BANZAI DROP | The Yokozuna Story (Full Career Documentary)

[@WRESTLEWITHANDY]

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[@Chimpandolfo87]

Awesome video, now we need a Terry Funk's story video!

[@wamspray7397]

Do Umaga

[@alexgeorge501]

No Chance In Hell: Vince McMahon, I Really Love This: Eric Bischoff, or Living Dangerously: Paul Heyman

[@tajunoor1311]

Let me talk to ya (LA Knight) The ELI Drake story

[@tajunoor1311]

Survive if I let the Tazz story

[@buddy3635]

One suggestion I have is Samoan Bulldozer: The Umaga Story RIP Yokozuna, he was such an amazing talent

[@joshiles]

To paraphrase JR a bit I miss both of those big bastards, gone way too soon.

[@buddy3635]

@@joshiles JR spoke the truth

[@17thN.O]

​@@joshilesI agree. 2 of my favorites.

[@Luniz-5-On-it]

If it wasn't for all that weight, Nobody would even know who he was.. He was not talented..

[@luedanger561]

I love hearing stories of Yoko. Taker and Kish speak so highly of him. The way they speak of him you can tell he was an awesome person to be around

[@tercial]

Yeah I gained respect for him seeing how undertaker abd other wrestlers spoke highly of him

[@adrianreece214]

Same and stories from his family about how special his wrestlemania win really was to them.

[@vuthearithkeary4704]

He’s my inspiration and I have his name on my arm.

[@christophergarza9118]

According to Mark Henry, Yokozuna can hoop! 🏀

[@luedanger561]

@@christophergarza9118 I recently saw that. I think it was a CVV clip

[@paulperdomo2528]

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[@Kid-Pink_88.]

I remember as a kid, hearing his music, knowing when you hear that it's about to get real! RIP Yoko. Banzai!

[@17thN.O]

I know! My favorite one was when he sent Hogan outta the WWF.

[@NateTheGnat]

Yoko vs Vader was amazing to me growing up. It was like watching a Godzilla movie come to life on the small screen. When they squared off at the start and threw punches it was so loud that to this day I haven't heard such powerful strikes. And seeing Yoko give Vader a samoan drop and a belly-to-belly was just glorious! I was so upset when Vader "broke" Yoko's leg. But later Yoko fought Vader again and smashed Vader's leg!

[@bobbygould1960]

R.I.P amazing legend, Yokozuna. U will never be forgotten. Charismatic hero.

[@Bullboy_Adventures]

I never thought I'd agree with a trump cult member.

[@Hawks2tuff]

So sad that he died so young R.I.P

[@TonyVerrazano]

Finding out Yokuzuna wasn't Japanese made me feel like my childhood was a lie. However, I love the story of the Anoa'i family so finding out he is a part of that is awesome. He was larger than life. RIP Yokozuna.

[@17thN.O]

One of my all time favorites.

[@yash.0192]

I think if his weight was reduced a bit his career could have been better , I won't say that he was bad in the ring (considering his weight) ,or not championship material but it could've helped.

[@rchopra535]

Yokozuna vs undertaker was my first time watching professional wrestling. He will always have a special place for him. RIP

[@motorheadforlife9431]

I remember Rodney (Yokozuna) coming back once to the WWF/WWE during a main event a few months before he passed away. I just forgot what event that was. He was way overweight by then and was slower. Rest in peace, Big Man. 🙏🏼

[@mikesharon2177]

From the mouths of wrestlers "yokozuna was one of the nicest big men of all time and is truly missed"😥😥

[@TheKennelArenaShowcase]

According to Rikishi in an interview YOKO was suppose to be one half of the headshrinkers with SAMU but because he got injured at the time RIKISHI took his place and when he healed he became YOKOZUNA

[@ryanmclark82]

This era of wrestling is unbeatable. So many huge (no pun intended) stars, matches, and story lines!

[@leroylawrence2773]

Hogan’s Leg Drop (of doom) is, in my opinion, the sorriest finishing move in history!!!!!!!

[@erikglennrosenquist9010]

There are far more superior finishers than the Leg Drop.

[@KawaiiMiri]

He went to the ropes and then ran jumped high as he fell his hairs raised. It honestly was a cool finish. It was the people's elbow of the time.

[@worldgoesround9]

I disagree was a great finisher, but to his own back 😁

[@leroylawrence2773]

The people’s elbow & that leg drop were just moves used to please the fans!

[@worldgoesround9]

@@leroylawrence2773 at least the people's elbow had theatrics, like sure it was just an elbow drop but The Rock tried to make it look like something. Look at the rainmaker, that just a lariat but it feels special and I think Rocky managed that with the elbow, Hogan on the other hand just bounced off the rope and dropped a leg. It was lame then and its lamer now

[@kwkouki]

“A goofy but memorable moment” I’m 41 and this STILL randomly runs through my head

[@superrobz]

Such a shame he couldn’t drop the weight he gained in later years, I remember seeing him here in England after he left the wwe and he looked so much different. It would have been nice to see him have a second run like so many others but alas it wasn’t to be.

[@hhtptai]

The Anoa'i family is so big, they gotta have their family reunions in MSG or Barclays Center or something. 😂

[@tercial]

Facts 😂

[@NateTheGnat]

In 2000, Yoko dropped his weight down from 802 pounds to 580 pounds. His healthy weight was around 400 pounds. That means he would need to lose another 200 pounds if he wanted to wrestle again. If he had lived and came back during the Attitude or Ruthless Aggression Era, I would have like to see him team up with Undertaker again and fight Kane. Yoko and Undertaker were best friends in real life but sadly we never saw much of that in the ring, although they did team up once in 1996.

[@BasedMigz]

And instead of Akebono, we would’ve had Yoko vs Big Show at Wrestlemania 21. Imagine if Yoko was also involved in that 2007 match full of giants (Kane, Big Daddy V, Khali, and Mark Henry)

[@KadariusGreen]

I wish he was still with us. Dude was an inspiration.

[@enriquemajick4614]

What a Legendary video for a Legendary person! Definitely helped paved the way for the rest of his family. And he still had more to show, sadly cut short :( Gone but never forgotten!!!! RIP Yokozuna

[@jerrylittle2905]

Another epic career breakdown with excellent insight. Your documentary series has become a must watch for any wrestling fan. Please keep them coming (Wrestling with Andy)!!

[@bealgates8594]

Fun fact Yoko is the only wrestler ever to have two matches in one night let alone championship matches at back to back Wrestlemania’s for their first Wrestlemania’s ever

[@InkWarrior]

Macho Man won the title in Mania 4 from Ted DiBiase and lost it at Mania 5 to Hulk 'Doesn't Work For Me Brother' Hogan.

[@TheAnarkiwi]

Hulk Hogan WM 2 and 3, 6 and 7. Cena.. Austin..

[@TheAnarkiwi]

Hogan, 5, 6, 7.

[@chrisreid688]

And it was Bret Hart and Hogan doesn't get much better then thatv

[@InkWarrior]

@@chrisreid688 actually, Bret vs anyone but Hogan. I would have LOVED to see Bret vs. Macho Man at Mania 9. But no, we got what we got instead. At the time as a kid we were ecstatic. As an adult, no thanks.

[@KHaskins23]

Yokozuna was the first & most terrifying heel I personally enjoyed seeing the ring. I miss Yoko wish I could've seen him live in the ring.

[@thecharmcityplayerbrandona8827]

How about Jerry Lynn because I feel like he needs to get the recognition he deserves

[@forevercod.younggun6352]

No one will ever be able to beat yokozuna as far as a legend status .. for his weight and height nobody will come close to that in my mind.. he is an icon a legend... he offered us new generation of superstars like the rock Roman reigns rikishi the Usos.... you have guys like the Big show Big Daddy v but they are still not as good as what yokozuna had to offer... Yokozuna had so much to offer if he lost the weight... I think he could have been at least a 5_6 time champion.

[@rockykong4110]

Yokuzuna is a good friend for undertaker in real life ,RIP

[@GustavoRodriguez-cv5qw]

Wow real? We didn't know

[@rockykong4110]

@@GustavoRodriguez-cv5qw According to the undertaker documentary “last ride”

[@jeremyfincham1422]

I know that the 1 thing that can NEVER be taken away from Yokozuna is that he was in the very first ever match of Monday night Raw.

[@forevercod.younggun6352]

In my mind yokozuna died giving us some of the greatest wrestlers this generation had to offer ... such as rikishi' Rosey' the Usos' Roman reigns' Nia Jax The Rock' and many more. Yes it is sad that yokozuna died at a young age because of his weight but we still got some of the best wrestlers today because of his death... The old saying is without death there would be no new people born....

[@chrisyanover1777]

Yeah Yoko was pretty great heel but by the end he wasn't really able to move at all. He was super slow and couldn't really do anything. From what everyone says he was super soft in the ring

[@johngore3364]

April 4th, 1993. I was only 9 years old seeing that match. I still remember the excitement and awe with this match. Oh childhood was great.

[@marlonthomas8042]

Watching these makes me know pretty much exactly when I stopped watching wrestling as a kid and just how much WWF was a part of my childhood and no other promotion got a look in

[@Tuan2Fresh]

I miss this dude man! He done destroyed legends and captured wwe title plenty times, R.I.P Yokozuna!

[@zenfrog17]

Yoko was the biggest heel of my childhood. He killed people with the Bonzai Drop. It was real. The “Andre” of the 90’s. Immovable. Respect.

[@mider-spanman5577]

Rodney Anoa'i is one of the greatest and will never be forgotten in the Professional Wrestling mythos. He's on the Mount Rushmore as far as I'm concerned! First Samoan World Champion and he ended Hulkamania! The man was catapulted to the top and did a fantastic job while at the top! He was very agile for a 500+ pounder and very impressive and dominant in that ring!

[@TimmyTickle]

I'm surprise there hasn't been more stories about Yoko's eating feats (other than the "turkey ass" one)

[@Baddawg_313]

He is so underrated.

[@GeekShhh]

8:13 I was a kid back then and wrestling was EVERYTHING, i remember the Lex Lugar and Yoko wars. I remember watching the body slam live. I believe it was on a saturday morning on channel usa. It came on before that show gladiators. Man i miss those days

[@ethangoldstein8063]

even though he did one of the scariest finishers, his competitors always said he was one of the safest

[@BmanTheChamp]

I forget exactly who said it but someone compared getting hit by Yoko's legdrop to being hit with a pillow.

[@mattwebb5276]

@@BmanTheChamp Bret Hart

[@ihsikir]

Yeah, for the big names. Have you seen the damage he did to some of the jobbers with his purposefully botched banzai drops? He was ruthless for no reason and has seriously hurt most of them

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@ihsikir Yoko is not stiff

[@sean_bradley1236]

ITS TIME ITS TIME | THE VADER STORY.

[@nwo_fan1069]

One of my favorite 2K14 superstars to play as. RIP Yokozuna

[@Barbarianbrotha]

He was one of mine too. So cool they're bringing him back in 2k22's first DLC pack, along with Umaga.

[@nwo_fan1069]

@@Barbarianbrotha yeah I'm really excited for that!!

[@OctoberOmicron]

16:42 I have to say I'm one of the few that did see Yokuzuna in that period. It was at some point in 1998 in Las Vegas, promoter Buffalo Jim had his BWF (like the shirt Yoko is wearing) promotion/wrestling school going on and a friend and I went to a show. He was clearly past his prime and far too big, but I remember marvelling at the speed and skill with which he threw punches and sold them. I wish I could've seen him in his better days but still, I'll always carry that memory with me.

[@joshuabrooks4907]

Yokozuna scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. However, nowadays, when i look back at him, and hear stories about all the hell he went through over his weight issues, I respect him. I have these last 22 years of rest have been peaceful for him.

[@cococravensblitzball8346]

You should do the the mastodon vader story

[@thecommentator7017]

His gimmick was very cool

[@macattack14778]

Loved Yokuzuna. Thanks for posting.

[@erebus5780]

Greatest non japanese sumo wrestler

[@christophergarza9118]

I think John Tenta, a.k.a. earthquake has something to say about that

[@KadariusGreen]

Yokozuna had such an awesome run as WWE champion. My favorite match of his is him vs Bret Hart at Wrestlemania 10.

[@WRESTLEWITHANDY]

One of my faves of the new generation era

[@bastih.5264]

I personally prefer their match at Wrestlemania IX because it was a quite good match by Hart who showed that he could really wrestle the unstoppable Yokozuna. If it just wasn't for THAT finish...

[@ohkay2360]

No he didn't

[@mouprangayan4522]

I was looking through your content but can't find the Rock anywhere man. I wish he was there.

[@chunky9791]

Yoko & Vader made me actually believe big men were unbeatable.

[@erebus5780]

When undertaker did that I was like oh my gosh

[@thewilcoxfamily3612]

The amount of times Joke Hogan came back to take the run of future stars away. It's really a joke how much he could never put someone over, or wanted to stop their run even once retired.

[@mindlink1811]

I was good friends with Rodney and his brother Josh back in the 1990s. I made him a shirt saying, "Size really does matter." He did an appearance for BWF, a local wrestling show in Vegas, before he died in 2000.

[@RicyRicky]

I feel bad for him, as soon as he started turning his life around he died, from 700+ to 500 👏👏👏

[@neilsmith9066]

Bonzai Drop Scariest Move of Alltime

[@thecheshirecat299]

Can u please try and do “the great Kabuki” I loved hearing the announcer scream .. “the mist .. that damn green mist”

[@jasongriffin1517]

You HAVE to do Roddy Piper and Ricky Steamboat stories. LEGENDS.

[@john9908]

As a huge yoko fan. Bret vs yoko st mania will always be one of my favorites because he won the belt. And i really enjoyed the match. I remember learning about yokos death the day it happened and being so sad. I wish we got him during attitude era. I can only imagine how great the stories would have been. Sucks. Rip yoko

[@cookieknife37]

I’m so happy you did this video

[@MrDEdits]

The stories about Yokozuna in his last years alive are just depressing. While he was a very friendly and great guy, he clearly didn't give a shit about how obese he was and just wanted to stay fat forever, and these poor decisions cost him his life at a very young age. If he had taken the advice he was given, he probably would have still been alive today or at least lived a while longer and had a greater run in the WWE and possibly other organizations.

[@andrewcrouch2362]

Very good documentary that was about yokozuna really enjoyed watching it very interesting to thanks again 👍

[@noxidgaming1114]

YYYYYEEEEESSSSS THANK YOU!!!!!

[@tonyslicer7399]

How big Yokozuna was he was 100% more safe than wrestlers today ..now let that sink in

[@TimmyTickle]

He'd be extremely disappointed at how unsafe his cousin Nia Jax is in the ring

[@-th1rty3-]

Lucky for the main stars that got a lighter banzai drops, jobbers on the other hand...

[@carlaspinall7418]

RIP Yokozuna

[@johnnytyrrell7060]

When I was a kid and I seen him for the first time I was saying O,M,G how can anybody stop him and they must be hurt bad after he lands on top of them. Me as a kid back then thinking it was all reel

[@ISJR2000]

The Rabid Wolverine The Chris Benoit story or the rainmaker the kazuchika okada story

[@ju99yfresh]

Yoko crushed Hulkamania!!!

[@erikbunty2016]

The Banzai drop felt around the world.

[@ju99yfresh]

@erikbunty2016 that was in my hometown. I didn't watch it that day, but there's recorded tremors throughout the area.

[@MetalMadness_00]

Yokozuna would’ve been one of the 4 pillars of the attitude era had he lost weight

[@Mr.wednesdayallfather]

Oh back in the days when Jim cornette was the American spokesman for yokozuna good times good times

[@J.K.OLovex]

Elite hunter | the frankie kazarian story

[@jerrywilliams3335]

I made a artpiece tribute memory of the mighty Yokozuna in my art studio make-studio and we're always miss him for BANZAI by heart. So long and goodbye The Mighty Yokozuna thank you and we're miss you always miss you. BANZAI 4-LIFE!!!

[@dante666jt]

It's amazing how ric and the hulkster played around with the various promotions irrespective who it was. Vince, Eric, dixie, that smashing pumpkins guy. Lol

[@legarrick8340]

Tomasso ciampa or Sami zayn next please

[@matthewlane518]

Crushed under the power of his mighty butt you mean! RIP Yoko

[@rajnirvan3336]

Was wrong Hulk talking title after winning from Hitman.

[@CHOLORABBIT26]

That royal rumble finish with Macho Man was so dumb haha

[@mariet150]

Man, watching this video reminds me yet again that there was a lotta good talent back then who actually had good gimmicks & personality. Today, not so much.....

[@randomreviews1461]

I hated that WM ending so much. As soon as I saw Hogan I was like Nooooo!!!

[@onielnunes8267]

Ain’t no stopping me the Shelton Benjamin story

[@theophrastusbombastus1359]

"First unbeatable heel to have a title run?" We're just going to forget Undertaker are we?

[@TechSupport900]

Superstar Billy graham

[@theophrastusbombastus1359]

@@TechSupport900 He wasn't really billed as "unbeatable" but, yeah, he and others serve equally good as examples

[@Mr.Dones_]

Amazing work.

[@Mysterybabylon696]

I never understood why vince liked to change peoples nationalities. He could've still been called yokozuna as that's just a title they give the best sumo wrestler.

[@nathanpinelo80]

Hi Andy, I love your videos SO much. So in your next video, Can you Please Do my favourite wrestler Drew McIntyre? I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT

[@joebarracuda6038]

As a Kid i believed he really was Japanese.. He was a great Heel!

[@ozzythecats]

An underrated all-timer.

[@Rome6601]

Meant him in Brazil... Great guy 👊

[@joser421.1]

He was so agile for his size. I only wish he could have not seen his size as his selling point. RIP Rodney!

[@fundamentalconvolution1749]

Tbf The Hogan Yoko at Wrestlemania moment was a perfect example of Hogan throwing his weight around backstage and wasn't the original plan.

[@NormanNorthman]

Rest In Peace to my favorite wrestler of all time! ✌️ ❤ If he had dropped the weight, I would’ve loved to see him and Rikishi form a tag team. “The Body Smashers” they could’ve been called.

[@worldgoesround9]

Is The Gold Standard: The Shelton Benjamin story on its way?

[@letsvlogwithbigjohn3914]

Amazing job. How about a Brooklyn brawler video . The jobers who put these guys over

[@ronmessico8012]

RIP. I loved to hate him and Mr. Fuji. They played the heel so well.

[@ScotsGal]

I loved the team of yoko and Owen hart ..I thought they gelled really well together...Owen was the technician and yoko the big man powerhouse but could also wrestle

[@ajtheva6694]

That awkward moment when you find out now that he's Samoan instead of Japanese... well I feel stupid and embarrassed...

[@rynomclaughlin1595]

Leave it to Vince smh...

[@sickboy6663]

Now im gonna blow your mind...so was Mr. Fuji....

[@ajtheva6694]

@@sickboy6663 at this point I'm not surprised any more...

[@deaditalianguy7353]

same!

[@matthewbrooks254]

@@sickboy6663 Mr Fuji is actually from Hawaii and he's of Japanese descent

[@kingbrahma5005]

I remember when they were doin the WWF wrestlemania arcade game it took an hr just to to get the building because of his weight

[@kylerisking3395]

Cool

[@geoffgraham1600]

Miss yoko 😢😢

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

DEAR GOD GIVE US BACK RODNEY ANOAI AKA YOKOZUNA AND WILL GIVE U DAIKI INABA !!!!

[@mmm0513]

Andy brethern hello how are you today I am fine thanks be to ye for thine video selections many thanks