10 Failed WWE Wrestlers Who Became Cult Classics
5. Yokozuna
Yokozuna is an easy wrestler to fall for. Simplistic as it sounds, to get the gimmick and the performer himself...just watch him work.
Springing around the ring for much of his WWE run, the former sumo star brought a legitimate air of menace to the company as its unwelcome champion. The gimmick and specifically his title push was rooted in racism, but the threat he held over the company's best babyface was as real-feeling as the organisation were capable of during a cartoonish time.
Hulk Hogan had shockingly been eliminated from the field, Lex Luger was trying but failing to replace him, whilst Bret Hart's near-miss at WrestleMania IX was gloriously paid off by a heroic victory the following year.
Debuting at a listed 505lbs before bulking up to 568lbs, then 641lbs, Yoko still moved about like a man a quarter of his size when topping out an at announced 800lbs in late-1996. The totals may have been arbitrary to a point, but the visuals did away with the need for the massaging of the figures.