'%20x='0'%20y='0'%20height='100%25'%20width='100%25'%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20xlink%3Ahref='data:image/jpg;base64,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'%3E%3C/image%3E%3C/svg%3E)
#1 - Yokozuna (Royal Rumble 1993)
I may get some heat for this. Opinions are opinions, after-all. Everyone has them. I am happy to agree to disagree. This was a very tough decision to make, but I felt that picking Yokozuna as my number one was the right choice for a variety of reasons.
Trending
Certainly, Yokozuna didn't eliminate the most athletes like a Diesel or Kane. However, for the time (1993), no one had seen a WWE Superstar this massive in terms of girth/weight since the days of Andre the Giant, and Andre was in a league of his own.
Will John Cena beat Ric Flair's record? A former WCW Champion thinks so HERE
Yokozuna entered the match at number 27 (statistics don't lie, boys and girls). Yokozuna came in and eliminated six WWE Superstars: Tatanka, Earthquake, Carlos Colon, Tito Santana, Owen Hart and "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Yokozuna lasted close to 15 minutes as he became the 1993 Royal Rumble winner by last eliminating Savage.
Having said that, Yokozuna historically became the biggest Royal Rumble winner in the history of the WWE, if you go by weights and measures here. Secondly, in comparison to guys like Kevin Nash and Kane, Yokozuna did win the Royal Rumble match versus coming up short and being eliminated.
Finally, Yokozuna was the first man to ever win the Royal Rumble match and go on to face the WWE Champion at a WrestleMania, which at the time was a new stipulation starting in 1993 to give the WWE Superstars an extra prize aside from bragging rights to winning the match.
Yokozuna would go on to face Bret "The Hitman" Hart at WrestleMania IX, defeating Hart to win the WWE Championship. However, Yokozuna would foolishly challenge Hulk Hogan following the title match, putting the WWE Championship at stake and losing to "The Hulkster" in a squash match to drop the title in mere seconds. Yokozuna would go on to get his rematch and his revenge on Hulk Hogan at the 1993 King of the Ring, then dominate the main event scene throughout the remainder of 1993.
Yokozuna would unfortunately pass away in October 2000.
Do you agree with this list? Who would you choose for your list of the greatest big men in Royal Rumble history?
