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Headlines are cheap. Allegations given to DOJ. They are serious allegations taken from documents from that time. mspart

Taz is ridiculous. He looks like a lazy aloof dude who should be teched off the floor in about 30 seconds. Then he ends the match in about 28 seconds leaving you confused what just happened. Absolutely effortless not sure he even breaks a sweat.

Again. They never receive the original trophy. They always receive a replica.

Things I learned in this thread by deductive logic: Morningstar posts here Morningstar was sent to the zoo Starocci snuck into the zoo and smuggled out some DNA samples

Pocahontas herself? Schiff? Sanders? The ag of ny? https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5409088-writers-guild-accuses-cbs-bribe/amp/ None mention congress though. Standard political grandstanding.

I think I mostly agree but I feel more optimistic about making wrestling a little less fringe. Maybe not mainstream level but I do think the sport has potential to be a lot more popular. After all, it is significantly more popular in many other countries. As to your other question, being a former swimmer, I actually watch swimming more often than wrestling. Having recently discovered a love for sprinting, I have started to follow track pretty regularly

Most of his posts are

That doesn't mean it's not true. There's video of him pocketing a medal. The head of FIFA isn't going to tell him he can't have it, or that he can't keep the trophy intended for the CWC winners. FIFA might pull the games from the US anyway. So just because it's not in the news now doesn't mean it didn't happen. Unless you have the attention span of a goldfish.

Who says anyone is calling for Congressional hearings? Just Hurley. And he offers zero support for that claim. Take note that Hurley makes several statements in the opening paragraph that he backs up with links to related articles, but he has no link to his claim that Democrats are calling for hearings, and he names no specific politician. Hurley claims that Colbert is slanted (he is), but he appears even more slanted to Hurley because Hurley is just as slanted in the opposite direction.

I'll take it but it would have been nice to get us fans informed on it earlier. 6-4 is pretty respectable. mspart

Hamiti is just inexperienced imo. Hopefully this isn't his last international competition of the year

Thank you for sharing this I for the longest time thought Asher was in the Mccort pipeline that's huge for FCA because Mccort is probably going to be top 25 caliber at every weight aside from 215.

possible? not yet probable. wake me when evidence has been vetted. Headlines are cheap.

Think about it as paying 8 dollars to support wrestling. Unfortunately, it takes money to grow things. Without events turning a profit at some point or at least getting close a sustainable professional league will not exist.

All you say is true. So why is Colbert so important that we need Congressional investigations? mspart

What is bigger Epstein or Possible Obama interfering with a duly elected president before he assumes the office? I hope you say the latter. I am still on record saying that the Epstein files need to be released. mspart

It sure does. mspart

Oh I'm sure. Politicians gonna politic. mspart

what a stupid post

I'm just not going to go on pretending like wrestling is a few tweaks away from unlocking some massive fan base that was being gatekept from the sport due to a lack of accessibility, promotion, or coverage. Take three of the most popular sports in the Olympic games: track, swimming, and gymnastics. These sports receive massing viewership and interest once every 4 years. When was the last time you watched any of these sports on TV outside of the Olympics? I can be locked in on any of them for the games, but once they're over, I'm no longer following any of these sports, despite an enjoyable viewing experience. There just isn't enough excitement in the results for me outside of the magnitude of the Olympics. Now take a viewer that isn't a fan of wrestling, but watches the coverage during the Olympics, or even a casual wrestling fan that watches the NCAA finals every year.. there is a massive gap to cross to convince these types of fans that an exhibition that holds absolutely zero weight in the sport is worth their time.

This is another example of politicians being their worst self. And it is a bi-partisan issue. Same thing happened when Republicans voted against the CHIPS Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.

all 17 of them

Pay no attention to the Jeffrey Epstein client list. We have this to distract you instead.

Yeah, I agree with this. The last thing casuals want to see is a close but banal technical match won on criteria or something. Fans crave Spectacle Attachment Stakes So I don't see why RAF (or any other pro freestyle league) feels like they need to adhere so closely to UWW's format. Why not experiment and come up with something different but close enough to International Freestyle but with broader appeal? Fans are willing to sit through 100+ minute stretches of soccer players frivolously swatting the ball around just to catch a goaaaaal. Or a BJJ guy sitting on his ass like an idiot all match, only to finally see someone get caught in a submission. Why not encourage the same for wrestling? If casuals want to see wrestlers get pinned or tossed on their head, why not make slams legal, allow wrestlers to celebrate or even trash talk during breakages, or offer cash bonuses for pins? Also give casuals a reason to attach themselves to wresters. Create teams or play up wrestlers' affiliation with a city, region, or club that fans can get behind. Pro teams gain instant traction because a lot of fans, even if they aren't real fans of the sport, want to rep their city. And as others have mentioned before, there needs to eventually be real skin in the game for competitors. Title belts, a point system leading to a title, something. It would also help if the stakes were global and not just American as some might assume from the league name. And I'm not a big fan of sports betting, but that's another way of growing interest. People will bet on anything these days. I know this is all easier said than done, and next month's matches are just the first event. Just that, big picture, there's no need to be so strictly guardrailed by UWW's rules and that leagues have some interesting levers they can pull grow interest