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<blockquote data-quote="Black Omega" data-source="post: 656005" data-attributes="member: 79">Konishiki is brought up often as an example of&nbsp; the trouble foreign wrestlers have.&nbsp; He did come very close to Yokozuna but looking back at his career, not making him Yokozuna was probably the correct decision.&nbsp; He would have ended up on the Worst Yokozuna lists.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />It's much better now that&nbsp; the process is more open.&nbsp; Asashoryu knew going in that he'd need to win the basho and get at least 13 wins.&nbsp; That removes alot of the secrecy and&nbsp; rikishi a better idea of what is expected.As things stand now we have Musashimaru and Asashoryu as Yokozuna.&nbsp; Chiyotaikai and Kaio at Ozeki and possibly having what it takes to make Yokozuna.&nbsp; Possibly.&nbsp; Chiyotaikai typically beats Asashoryu and he's proven he can win bashos.&nbsp; But we'll have to see if he can make this last step.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Black Omega, post: 656005, member: 79"] Konishiki is brought up often as an example of the trouble foreign wrestlers have. He did come very close to Yokozuna but looking back at his career, not making him Yokozuna was probably the correct decision. He would have ended up on the Worst Yokozuna lists.;) It's much better now that the process is more open. Asashoryu knew going in that he'd need to win the basho and get at least 13 wins. That removes alot of the secrecy and rikishi a better idea of what is expected. As things stand now we have Musashimaru and Asashoryu as Yokozuna. Chiyotaikai and Kaio at Ozeki and possibly having what it takes to make Yokozuna. Possibly. Chiyotaikai typically beats Asashoryu and he's proven he can win bashos. But we'll have to see if he can make this last step. [/QUOTE]

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