Wow…
If you haven’t seen the last few matches from Day 2, please do yourself a favour and rush to see what happened. Look at these match-ups for the day:
Abi vs. Daieisho
Kirishima vs. Takayasu
Hoshoryu vs. Midorifuji
Takakeisho vs. Atamifuji
Terunofuji vs. Wakamotoharu
All of these delivered.
It’s early days, but this tournament is already feeling like we could see a very competitive field fighting for the first Emperor’s Cup of the year.
Full results, highlights and analysis are up on Bloody Elbow now (link). Check ‘em out. And please feel free to chime in on the comments there (and here) about what went down.
There’s no spoilers in these emails, but folks may put some in the comments (so make sure you’ve seen all you want to see of the previous day before dipping in).
Bonus gif of the day is this guy who really wanted to show the yokozuna how much he liked his Day 1 performance.
That battle of Terunofuji vs. Wakamotoharu was one for the ages. I'm a big fan of the other Waka, Wakatakakage, and was rooting for his big brother. So happy to see a Gold Star win for him!
I suspect Terunofuji is still not 100% healthy. I've seen him pick up bigger guys than Waka and literally carry them out of the ring.
I hope Big T causes those knees of his no permanent damage. You gotta know when to quit.