So Rikishi is One of the Greatest Wrestlers Ever...

[Tha Don]

Could of been World Champion! But the writers screwed him up from 2000 onwards.

[Bub (BLM)]

Nov 25, 2013 14:00:32 GMT -5 Todd Pettengill said:

Nov 25, 2013 13:15:06 GMT -5 Bub (BLM) said:

He was one of the most over guys during the Attitude Era. That says a lot right there.

I'm sorry, but this defense has become really cliche, and it pops up every time an attitude wrestler is being discussed.

I know that it really is a common argument these days, but if you go back and watch shows, Rikishi was sincerely getting pops on the same scale as Austin and Rock. That has to count for something.

[arrx]

Underrated. Not a top ten guy but much farther ahead then the likes of Jeff Hardy, Christian, Ziggler...

[Totorob101]

Dont think he is one of the greatest, but one of the most memorable most certainly.

[jason1980s]

Not over as a Headshrinkers, not over as Make a Difference, not over as Sultan. Three strikes and he should be out...but NO McMahon brought him back again.
If he had stuck with the Rikishi Phatu gimmick which was basic with a Yokozuna move or two, he would have gone nowhere again. But for his sake he got the stinkface, dancing gimmick and was hugely popular. I think McMahon has some deep seeded issues about wanting a guys butt in his face. If I were a WWE worker I would have refused and sued it I were fired. Roddy Piper said they couldn't pay him enough to take the stinkface. Good for him! It's logic and reason like that, that he is as successful and well off as he seems from the Wife Swap.

[Thunderbolt]

Rey's knee damage has gone to his brain. That, or all the dope he's smoked.

[Todd Pettengill]

Nov 25, 2013 16:13:27 GMT -5 Bub (BLM) said:

Nov 25, 2013 14:00:32 GMT -5 Todd Pettengill said:

I'm sorry, but this defense has become really cliche, and it pops up every time an attitude wrestler is being discussed.

I know that it really is a common argument these days, but if you go back and watch shows, Rikishi was sincerely getting pops on the same scale as Austin and Rock. That has to count for something.

I'm not saying he wasn't over, he was nowhere near the level of pop of Rock & Austin.
But, most everyone got great responses in that era (except for you X-Pac!).

[celticjobber]

I think Rey was getting Rikishi mixed up with Umaga.

[Bearer is God]

Man sure could sell a clothesline, at least.

[Slanted and Enchanted]

Nov 25, 2013 16:21:25 GMT -5 arrx said:

Underrated. Not a top ten guy but much farther ahead then the likes of Jeff Hardy, Christian, Ziggler...

Christian and Ziggler, sure, but definitely not Hardy.

[Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie]

welp
time to break out SMACKDOWN HERE COMES THE PAIN again, and make that bloody jumping beano my BIIIIIIIATCH, along with rifatso, george the dumbass steele and hilldummy jim

bloody mysterio

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

He's pretty much the prototype Ryback.

Big guy, gets unnecessarily over for his card placement, gets turned heel and fed to main eventers, no-one gives a f*** from that point onwards.

I mean he was massively over, but then everyone was in the Attitude Era.

[Deleted]

Nov 25, 2013 13:04:26 GMT -5 froggyfrog said:

I was in my apartment watching Raw a year ago when my non fan friend came over. Upon seeing what was on TV he immediately asked "Is Rikishi still around?" Don't knock the Kish

There was a time some years back where I spent a week in jail for a DUI.

Wrestling was tuned in and this guy came out and was joking on people about watching it.

He says "Yall are some hardened criminals boy. All about Undertaker and Hardcore Holly"

I still marvel at the fact that hardcore holly was one of his go to wrestlers. In fact, for those of you reading this, this will probably be the only time you see Undertaker and Hardcore Holly mentioned in the same sentence.

[Boo!]

He was a comedy character. He had a big-fat dimply ass and he rubbed it in people's faces. When he was promoted to the main-event it was hilarious that they didn't change his attire. How seriously can you take a heel in the world title scene who wears a thong for goodness sake?

[mrjl]

Nov 25, 2013 17:00:16 GMT -5 jason1980s said:

Not over as a Headshrinkers, not over as Make a Difference, not over as Sultan. Three strikes and he should be out...but NO McMahon brought him back again.
If he had stuck with the Rikishi Phatu gimmick which was basic with a Yokozuna move or two, he would have gone nowhere again. But for his sake he got the stinkface, dancing gimmick and was hugely popular. I think McMahon has some deep seeded issues about wanting a guys butt in his face. If I were a WWE worker I would have refused and sued it I were fired. Roddy Piper said they couldn't pay him enough to take the stinkface. Good for him! It's logic and reason like that, that he is as successful and well off as he seems from the Wife Swap.

according to Rikishi himself it was a fan who came up with the stinkface. He was wrestling Bossman, had him down in the corner and some woman in the audience yelled that he should stick his ass in Bossman's face

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Nov 26, 2013 7:09:27 GMT -5 Boo! said:

He was a comedy character. He had a big-fat dimply ass and he rubbed it in people's faces. When he was promoted to the main-event it was hilarious that they didn't change his attire. How seriously can you take a heel in the world title scene who wears a thong for goodness sake?

He had a big-fat dimply ass and he rubbed it in people's faces.

Nothing gives me a bigger boner than hearing this phrase. Awwwwww yeah