Kishinoyama

The fusen basho for covid does not bother me in the least. There is no doubt in my mind that Tamawashi would have been on the dohyo all 15 days of the tournament. It wasn’t like he had a choice in the matter. If anything, he lost 15 days that could be added to his overall total when he finally does retire.

Yes, I remember those days. I guess it all depends on which proper dominant Yokozuna it is. In the past, when I checked sumo reference and found that Hakuho had lost, I immediately knew that their would be happiness in the discussion thread. Of course some people here don't think that Hakuho was a proper Yokozuna but I don't think they can deny that at one time, he was dominant.

This is the crazy (or ridiculous) predictions thread. He has never got a yusho but he has nine jun-yusho. Thus my prediction for a yusho by Takayasu in this thread. As a stated in my other post, he lost in a playoff in March. That isn't that long ago and if his back is healthy, he can win in double digits. One more thing. He can beat Hoshoryu when he is not healthy.

I don’t understand what you are trying to say. Takayasu has nine jun-yusho in his career including one in March, earlier this year, when he lost in a playoff.

Oh why not. Takayasu = yusho

I wish him a long and happy career as an oyakata. I really wish that he had not gotten injured. I wanted to see if he really was “destined for greatness” as Kintamayama alluded to. We will never know.

No but he is better than Hiro. I watch the broadcast, thanks to Kintamayama, with the volume set very low. That way the commentary is not nearly as annoying.

Even though I don’t understand very much of the Japanese language, I prefer to hear the Japanese announcers. Of all of the English announcers, Murray is by far my favorite and Hiro is my least favorite. Hiro’s vocal tone is grating to me and he also talks too much for my liking.

I remember seeing this when it came out and I have watched it a few more times over the years. As a pre-teen, I was mesmerized. Looking back, I realize how silly the whole thing was. That didn’t keep me from watching it again though. A couple of interesting things about the movie. Other sources and Ace say that Peter’s voice was dubbed in the movie (although he denies this). Also, one scene clearly shows Ace’s stunt double taking his place. Ace got into an argument with the director and left the set.

My favorite member of KISS. The interview that KISS did back in 1979 with Tom Snyder is a must see if you are an Ace fan. Ace had been drinking before the interview (no surprise there) and was having a blast during the interview. Gene was fuming. Paul was confused. Peter Criss was along for the ride and enjoying watching Gene and Paul squirm. It should be noted that Ace stated that he had been sober since 2006 and I believe that he was. He was unsteady on his feet the last couple of years and after all, he was 74. Anyway, here is a link to the video:

I am surprised that some forum members here are disappointed in the quality of sumo. Did you really expect the rikishi would go all out and risk injury that could potentially cause them to miss the Kyushu tournament? While I can understand the disappointment for hardcore sumo fans, this is more of a good will tour / exhibition and is a “show” and should be treated as such. Those that don’t know much about the sumo would probably think that the rikishi were going all out and there is nothing wrong with that.

There should be at least two planes. The NSK doesn’t want to take a chance of something happening to all of the rikishi at the same time.

I guess Shimanoumi just missed out as well and will be at Ms1w with that 2-5 record.

I get rid of the "s" and everything works fine but I have to check the address every time and make sure the dreaded "s" is not there.

Aonishiki might be in second place by himself but he was still in Juryo in January.