The differences between Japanese sumo wrestling and American professional wrestling couldn't be more similar... or so they seem. sumo
TOKYO: President Donald Trump will be ringside Sunday for Tokyo’s big sumo tournament, but if he hopes his longtime love of US-style professional wrestling will give him special insight into the action, he better think again.
Not only fists and body slams are used, but also chairs, ladders, snakes and fire — that’s right, the ring was once set on fire. But these players are steeped in centuries-old Japanese traditions rooted in the Shinto religion, starting with the sipping of sacred water and the sprinkling of purifying salt before each bout.
In the WWE? Referees’ decisions are not only challenged, but the referees themselves are frequently clobbered by the wrestlers.Trump loves the razzmatazz, the lurid spectacle and the money of WWE. He once body-slammed and shaved the head of an American wrestling bigwig during a televised event.
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