Rikishi – Gastric Sleeve Surgery

As a wrestler, your weight is always an asset. However, even that becomes a liability when it reaches beyond a point. Rikishi faced the same issue too. Despite his immensely successful and active wrestling career, Rikishi began gaining weight. However, this is not uncommon among sportspersons.

As they near their retirement or after they retire, they tend to add a few pounds. That could have been the case with Rikishi too. He decided to act upon it when the weighing scale was glaring with 425 pounds as his weight. As an instant weight loss was what his doctors suggested, he took their advice and underwent surgery.

After the Gastric Sleeve Surgery, he now weighs around 300 pounds. And going by his recent pictures, we believe he is following a healthy diet and workout too. We say so because he has managed to maintain his weight after the surgery.