Picture and Clip of Yokozona's first match in WWF as Kokina (Before gimmick change)

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Looks similar to Fatu there, just bigger. Vince really made him “Japanese” smh

Vince tried to lowkey recapture the magic by repackaging Fatu as Rikishi, but one dance segment with Too Cool tilt the axis in a completely different direction forever :mjlol:
 

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From my understanding of it all, Luger just wasn't getting over enough. Vince initially wanted to give him the belt at Summerslam, but he wasn't over enough, so they tried to extend it to WM but by then Bret Hart was clearly more over, so he went back to him. Royal Rumble 1994 played a big factor, because when they did the double elimination, the crowd went crazy for Bret and booed Luger. And it was in NY, where Vince pays the most attention to feedback wise. That didn't make the final decision for him, but it's kinda what tipped the scales in Bret's favor to get the title.
If I'm not mistaken wasnt Luger supposed to get the belt on some transitional shyt at WM10? Meaning he'd beat Yoko but lose to Bret the same night. But he got drunk and blabbed the finish or some shyt to some reporters.:heh:
 

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Looks similar to Fatu there, just bigger. Vince really made him “Japanese” smh

He actually was never billed as Japanese. He was a Japanese representative (due to the sumo thing) from the Polynesian Islands. He was also mentioned as one of the Samoans around the time the Headshrinkers debuted.
 

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If I'm not mistaken wasnt Luger supposed to get the belt on some transitional shyt at WM10? Meaning he'd beat Yoko but lose to Bret the same night. But he got drunk and blabbed the finish or some shyt to some reporters.:heh:
That’s false according to stuff I heard. They knew he wasn’t winning the belt prior to that, but Vince did have Luger on tapings with the belt to throw people off. They decided Bret was getting the belt in February of 94.

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Always blown away by how well he could move, considering. If he ever got to be a leanish 280-300lb dude, he would've been a freak athlete.
 

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That’s false according to stuff I heard. They knew he wasn’t winning the belt prior to that, but Vince did have Luger on tapings with the belt to throw people off. They decided Bret was getting the belt in February of 94.

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Vince did that to gauge response on occasion..he did something similar with owen hart. But Luger must have been too much of a head case that he didnt win not one belt during his time there.
 

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Vince did that to gauge response on occasion..he did something similar with owen hart. But Luger must have been too much of a head case that he didnt win not one belt during his time there.
According to cornette, vince really thought Luger could be the new Hogan, but people werent feeling him that much after the yoko slam
 

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According to cornette, vince really thought Luger could be the new Hogan, but people werent feeling him that much after the yoko slam

This is bullshyt. Lex was over as fukk in 1993 from the point of the slam and at Summerslam, then they had him win by count out and act like he won the belt and then basically took him off TV for 3 months (after Summerslam, he doesn't have a match on TV until November) and had him come back to feud with the Quebecers and doing jobber matches again. Vince self sabotaged for reasons only known to himself.
 
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