Skip to main content
Inside The Ropes
  • News

    WWE News

    AEW logo for their Dynamite TV show

    AEW News

    Japan News

    Wrestling News

  • Features
    10 Former WWE Superstars We'd Like To See Return Under The Triple H Regime

    10 Former WWE Superstars We’d Like To See Return Under The Triple H Regime

    AEW Battle of the Belts

    How To Improve AEW Battle Of The Belts

    Shooting Star Press

    5 Most Insanely Dangerous Pro Wrestling Moves

    5 Times The Undertaker Was Genuinely Scary

    5 Times The Undertaker Was Genuinely Scary

  • Interviews
    Rick Boogs

    Interview With Rick Boogs

    JONAH

    Interview With JONAH

    Rosemary Interview

    Interview With Rosemary

    Jay White

    Interview With Jay White

  • Podcasts
    Power Slam Podcast #251 – Post SummerSlam RAW, Pat McAfee & More

    Listen
    What’s Going Down #85 – SummerSlam, Ric Flair & More

    Listen
    Wrestling Roast #70 – Tractors, Returns & Retirements

    Listen
    Power Slam Podcast #250 – Triple H As Head Of Creative, WrestleMania 40 & More

    Listen
  • Quizzes
    Play Word Rumble

    Play Word Rumble

    WWE logo

    Can You Name Every WWE Pay-per-view?

    WWE Survivor Series sole survivors quiz

    Can You Name All The WWE Survivor Series Sole Survivors?

    WWE Smackdown logo

    Can You Name Every Wrestler That Competed On The First SmackDown?

  • Live Tours
  • Shop
    Magazine
    Clothing
    Accessories
    Collectibles
  • Trending
  • Follow us:
    • Facebook Facebook
    • Twitter Twitter
    • Instagram Instagram
  • Watch us:
    • YouTube YouTube
    • Twitch Twitch
  • Subscribe to the Magazine
  • Play Word Rumble
WWE News

Rikishi Shares Heartwarming Story of Yokozuna’s Generosity

By Lyle Kilbane. Published 13th October 2021.
Yokozuna

WWE Hall Of Famer Rikishi has divulged a touching story involving former WWE Champion Yokozuna and the giant star’s even bigger heart.

Yokozuna was at the heart of the World Wrestling Federation as the company’s dived into the New Generation of the mid-nineties. The supposed Japanese star was the man who put Hulkamania to bed when he defeated Hogan at the King Of The Ring in 1993, to reclaim the WWF Championship he lost to the Immortal One at WrestleMania 9. Around this time Rikishi was yet to don the yellow shades and dance his troubles away and was teamed with Samu as The Headshrinkers.

The mighty Yokozuna was in fact a member of the fabled Anoa’i wrestling dynasty and his cousin Rikishi discussed the behemoth while speaking to fellow WWE Hall Of Famers Gerald Brisco and JBL on Stories With Bradshaw and Brisco.

“Yoko won the [WWF Championship] back in the day so Yoko was the guy. Me and Sammy [Samu] were mid-carders back in the day and we won the [WWF Tag Team Title] and I’m thinking ‘okay we got the belts, we’re gonna make some real good money now.'”

“What happened was, I dipped most of my savings. I had just signed a contract with WWE so I dipped most of my savings and said ‘dammit I’m gonna buy me a house for my kids.’ Make sure we’re gonna start off with that so when I bought this freakin’ house, a couple of weeks later we’re on the road and I got a call from my family. Sefa and my twins were young back in the day and this house had no heat and it was freakin’ freezing back in Pensacola, Florida.”

“Me and Yoko were on the road and Yoko loved my kids. Like it was Uncle Rodney when Uncle Rodney came home, he’d shower these kids with hundred dollar bills and I’d get hot at him for giving my kids a hundred f*cking dollars because I can’t give them that. So when [Yoko] comes home, they’re all happy to see him but when I come home it’s like they’re waiting but I’m not gonna give them a hundred dollars.”

Rikishi continued by discussing how generous Yokozuna was to him and his family after finding about the situation with their freezing house:

“We were riding on the road and he was like ‘what’s wrong?’ I said ‘man my freaking heating went out in the house, I got to figure it out.’ He could feel that I was stressing – where can I make a loan? How am I gonna fix it? He popped open his checkbook man, he signed it, didn’t even put a number on there and he just gave it to me. [Yokozuna said] ‘Go home and fix the heat for your family.'”

If you use any quotes from this article please credit original source and then h/t with a link back to Inside The Ropes.

  • Facebook
    Share
  • Twitter
    Tweet
  • WhatsApp
    Send
  • Share

Popular Stories

  1. Former WWE Superstar Details Wanting To Sleep With Paul Heyman
  2. Former WWE Diva Opens Up About Heat With Batista
  3. John Laurinaitis “Quietly Let Go” By WWE
  4. Asuka Wants A Tag Team Partner, Ex-WWE Star Responds
  5. USA Network Pitched Interim Raw World Title During Roman Reigns’ Reign
  6. AEW Star Hidden For “Not Being Friends With The Boss” – Jim Cornette
  7. “Tony’s Struggling” – Dave Meltzer On Growing Gap Between AEW & WWE
  8. Triple H Left “Dismayed” By Karrion Kross’ Original Main Roster Run
  9. WWE Star Seemingly Suffers Head Injury During Live Event
  10. WWE Superstar Acting As Bridesmaid For Tay Conti’s Wedding
Inside The Ropes
  • News
  • Features
  • Interviews
  • Podcasts
  • Magazine
  • Write For Us
  • Facebook Facebook
  • Twitter Twitter
  • Instagram Instagram
  • YouTube YouTube
  • Twitch Twitch
© 2022 ITR Digital Media Limited. Read about our privacy policy.