I experienced a level of intensity and thrill that was completely different from football or sumo wrestling — something truly unique to WWE.” ...

Hidetora Hanada showed off some flexibility--testing poses straight out of a sumo wrestling handbook, including deep squats that had some players grimacing. Just a tiny glimpse into why he’s a ...

Hanada, who won the all-Japan amateur sumo championships as a university ... who was born to a former wrestler father and a former judoka mother. He began participating in sumo when he was a ...

WWE has offered a NIL deal to Hidetora Hanada, a defensive lineman at Colorado State. Hanada is a former Sumo Grand Champion, winning gold in the 2022 World Games. Hanada attended WWE Royal Rumble on ...

Obviously, Hanada's current position with Colorado State made him eligible to receive the NIL deal, but his history in sumo wrestling makes him one of the more unique WWE NIL athletes. After ...

WWE has signed Hidetora Hanada, a defensive lineman at Colorado State and former sumo grand champion to one of the company's NIL deals.

In a post to Instagram, Hanada said (via translation from Japanese ... thrill that was completely different from football or sumo wrestling—something truly unique to WWE.