Yoko in his prime would have squashed Austin like a bug.
Yoko in his prime would've been a tough opponent for Steve Austin. But would he really squash Steve Austin in his prime ''like a bug''?
In 1993-1994, Yokozuna was beyond unstoppable.
Not really, Bret Hart, Lex Luger & The Undertaker all won their feuds against him. Luger in 1993 & Undertaker & Bret hart in 1994.
The guy who came the closest was The Undertaker, and he ended up losing his first casket match to Yoko at the Royal Rumble.
Was it a dozen people who helped him? I forget.
Yokozuna dispatched Bret Hart at Wrestlemania 9, only to be blindsided and lose the title to freaking Hogan.
Bret Hart had him in the Sharpshooter before Mr. Fuji temporarily blinded him.
3 months later he squashed Hogan, kicking out of the leg drop and pinning him to win back the belt.
Who
was that camera man?
He never lost clean to Lex Luger despite all the effort Lex put in,
Maybe he didn't, but Lex still won and the only person I remember Yoko beating clean was Virgil.
and only lost to Bret when he fell back on the ropes. Bret didn't BEAT Yoko - Yoko beat himself.
But Yokozuna still lost, right?
Shocky showed the match recently of the only time Yoko and Austin faced each other. Yoko DOMINATED Austin the entire match, and set Austin up for the Banzai splash. At the time 600+ lbs, the ropes snapped under Yoko's weight and he fell to the ground only to be pinned by Austin.
Dominated but still lost, reminds me of the Stoke vs. Bolton game I saw on Saturday.
The 505-lb machine who ran the WWF for over a year wouldn't have snapped the ropes. He's have beaten Austin within an inch of his life.
But in all likelihood, Austin wouldn't have defeated him, Yokozuna would've defeated himself.
It's a damn shame and it makes me sick.
Yokozuna and his overhang make me sick. The only way he beats Austin is because he sits on him and Austin's face is buried into one of the places he can't reach to wash.
Yoko lost to Austin before Austin was in his prime, but that was WAY after Yoko's prime.
''WAY'' as in two years?
When Yoko was 600-someodd lbs like he was in that match, he was slow and sluggish. Same thing with his match with Shawn Michaels, when he was pushing 700 lbs.
He wasn't lightning quick when he was 470lbs.
The 505-lb Yokozuna was fast,
Fast for a fat man, it's like being smart for a down's syndrome man.
Was it that very same power that made him Yoko beat Yoko, not Bret beat Yoko?
He charged the corner turnbuckle like a train.
One that was carrying too much cargo. I think it was probably a train delivering paint, the tins, the liquid, that's be a really sluggish train.
He could hit the high thrust kick under an opponents chin with a split second opening.
So?
His Belly to Belly suplex was a risk any man took when they got close to him.
Surely it's the same with any wrestler. Get near him and he might hit you with one of his patented moves.
He once kicked out of a "pin attempt" by Randy Savage at the 1993 Royal Rumble by bench pressing the 250+ lb Savage OVER THE TOP ROPE.
Shows how stupid Savage is. Phoniest looking elimination ever.
If you want to feed me the "Austin wasn't in his prime yet" bullshit, I say fine, he wasn't in his prime as a CHARACTER, but as a wrestler, he was actually BETTER because Owen hadn't broken Austin's neck yet.
But people liked Austin more post-neck break and he had more classic matches from 1998-2001?
But make this a two way street - the Austin / Yoko match was after Yoko's career had started to decline as a result of his size.
Not due to wrestling politics, but because Yokozuna was a slob who didn't have the discipline to lose weight, which as a result paid a factor in him dying.
You go put 150 lbs on and tell me if you're as quick, agile, or have the stamina you have now...
Depends if I put on muscle or fat, surely.