Rikishi was one of WWE’s top stars during the Attitude Era, and when he turned heel he found himself involved in one of the company’s top storylines with The Rock and Steve Austin after it was revealed Rikishi hit Austin with his car.
Eventually Rikishi went on to become a WWE Hall of Famer, but he never managed to win the WWE Championship. During an appearance on the WrestleSlam Podcast, Rikishi claimed that a title win could have happened for him, but things didn’t pan out.
“You know what, that’s one thing that was always on my bucket list, if you’re in this industry and you don’t have your eyes set on the big prize, then I don’t know why you’re in it. It might take you one year, ten, fifteen years.
But, that for me was one of my biggest things, to have an opportunity to be WWE Champion and I won’t go into details but it could have happened during that time in the Attitude Era with the ya know, I did it for The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin blah, blah, blah, but business-wise, things didn’t pan out for me and that’s how that kinda came about, and at the end of the day I’ve gotta do what’s best for my family and wrestling will always be here and it was just bad timing during all that time, but I’m okay. I’m a WWE Hall of Famer, and that’s as big as that.”
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