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**Event:** 9 challengers compete against Yama, a 600-pound professional sumo wrestler from Japan, to win $1,000.
**Objective:** Last 30 seconds in the ring to win $500 or 1 minute to win $1,000.
**Results:**
* 8 out of 9 challengers were quickly defeated, with most lasting only 2-9 seconds.
* Notable performances:
+ Ariel (wrestling background): lasted 9 seconds, won $100.
+ Dylan (actor, mistakenly introduced as a 5th-degree black belt): showed a valiant effort, won $100.
+ Marty Daniels: lasted 37 seconds, won $500 (just shy of the 1-minute mark).
**Outcome:** None of the challengers won the full $1,000. The event concluded with appreciation for Yama's skills and a newfound respect for the art of sumo.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, numbered and in short sentences:
1. **9 challengers participated** in a sumo wrestling competition against a professional sumo wrestler.
2. **Prize money**: $1,000 for winning the match, with intermediate prizes for lasting 30 seconds ($500) or a full minute ($1,000).
3. **Opponent's name**: Yama, a 600-pound professional sumo wrestler from Japan.
4. **Yama's record**: Heaviest Japanese sumo wrestler in recorded history and a multi-time sumo world champion.
5. **Competition format**: Challengers took turns wrestling Yama, with their goal being to last a set time or win by getting Yama out of the ring or making him touch the ground with a body part other than his feet.
6. **Challengers' backgrounds** (mentioned, not exhaustive):
* Andrew Paulus: 5th-degree black belt
* Damian: 6th-degree black belt
* Dylan: Actor (also revealed to be a 5th-degree black belt)
* Ariel Jean: Wrestling background
* Michael Hernandez: Amazing kicks, black belt
* Marty Daniels: Unknown background, focused on survival
7. **Match outcomes** (not all challengers are listed, but key outcomes):
* Jason Wixom: Lasted 2 seconds
* Unnamed challenger: Lasted less than 2 seconds
* Damian: Lasted an unspecified short time (doubled the previous record, implied to be very short)
* Lee: Set a record (later broken), lasted an unspecified time, received $100
* Andrew: Lasted 3 seconds, received $100
* Ariel Jean: Lasted 9 seconds, set a new record at the time, received $100
* Dylan: Strategy was to go around Yama, lasted an unspecified short time, received $100
* Marty Daniels: Lasted 37 seconds, received $500