Following his surprise retirement last week, the former Patriots tight end has revealed that his next step will be to move to Japan and see how high up the professional sumo ranks he can climb. Gronkowski, who has previously moonlighted in professional wrestling, said that the move was inspired by Tom Brady’s visit to Japan in 2017, when the Patriots quarterback visited Sakaigawa beya and trained with none other than Ozeki Goeido. He plans to use the connections Brady made during the visit to enter the sumo world.
Gronkowski, who stands 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) and weighs 268 lb (122 kg), knows that while he is big for an NFL tight end, he will need to put on some weight to succeed in professional sumo. Having famously not touched any of his career NFL earnings, “Gronk” says that he is prepared for heya life and looks forward to doing the chores that are expected of low-ranked rikishi. “I’ve read John Gunning’s article (on foreigners entering sumo), and I am not taking this lightly,” he said.
You can read the full interview with Gronkowski here.
I was born at night, but not last night ;)
If only I could figure out how to use the scheduling function properly…
If it went out early, I blame me. I think the website time is set to Japan, or GMT or something.
Happy Don’t-Believe-Anything-You-Read-Online-Day to you guys, too 😜
I have a hard time remembering holidays and so I don’t really pay attention to the calendar. You guys got me, my jaw dropped reading this. I’m even thinking you know what new era and new superstar in sumo “F” it I’m excited and then I realized its March 31st.
April fools day in Japan.
With Asashoryu, Brock Lesnar and Tyson Fury already training for their debuts in Takanohana’s breakaway New Sumo Association we could be in for a very interesting year.
:-) April Fools?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
First catch of the April 1 Day for me…a good one. Thanks, guys.
The timing got me. Good job.
You should have hidden the man’s age. The age limit is 23, 25 in special cases.
Anyone who knows that probably wasn’t the intended audience ;)
I love April
He’s too old to start out as a professional. He needs to be younger than 23 years old.
Ha ha ha ha ha! Too funny!
First April Fool’s joke of the day!
Thanks for the laugh.
I recieved it on the 31st. and wasn’t thinking April fools. First thought was, he would never make it.
Second was thinking of how much fun it would be to see Gronk getting smashed!