Yokozuna Terunofuji Yusho May 2023, 14-1, All Bouts

LONG MAY THE YOKOZUNA REIGN! I think I was more nervous about this comeback than I was during Hakuho's return finale. I consider myself a big Teru fan, and not that I didn't have faith in him, but wow there were more than a few tense moments of truth this basho...and yet he pulled it off in spectacular style. I gotta hand it to his knee surgeon, they did a great job. The match with Kotonowaka, and far more so that hard landing with Wakamotoharu...honestly I thought it was over in that moment. The faces in the audience seem to think so too....yet his domination continued, totally unfazed. Contender Asanoyama, Ozeki Keisho, March Champion Kiribayama...all of them outclassed by this beast of a man.

If, like Hakuho, he retires in the coming days, while I would be terribly disappointed, I wouldn't blame him too much. He has been and still is a powerhouse on the dohyo, and a model Yokozuna. At least to me, he has proved his worth ten times over, and I wish him the very best of luck. Cheers!

Day 1 vs K Shodai 0:00
Day 2 vs M1 Abi 0:30
Day 3 vs M2 Endo 0:49
Day 4 vs M3 Tobizaru 1:20
Day 5 vs M4 Ura 1:53
Day 6 vs M4 Nishikigi 2:34
Day 7 vs M5 Kinbozan 3:11
Day 8 vs M5 Kotoshoho 3:37
Day 9 vs M6 Meisei 4:03
Day 10 vs K Kotonowaka 4:50
Day 11 vs S Hoshoryu 6:05
Day 12 vs S Wakamotoharu 6:28
Day 13 vs M14 Asanoyama 7:08
Day 14 vs S Kiribayama 07:43
Day 15 vs O Takakeisho 09:28