6 WWE Superstars who were told to lose weight

#2 and #1 WWE legends Vader and Yokozuna

Vader and Yokozuna were two of the largest WWE Superstars in the 1990s.

Speaking to POST Wrestling in 2018, former WWE executive Jim Ross spoke about the time that the two Superstars were sent to the same clinic in an attempt to help them both lose weight.

The plan backfired, though, as the heavyweights went against orders by leaving the clinic at night to eat more food.

“I remember sending Leon [Vader] and Yokozuna to the Duke Weight Loss Clinic at Duke University in North Carolina. I got the first report and they had only been there a week and they had gained weight. We found out they were sneaking out at night and going to get chicken.”

Bruce Prichard said on his Something to Wrestle With podcast (listen above) in 2019 that Yokozuna lost around 100 lbs after taking time off from WWE in the summer of 1996.

However, despite his attempts to lose weight, the former WWE Champion was unable to satisfy Vince McMahon and the New York State Athletic Commission, and he was no longer deemed healthy enough to compete for WWE following his appearance in an eight-man tag team match at Survivor Series 1996.