weight?
darklordbbw 2 years ago
In the ring he was 500lbs, by the tie he passed he weighed about 600 or more
DBZmegafan99 2 years ago
what is Paul Bearer doing 2 yokozuna at
1:10?
fukafuknfuka 2 years ago
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efil4aggin64 2 years ago
Have some respect for an absolute legend!
R.I.P. Rodney Anoai
AnonyUK 2 years ago
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Rodney is eating twinkies in hell
motherfucker669 2 years ago
Yoko really looked a fearsome competitor in the ring. But it is said that in real life he was a very good and friendly man. Quite a lot of superstars have spoken highly about him, and his professionalism. He was indeed a very nice man. RIP Yokozuna, we wrestling fan love you.
bublubhuyan 2 years ago 4
He was Samoan
anointedsouljah27 2 years ago
was he really japanese? or samoan
nikz200 2 years ago
He was Samoan.
BIGACT1993 2 years ago
He's cousins with every samoan u see in WWE
DBZmegafan99 2 years ago
I remembr when Yoko first arrived..he was so feared and unstoppable
PATS06 2 years ago
I watched him in one of my dad's old wrestling tapes, hes one of my fav big badasses.
andrewtom3d 2 years ago
how did he die?
adrianacordeon 2 years ago
heart failure.
DaReelDeal 2 years ago
Yea yoko was my favorite wrestler.. I do think that its ironic that him, owen hart, and brittish bulldog all passed.. and if you guys recall they were all partners..
Dadustbowl04 2 years ago
Did ya know that he was related to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson??
Gecko7291971 2 years ago
R.I.P YOKOZUNA , BANZAiii
Barbatov1983 2 years ago
Great Wrestler!
KotHitman 2 years ago
yoko is my hero
600lbs 2 years ago
Vince killed him..........
EdmondSwitch 2 years ago
one of my youth hero and one of the best superstars of the 90's, RIP Yokozuna
sheikybaby1 3 years ago
umaga and rikishi look just alike
vVlsubroVv 3 years ago
yokozuna was da man!
th3l337h4x0r 3 years ago
0:16
sdghsyfatu 3 years ago
at 1:07 is he
pinching his nipple
pjyg21344 3 years ago
:16
sdghsyfatu 3 years ago
At 0:16, was umaga behind yokozuna???
mauricio1196 3 years ago
in front of, yes, the left guy
filazicbre 3 years ago
thats not umaga thats rakishi
benharrell17 3 years ago
yokozuna is the 1 in the back
theres no 1 behind him
pjyg21344 3 years ago
whats the name of this song?
skieryz 3 years ago
big dude big hart
sdghsyfatu 3 years ago 2
I miss you!
CALLE41 3 years ago 3
RIP Yokozuna
Died of Fluid in lungs weighing 600 pounds.
Rest in Peace good friend
firstcoastcadet 3 years ago 15
oh shit did he really weight 600 pounds :O
Wertmemzaari 3 years ago
does anyone have the yokozuna diet coke commercial? i want to see it
Longie06 3 years ago
1:10 dude on left is pinchin his nipple lol
chebus 3 years ago
man Yokozuna was the the best wrestler but at 1:07 LOL that was funny
brusinator 3 years ago
please tell me someone else saw paul bearer pinching yoko's nipple. fucking hilarious
aaronwarren15 3 years ago
Yokozuna is good but getting fat isn't a way to make you scary..well actully it is..but..anyhow..um..yea R.I.P
Snoozerisao 3 years ago
Was he Hawaiian or Filipino?
Deetroiter 3 years ago
Samoan...
FuckinDago 3 years ago
he is cousins with umaga,manu,rikishi,rock all them
d0giem 3 years ago
one of my youth heros R.I.P YOKO
kabrokabbarnak 3 years ago 2
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This silly creature is not!!!!!!! The best wrestler in the WWF!!!!!!!
Tierpostkartenjaeger 3 years ago
That silly creature could lay down the smackdown on your candy ass!!!
rocktheblock316 3 years ago 3
no...i didnt say he couldnt im just saying a big guy like that cant normaly wrestle?
ethanallen1993 3 years ago
When he was around five hundred pounds he was fairly agile for a big man. But as his weight reached seven hundred he couldn't move around very well in the ring and it is regrettable that he is not alive today.
GESSO217 3 years ago 5
could he even wrestle?
hes never really shown me much.
ethanallen1993 3 years ago
how can you say that???
he took on the likes of bret hart,hulk hogan,undertaker,and vader
socko305 3 years ago 2
ohhh my ... i really enjoyed watching his matches as a kid.. all wrestling fans miss him... thanks for the memories and R.I.P.
jonamoraa 3 years ago 2
aww i love yokozuna, even if he wasnt number one i still love him.
sanna4evr 3 years ago 2
Yokozuna for HOF!
Mbk606 3 years ago 3
he was my fav wrestler growing up.... RIP yoko.. heh for real this time.. ahh undertaker..
Dadustbowl04 3 years ago
BONZAI!
cne08 3 years ago
A reply to the comment above mine asking what was he like, it's hard to say really I had never heard of him up until the day I got my photo with him, Greg the Hammer Valentine and my brother in law, I guess he was big but so was the ring. I was only about 8 so everything was huge lol.
ScorpioBates 3 years ago
Yokozuna is The rock, Umaga and Rikishi's cousin
Kamuelaboyy 3 years ago 5
rip yoko.
schamuk 3 years ago 3
if u like wwe legends like him or current superstars then come to my account subscribe and invite to be my friend
dxfan555 3 years ago
i gotta say along with earthqake an vader..this man was a great personallity..even vs the undertaker who i love the most..there matches were the most entertaining..a big man who moved like a middle weight. LOVE AN MISS YOU MAN PEACE
onedynasty 3 years ago
It's sad to see this video. I remember him. Mr. Fuji brought him over my house in 1993 and gave me and my dad free tickets to see them at the New Haven Coliseum. I took lots of pictures of them. I just saw Mr. Fuji on Sunday for the first time in 23 years. He was in Fairfield, CT. He remebered me too. I used to babysit his two twins.
shawnsgirl56 3 years ago
1:09 man undertaker had a gut back then lol. Man i just found out today that yokozuna died. He was my favorite wrestler because he didnt look like a steroid junky
kevinbarredo 3 years ago
yes rikishi fatu...he was part of headshrinkers back in the day...rikishi and umaga are brothers...yokozuna and the rock are their cousins....all the somoans are family
bobbytq 3 years ago 3
at 14 seconds in is that rikishi at the all the way bottom left
jordanrockssocks 3 years ago
OMG YES THAT IS HIM!!!!!
undertakerlover1234 3 years ago
lmao Paul bearer grabbing that tit lol
polymite123 3 years ago
why people put this song in all dead wrestlers videos ?
guillermopictures 3 years ago 10
ha ha ive noticed that too
leodog82 3 years ago 3
vv e all miss u
WWEFaNOFKANE1997 3 years ago 3
He dies fron a heart attack!!!
SnorlaxCwb 3 years ago 2
no, from wikipedia it states he died from lquid frilled lungs
austinjd1 3 years ago
how did he die
bonzai drop is mint
wweps3xboxere2k8 3 years ago
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how could anyone like this guy after all the wrestlers he put in the hospital with several broken ribs? he put Hacksaw Jim Duggan in the hospital for four months. BURN IN HELL YOKOZUNA!!! STOMP AND PISS ALL OVER YOUR GRAVE.
battechno 3 years ago
Serves them right.
CaptainARR 3 years ago 4
at the end of the day - accidents and injuries are an integral part of wrestling and the superstars are aware of the hazards of the business, it isnt as if the man purposefully injured other performers! this guy had a family and by all accounts was a real gentleman outside the ring. u really need 2 grow the fuck up...
Pard76 3 years ago 7
Jim duggan sucks
Pygmonicus 3 years ago
he was a good man. rip yoko.
schamuk 4 years ago 2
i miss him
undertakerrocks204 4 years ago
song name???
socko305 4 years ago
one thing - finger 11
JoHnD619 4 years ago
he really was good calmed down guy i met him with my big brother because we got backstage passes to raw in a local radio station but yea i was only 8 at the time i asked him wat was the best thing in wrestling and he said"moments like this"(direct quote)i have an autographed shirt that he gave me
RIP yokuzana(my childhood hero)
socko305 4 years ago 2
heart attack if u seen the match where vader broke his leg he was about dead their he did not have much longer left i believe he died a few months later
redrum187onyou 4 years ago
he died in a hotel in liverpool
undertakerlover1234 3 years ago 2
what he die from?
Grave8392 4 years ago
heart failure
JoHnD619 4 years ago
that sucks it now 19 supertsar how did of that
Grave8392 4 years ago
R.I.P yokozuna a big legend toshay u died
fejoagoya 4 years ago
R.I.P :*(
Yokozuna 1966 - 2000 (34 Years Old)
PPM420 4 years ago
R.I.P YOKOZUNA
MILFANATOR894 4 years ago
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I am glad the WHALES around Japan are alive and well!
So why da fuck you come to the Southern Oceans to hunt OUR whales?
uni000ver000sal 4 years ago
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man you can shut your ass
Starwarsnumberone 3 years ago
Hes not even Japanese dude...hes Samoan...hes related to The Rock, Rikishi, Umaga and all that...
suicidaljoyride 3 years ago
He was a great fighter, I will never forget him...
RIP Yokozuna
piolhochato 4 years ago
Yokozuna weighted 500-550lbs during his career.And was rumored to weight 700lbs during his death.Yokozuna,Rikishi and The Rock were cousins.
Sokan1993 4 years ago
and umaga was iz cuzin
ACEMIDGE07 4 years ago
What the shit? At 1:56, Paul Bear was pinching Yokozuna's nipple.
LeeJin86 4 years ago
I use to hate him as a kid. I wish I knew more a child
biglalways 4 years ago
Good old Yokozuna. Me and my brother in law were lucky enough to meet him just a matter of weeks before his death in England.
Still have my photo with him and Greg the Hammer Valentine!
ScorpioBates 4 years ago
what was he like, if he was anything like his uncle afa, he must have been a great guy
JoHnD619 4 years ago
flamme73: mark henry, viscera and carlito, the first two r fat shits and the other one (carlito), I dont think so
fatshitXXL 4 years ago
how did he die
jamestaylor1996 4 years ago
From a heart attack, i believe
RandomGuyTom17 4 years ago
BANZAI! I will never forget his fights with Undertaker and Bret Hart.
RIP Rodney/Yokozuna
ThomasS778 4 years ago 3
Yokozuna the best wrestler that i have ever seen.Miss u 4ever RIP
bucetajr 4 years ago 2
the next day after yokozuna died, undertaker put a t-shirt of yokozuna to fight , a tribute
Kaskapelotero 4 years ago 3
Most of this video it showed Yokozuna and Owen Hart. All I could think of was r.i.p.
jobot23 4 years ago 2
RIP Yokozuna, thank you for the memories
kabrokabbarnak 4 years ago 2
y does the good die young!!
mooboy50 4 years ago 3
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he died thanks god he is a f**k piece of a shit and he is a fat ass.
123412345678901234 4 years ago
agree
Flamme73 4 years ago
WWE without you isnt the same...( What's the song called? )
dfaus11 4 years ago
one thing by finger 11
JoHnD619 4 years ago
ty man, u are a really usuary of Youtube.
dfaus11 4 years ago
gotta love yokozuna
AquaTeen180 4 years ago 4
Amen to that
JoHnD619 4 years ago
He should be in the wwe hof rip Yokozuna
kc2158 4 years ago
R.I.P. ={ what's the song called?
perdikkos 4 years ago
He died so damm young!!!! What a shame
CHCRUZ 4 years ago 5
the best fucking wrestler ever
CodeBreaker056 4 years ago
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no way!!!! Ever heard about Kane, Undertaker, Batista, Hulk hogan, Mark henry, Great khali, Big show, Viscera, Cena, Kurt angle and many more. Even Carlito and Boogeyman is much bether
Flamme73 4 years ago
BANZAI!!!!!!
romacechina 4 years ago
dude he's dead
stonecold2013 4 years ago
rest in peace biggen!
shadowmuggy 4 years ago
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yokozuna will be fucking remembered as a awsome (no offensise)fat wrestler that could do things from the top rope and if umaga would get a better stroyline and become face maybe he would be as popular as rikishi was,,,,lol also i1 thoght ecw becomes 2 hours has umaga on it umaga becaomes face and hardcore like jumping off a steel cage headbut yeah or the running butt thing but with a chair in there face that is one thing i think wwe should do also ecw sucks now just trying to improve
robvandam5star 4 years ago
umm yes he is. where have you been?
unbreakable0717 4 years ago
rumor has it he weight close to 1000 lbs
trendyenp 4 years ago
he didnt weigh that much
JoHnD619 4 years ago
didn't he weigh about 600-700 pounds.
stonecold2013 4 years ago
what song??
RiddickJC 4 years ago
one thing by finger 11
JoHnD619 4 years ago
he was in such great shape too its amazing that he died
maximogaro 4 years ago
he did some pretty amazing things for a man his size, very well respected by his peers.
sircharles442 4 years ago 3
Heart failure,,being that badly overweight makes the heart work so hard..your whole body just breaks down way before it's time.
plake15 4 years ago 2
howd he die?
rocky525 4 years ago
HEART FAILURE
JoHnD619 4 years ago
how did he die
Novak750 4 years ago
heart failure
JoHnD619 4 years ago
It's good to see a video on a very underrated superstar. Yoko is one of those who seems to get lost in the shuffle so many times. He was champion in a time when wrestling was in a downfall during the early 90s.
sxw 4 years ago
i agree that he is underrated, i was always a huge fan of him and he is greatly missed
JoHnD619 4 years ago
even though i never knew or saw him wrestle i still respecthim RIP yokozuna
acedx14 4 years ago
What is this music ??
hardyslayer 4 years ago
one thing by finger eleven
JoHnD619 4 years ago
yokozuna was my neighbor before in carson.
darrylcee 4 years ago
THANK YOU Yokozuna you are a true one of a kind superstar and will be truly missed by all fans of wrestling all over the world thank you Yokozuna!
fireflyskull 4 years ago 3
Who came up with the Banzai Drop? Was it Vince McMahon?
DonMack279 4 years ago
in one of those pics it looks like a young joey styles beside yoko???
DTMTroy 4 years ago
RIP, one of my favorite big men wrestlers
PeterSmeter 4 years ago 2
RIP Yokozuna, we will never forget you
melendavid 4 years ago
how did he die?
GodsRightHand39 4 years ago
heart failure
JoHnD619 4 years ago
Can I ask who you are and where you are getting your information from? Another question too is how did you get those pictures??? Those are all personal pictures??
quigglez 4 years ago