| 1 | 14.04.2024 | jackleone | 7.0 | A fine wrestler which changed many gimmick before finding the one perfect for him. I liked him in tag team in WCW, but my favorite Rikishi monster is as a monster heel in 2000, when there was Armageddon and he was a legit contender to the WWF Title. He had some trouble with weird gimmick in the middle '90s but after becoming Rikishi it was fine for him. I enjoy his babyface team with Scotty 2 Hotty and his dance moves after a match. Also, Stinkface is a fantastic babyface move that has been copied from many others. |
| 2 | 08.04.2024 | ShaneSpear | 5.0 | |
| 3 | 03.04.2024 | glhrams | 6.0 | |
| 4 | 01.04.2024 | teakay | 7.0 | |
| 5 | 01.04.2024 | Dirty Diego | 6.0 | The peak of his career was in 2000, he became an upper mid card guy when he was with too cool had a great unique look an was very entertaining, , wwf tried to push him to the top card putting him in a program with stone cold the man who ran him down he kind of came up short so true wwf had to get triple h to be the mastermind because rikishi was not on Austins level, after that his career went kind of flat, still better than your average pro wrestler thats why I gave him a six |
| 6 | 30.03.2024 | MrRaider959 | 6.0 | |
| 7 | 29.03.2024 | Schwatter | | Ich fand seine Tanzeinlagen sowie auch sein Moveset (auch wenn es nicht viel war) immer einwandfrei. er tat das was er konnte und tanzen und sein Tritt konnte er zu gut :) war ein netterer aufheiterer zwischen dem langweiligen Test oder Val Venis oder was auch immer und die Gastauftritte in seiner Tanzshow waren auch top. Ab 2001 wurde es dann aber leider ... naja es ging Berg ab. |
| 8 | 20.03.2024 | Jamesmac015 | 7.0 | |
| 9 | 16.03.2024 | ultravioletshiroi | 6.0 | Rikishi had charisma and he had some cool moves and wasn't a completely terrible wrestler, and he was a bit more athletic than many of the big guys during his time but that's not saying much I never liked the gimmick of using your bum as a move in wrestling. It's just silly and makes any wrestler doing it look like a joke. The stinkface is one of the worst moves in wrestling and I couldn't take him seriously especially when he teamed with Scottie2Hotty, another guy that makes wrestling look like a joke. |
| 10 | 03.03.2024 | Conquistador37 | 8.0 | Hard reset edit: Loved the early years of his career when paired with Samu. Loved the name "The Samoan SWAT Team". Every territory they went to: they elevated it and became a reason to watch. It was right away that he showed his phenomenal agility and outstanding kicks as well as that tremendous top rope splash. GREAT run before the WWF. The Headshrinkers was a stupid name and I didn't like the "can't climb the ropes with boots on" bit, more stupid. "Make a Difference" was inoffensive but went nowhere. I could tell he was The Sultan, I didn't really mind but still, he was better than that. Now onto Rikishi. Focusing on his buttocks was a bit too much but he definitely seemed inspired then (great chemistry with Val Venis). 2 Cool was one of the most over things in the history of life, he was the brightest spot of the team! The heel turn was notably POOR. Love watching him in Royal Rumbles. The way he does that one absurd "getting turned inside out" bump from a clothesline (you know the one) is surreal - how can a man THAT SIZE achieve such a physical act? The negatives are glaring, the positives age well. 7.75 |
| 11 | 29.02.2024 | Rainmakerwrestlinhfand | 4.0 | |
| 12 | 20.02.2024 | perconflncns | 6.0 | |
| 13 | 18.02.2024 | Nilesmania | 5.0 | |
| 14 | 02.02.2024 | KEI | 6.0 | |
| 15 | 19.01.2024 | skybo90 | 4.0 | |
| 16 | 24.12.2023 | Herr Kritiker | 7.0 | |
| 17 | 11.12.2023 | xitachi | 4.0 | |
| 18 | 29.11.2023 | Bar786788 | 6.0 | |
| 19 | 18.11.2023 | JediSaiyanMaster1203 | 4.0 | Rikishi is a good wrestler who knows how to perform in the ring and sell/bump like crazy, but I've never liked any of his gimmicks, don't even get me started on his run in TNA... |
| 20 | 10.11.2023 | AidanArcher | 7.0 | |
| 21 | 03.11.2023 | Akatsuki | 7.0 | |
| 22 | 13.10.2023 | andytuga86 | 6.0 | |
| 23 | 08.10.2023 | exequieljuzzle | 7.0 | |
| 24 | 19.09.2023 | DangoDaisuki | 8.0 | Von der ganzen Familie war Rikishi für mich schon immer einer der besten. Trotz seines Gewichts sehr beweglich, hat schöne Moves und wenn nicht sogar der Beste inklusive Rock. hätte meiner Meinung nach ein Topstar werden können wenn man ihn besser eingesetzt hätte. |
| 25 | 28.08.2023 | MooGati | 5.0 | |
| 26 | 22.08.2023 | ajfromcastlebar | 6.0 | |
| 27 | 22.08.2023 | Alons8hasaBrokenBack | 7.0 | |
| 28 | 20.08.2023 | Number One Omosapien | 7.0 | Man, he was so over back in the day. He was just so likeable. 2 Cool was really fun as well. Obviously has strong wrestling heritage. His heel run tho. Bad. "I did it 4 da rock" and then u have his son Jimmy potentially follow it up with the summerslam 2023 twist. But that's a topic for another day. 7/10 for Rikishi, he is very underrated |
| 29 | 15.08.2023 | xGAICHx | 7.0 | |
| 30 | 07.08.2023 | ViolenceBret | 7.0 | Rikishi deserved better come the Attitude Era... A solid worker, natural charisma and wrestling royalty (coming from the Anoa'i family). The Headshrinkers were a fun call back to the Wild Samoans, arguably more polished in the ring but not nearly as natural in presence. Rikishi had amazing chemistry with one Scotty 2 Hotty, and it could be argued that their title run along with his IC championship win were his career peaks. Yet we get to that elephant in the room, his TNA run was completely phoned-in. (Was anyone truly excited to be on TNA? Well, Sting and Jeff Jarret but that's besides the point.) Moreover, the Attitude Era had some really stupid moments, and Rikishi's rump becoming a key element of his move-set is one of them. If someone walks in the room who doesn't watch pro wrestling sees men and women shoving their faces in a giant Samoan booty, you'd have a lot to explain and defending it is nearly impossible. Thus some seriousness to Rikishi is removed and damage done to the legacy. As a "good guy" Rikishi was super lovable, but as a "bad guy" something was missing and audiences seemed to disconnect a bit. Weirdly enough the whole Sultan alter-ego was super cool, shame it never fully solidified. 7.8/10 for Rikishi sounds about right. |
| 31 | 25.07.2023 | Gold Fists | 7.0 | The run of Rikishi is quite an unfortunate tale of the Attitude Era. He got incredibly over by sticking his rear end in the faces of his peers while his in-ring work was highly overlooked. He was a solid worker and the way he sold clotheslines/lariats was pure gold, and was very agile and daring for a man his size (ex: diving off the cage). I feel like he still could've done just as good without the stinkface and the dancing in his gimmick. He's still the most known out of any members from 2 Cool. |
| 32 | 28.06.2023 | crippleddonut | 7.0 | |
| 33 | 26.06.2023 | Jersey Jimmy | 7.0 | |
| 34 | 18.06.2023 | Hiimfriendly | 4.0 | |
| 35 | 31.05.2023 | benh2 | 5.0 | |
| 36 | 25.05.2023 | Giantfan1980 | 6.0 | The most successful of the island boys post Jimmy Snuka (unless you count The Rock). A solid tag team wrestler then kind of a mediocre baby face singles run before hitting it big as Rikishi, then they screwed with his push by making him heel and he dropped out of site sometime in 2001 before coming back as a baby face and he stayed that way for the rest of his WWE run. 5 star wrestler, bumped up to a 6 for his best run in 2000. |
| 37 | 23.05.2023 | Mister Cute Face | 6.0 | |
| 38 | 10.05.2023 | tmxicon | 5.0 | |
| 39 | 07.05.2023 | PapaGus | 5.0 | |
| 40 | 07.05.2023 | MMSuperBoyo | 6.0 | |
| 41 | 01.05.2023 | BAZA | 7.0 | |
| 42 | 22.04.2023 | cibar12 | 6.0 | |
| 43 | 11.04.2023 | Chriswarrior11 | 7.0 | |
| 44 | 09.04.2023 | kmccoy83 | 7.0 | |
| 45 | 07.04.2023 | benny5bellys | 5.0 | He did it for da Rock. His career was going nowhere until Too Cool came along and he turned mostly to comedy. SST looked cool as hell but never really had great matches. |
| 46 | 05.04.2023 | zacharymahabir | 4.0 | |
| 47 | 22.03.2023 | Zorturim | 8.0 | Unfortunately, many have stopped at the comic side that the character has had in recent years in WWE. Not remembering or without seeing him fight. In the ring he was as good as few. |
| 48 | 26.02.2023 | Inserthere750 | 6.0 | |
| 49 | 22.01.2023 | King of Strong Style | 6.0 | |
| 50 | 13.01.2023 | joaosousa20 | 7.0 | |
| 51 | 07.01.2023 | ProWrestlingGuy316 | 5.0 | |
| 52 | 03.01.2023 | jonsnoe | 7.0 | |
| 53 | 28.12.2022 | AugustBurnsRed | 7.0 | |
| 54 | 07.12.2022 | khalek | 4.0 | |
| 55 | 07.12.2022 | Wooski1990 | 6.0 | |
| 56 | 04.12.2022 | BongStroman | 7.0 | |
| 57 | 05.11.2022 | ucey | 6.0 | |
| 58 | 25.09.2022 | GM56 Champion | 6.0 | |
| 59 | 15.09.2022 | Reinhard Lohengramm | 6.0 | |
| 60 | 11.09.2022 | JumpinJerry | 6.0 | |
| 61 | 17.08.2022 | turk | 8.0 | Unfortunately, Rikishi did not get the value he deserved from this site and got a very low score. An iconic star who has been one of the main stars of the Attitude era, and has also contributed to the development of many wrestlers. One of the most important members of the Samoan wrestling family. |
| 62 | 26.05.2022 | TheCoolGuy | 6.0 | |
| 63 | 25.05.2022 | CLUCK | 7.0 | |
| 64 | 12.05.2022 | MorbidAxis | 7.0 | |
| 65 | 05.05.2022 | cpatchj | 7.0 | |
| 66 | 05.05.2022 | MAGICIAN | 6.0 | |
| 67 | 22.04.2022 | Mudshow Idol | 7.0 | |
| 68 | 13.04.2022 | Sweet Fighter V | 6.0 | |
| 69 | 01.03.2022 | majorasmask12 | 7.0 | |
| 70 | 06.02.2022 | Wilins96 | 5.0 | |
| 71 | 20.01.2022 | OnlyHalfTheEffinShow | 7.0 | |
| 72 | 18.01.2022 | hirsty97 | 8.0 | Underrated here. He was obviously the best as the Rikishi gimmick and in the first year he was pushed as a main event star. He was great in the ring, he could sell and was athletic and was obviously convincing in his offense. Outside of the comedic stinkface his arsenal of moves looked devastating, he could have great singles matches with guys like Triple H and Val Venis. He would have benefited from a longer intercontinental title reign to build him up and the whole running over Steve Austin storyline was not executed at the right time. He had the charisma to work as a face but also the ability to portray a heel convincingly. |
| 73 | 05.01.2022 | MilkDDTea | 6.0 | |
| 74 | 26.12.2021 | Sloppy Sammy | 7.0 | Underappreciated. His early tag team work in the SST and The Headshrinkers was really solid, he had the size and aglity to work well with just about anyone back in those days. And once he finally found a gimmick in the WWE he really made it work. Say what you want about his weight size or the quality of his later matches, people are never going to forget the stinkface, or the fact that he was the only dancing fat guy in pro wrestling that actully pulled it off and didnt come off like a total geek. |
| 75 | 21.12.2021 | Scott Bailey | 7.0 | |
| 76 | 11.11.2021 | ElPolloLoco | 7.0 | |
| 77 | 12.09.2021 | Den003 | 7.0 | |
| 78 | 30.08.2021 | Justin7218 | 5.0 | |
| 79 | 01.08.2021 | Firebird22 | 4.0 | |
| 80 | 21.07.2021 | TeenageDirt | 6.0 | |
| 81 | 14.07.2021 | StrongStyle2020 | 6.0 | |
| 82 | 09.06.2021 | guysquiterio | 6.0 | |
| 83 | 08.06.2021 | booyakabooyaka619 | 5.0 | |
| 84 | 25.04.2021 | arkhamoutlaw10 | 7.0 | |
| 85 | 24.04.2021 | mjp28 | 4.0 | |
| 86 | 21.04.2021 | dwight | 6.0 | |
| 87 | 11.04.2021 | HunterHHH | 6.0 | |
| 88 | 17.02.2021 | becky2belts | 7.0 | |
| 89 | 28.01.2021 | forwardtodeath | 7.0 | |
| 90 | 18.01.2021 | max670 | 7.0 | |
| 91 | 05.01.2021 | eetasa2 | 7.0 | |
| 92 | 28.12.2020 | Ma Stump Puller | 7.0 | A solid if also underrated tag specialist with the Headshrinkers and his comedic part in 2 Cool: he was big but also athletic enough to bump well and could move surprisingly fast for his size. He was a great middle card wrestler and quite reliable in his better days, even doing some insane spots like a splash from the top of a steel cage, which you definitely never see from guys his size at all if ever. If anything he was the prototypical "big guy who can actually go" kind of style that we see today. People bitch about the whole Stink Face stuff but the fact of the matter is that it got mega over and made him far more memorable than anything else he did, so while it was goofy, it was very much over goofy, so it's excused in my book. His later career wasn't great, however. Increasing weight meant that he simply couldn't work the way he used to and the quality of his wrestling went way the fuck down to the pits as he just wasn't motivated anymore. |
| 93 | 26.12.2020 | Strong Zero Machine | 7.0 | |
| 94 | 20.12.2020 | Old ride long line | 7.0 | Rikishi was awesome. Too cool was his best stuff but the guy was extremely athletic. Rikishi held his own In an era that was star studded from top to bottom and in a different time he would have been a heavyweight champion. |
| 95 | 25.10.2020 | smarkcalaway | 5.0 | |
| 96 | 05.10.2020 | qaywsxed | 6.0 | |
| 97 | 28.09.2020 | texasyosh | 6.0 | |
| 98 | 03.08.2020 | antza | 7.0 | |
| 99 | 12.06.2020 | Khalid Ace | 5.0 | |
| 100 | 08.06.2020 | Same Old Same Old | 8.0 | Nostalgia aside, there's no denying over the course of his wrestling career he proved to have the athleticism and prowess as part of the Headshrinkers, something he would maintain later as Rikishi despite his size, which itself combined with his look made him standout. Rikishi would be his best known incarnation, one that would incredibly over the crowd at the time. It was goofy sure but fitted nicely in with the era but could still give off an imposing presence when needed. His heel run was however a disaster, being too much of a likeable and fun loving persona before, not main event material, but a very solid IC/mid to upper mid card talent. |
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