'%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)
How did this legendary wrestler die?
On October 23, 2000, Anoa?i died from pulmonary edema in his room at the Moat House Hotel in Liverpool, England while on an independent wrestling tour in Europe. (Source: Wikipedia) At the time, it was widely reported that he died of heart failure or a heart attack, but this was later found to be incorrect due to his lungs showing severe signs of blockage due to fluid. Anoa’i’s weight at the time of his death was 580 lb (260 kg). The blockage in his lungs was mainly due to weight issues.
23rd October 2000 saw the death of one of the most famous wrestlers of the WWF era – Yokozuna.
The term yokozuna refers to the highest rank in professional sumo wrestling in Japan.
In the WWF, Anoa?i was a two-time WWF Champion and two-time Tag Team Champion (with Owen Hart), as well as the winner of the 1993 Royal Rumble.
Anoa’i was the first wrestler of Samoan descent to hold the WWF Championship as well as the first Royal Rumble winner who as a result of a direct stipulation received a world title shot at WrestleMania. He defeated WWE Hall of Famers Bret Hart and Hulk Hogan, in consecutive pay-per-view victories at WrestleMania IX and the 1993 King of the Ring, to win his two WWF Championships. He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012.
