Rikishi opens up on if there were plans for him to become WWE Champion. The Hall of Famer was a huge name during the Attitude Era.
Rikishi was one of the most well known wrestlers in the WWE during his prime. He won several championships with the promotion. Rikishi is a former Intercontinental Champion and has also won the tag championships thrice. However, the WWE Championship eluded him.
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During a recent appearance on the the WrestleSlam podcast, the WWE Hall of Famer discussed if a run with the top title was ever planned for him. He also spoke about his satisfaction with his career despite never having a run with the world title.
Rikishi opens up on if there were plans for him to become WWE Champion
“You know what, that’s one thing that was always on my bucket list, if you’re in this industry and you don’t have your eyes set on the big prize, then I don’t know why you’re in it. It might take you one year, ten, fifteen years. But, that for me was one of my biggest things, to have an opportunity to be WWE Champion and I won’t go into details but it could have happened during that time in the Attitude Era with the ya know, I did it for The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin blah, blah, blah, but business-wise, things didn’t pan out for me and that’s how that kinda came about, and at the end of the day I’ve gotta do what’s best for my family and wrestling will always be here and it was just bad timing during all that time, but I’m okay. I’m a WWE Hall of Famer, and that’s as big as that.”
Rikishi also spoke about his heel turn revealing why he did it.
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