Wrestlers With Sumo Offence

[GOTNW]

No point in discussing who the best one is since it's obviously Tenryu But I thought I'd make for a fun topic. There's also Taue obviously, as well as Rikioh and Wajima, Akebono (duh) and a few others I'm probably forgetting.

[El-P]

Love sumo guys, for obvious reasons (no spoil on current basho, thank you fellow sumo fans). Taue doing the tsuppari attack always gets a pop from me.

 

Meng did some sumo shit when he worked there (SWS I remember).

 

Kitao was plain offensive.

[rzombie1988]

There's really not many sumo moves used in wrestling to be honest. Some of the throws are definitely applicable though. Sumo's a really weird sport in that it is a fighting/physical type of sport but has almost no influence on any other sport.

 

Sumo is a great sport though.

[soup23]

Now that I have gotten into sumo I look forward to revisiting Akebono to see how he utilized those disciplines

[rzombie1988]

Now that I have gotten into sumo I look forward to revisiting Akebono to see how he utilized those disciplines

In Sumo, he was the master of using his long limbs to keep opponents away and slap/push people out.

[ohtani's jacket]

Sumo is a work.

[gordi]

Several of the IWE guys in the 1960s and 70s had sumo backgrounds: Toyonobori, Rusher Kimura, Takashi “Onomi” Ishikawa, Umanosuke Ueda... and maybe a couple more. I'm not too sure if they used a lot of sumo moves, though.

 

Rikidozan's chop is based on an open-handed sumo strike.