Yokozuna, born Rodney Agatupu Anoai on October 2, 1966, and died on October 23, 2000, was an American professional wrestler best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation. He played a champion sumo wrestler billed from Japan although he was a Samoan American, managed by Mr. Fuji, who followed him to the ring with a bucket of salt and a Japanese flag, and he also wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling as Great Kokina. In the WWF he was a two-time World Heavyweight Champion, a two-time Tag Team Champion with Owen Hart and the winner of the 1993 Royal Rumble. He beat Bret Hart and Hulk Hogan at consecutive pay-per-views, in the main event of WrestleMania IX and at the 1993 King of the Ring, and headlined WrestleMania X. He was the first wrestler of Samoan descent to hold the WWF World Heavyweight Championship and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012.
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