For the first time in over five years, a winner take-all match occurred between two yokozuna on the final day of a sumo basho. Hakuho (going for the three-peat) vs. Asashoryu (first basho back from suspension after six months).
And it WAS a great match! A stalemate in the center, Asa being forced back but not out. Hakuho went for the kill again, twisted to his right and threw down Asa with all his might, uwatenage!
This was Hakuho's 6th Emperors Cup. Now that Asa has a real rival, I hope the excitement will carry over to the basho in Osaka.