In the summer of 1986, undefeated 23 yr old phenom John Tenta rocked the sumo world, already reeling from Hiroshi Wajima’s scandal/defection, by announcing his retirement and intention to join All Japan Pro Wrestling. As a result, AJPW was barred from Ryogoku Kokugiken until 2004 pic.twitter.com/DDiWhKhYj1

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