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Rikishi Opens Up About His Recent Emergency Surgery

Rikishi Opens Up About His Recent Emergency Surgery

Rikishi recently had to cancel some bookings after undergoing what was described as emergency surgery. And while the beloved WWE Hall of Fame hasn’t revealed what his health condition was, he has opened up about the situation during his latest podcast episode. In this, he would reveal that the operation lasted around six hours, and that it was “caught just in time.“

“It was an emergency type of surgery, and I’m going to leave it at that. It took about six hours to be able to be under the knife. I woke up feeling great… I feel like a new person. It was just one of those type of things that was caught just in time, and with the grace of God and the surgeons that were there that day, I’m here today to be able to sit and talk with you… I woke up feeling a different way when I got wheeled back to the room into the hospital.”Rikishi

Rikishi, whose real name is Solofa Fatu Jr., broke into the business in 1985. From there, he gained fame as Fatu in the Headshrinkers, capturing the WWF Tag Team Championship in 1994. Eventually, he would be pushed as a singles talent, being repackaged as The Sultan and later Rikishi, going on to win the Intercontinental Championship in 2000 and competing in high-profile matches against The Rock and Steve Austin.

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