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Well yeah, obviously. Head, hands defense is... a given at this level of Wrestling. There's not a Wrestler who can be successful without having good head, hands defense. The down-blocking is... certainly not used as much, guys would rather come back up to their feet and re-attack, though I think you've seen a lot of PSU guys, namely Starocci and Brooks who have really dominated that position and scored and beaten guys there. That's one reason I liked how they Wrestled. They were just always in control and they were basic, but they were almost perfect in that. But even they could scramble. Even Hardy, Sasso, Askren... hell, Jaggers, they were head, hands defense first, but they could score if a guy got in on them. The only guy I'd say "invited" it in the biggest matches was Jaggers and he just went on a couple of heaters his Jr and Sr year. I remember a friend of mine calling him the "worst NCAA Champ ever," and I argued a little, but it was a pointless argument. But we're out there watching him win it again and I looked, didn't say a word and he just goes, "pft, worst 2X Champ ever." I understand what you're saying though, some guys are more dangerous counter Wrestlers. Hardy is one of them...Jaggers, Henning from Wisconsin was on his way to an NCAA Championship vs Trent(Travis?) Paulson when he was coming out the back and they blew it for Potentially Dangerous. The same thing he'd been doing all year. And he was very good on top. Not great on his feet(which is why Poeta always beat him) but... he was incredible with that defense. -Also, off-topic, but he was the same guy who was up... 7-2 IIRC on Ben Askren as a Freshmen in the State Finals. Henning had a Brother who was a 3X Champ, should have been a 4X Champ but he got upset as a Jr, so he was well known. Ben was not yet. Askren was down and... my memory may have made this more dramatic... but as I recall, Askren took him down or reversed him with ~25 seconds left, locked up the cradle and spent the last ~15 seconds with Henning on his back. Henning ended up getting the TD in OT, but great match by a couple of Freshmen. I didn't see Lewis enough, but... I was also thinking Abas and Kolat, Guerrero... and I'm sure a lot of others who I've mostly seen via video.
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Morbid celebration of ideological murder
GreatWhiteNorth replied to Caveira's topic in Non Wrestling Topics
Figured what out? Seems they figured out nothing, you included. "We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it." What everyone needs to figure out is that Kimmel wasn't calling out the kid as being MAGA, he was calling out MAGA for trying to distance themselves from this kid. - Today
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I think Miller is the much better get. I don't buy that Bartlett is waiting on Miller(or even that they're necessarily a package deal)... but I think Miller has the higher upside. Miller gave Duke a helluva match. I think that's.. pretty telling.
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Do you suppose it was another maga guy who shot up the ABC news HQ?
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Morbid celebration of ideological murder
El Luchador replied to Caveira's topic in Non Wrestling Topics
Ok play dumb, the rest of the world figured it out. -
More Good News For First Amendment Supporters
El Luchador replied to Wrestleknownothing's topic in Non Wrestling Topics
Forgive me for not accepting your take on the issue. I've heard way to many ridiculous lies this week. I'm sure this is just another gross exaggeration. It's not like PBS is an unbiased source. -
Morbid celebration of ideological murder
GreatWhiteNorth replied to Caveira's topic in Non Wrestling Topics
That's where your education lets you down. Nothing could be further from the truth. He clearly didn't say that, nor did he imply that in his actual words. You are twisting reality here. -
Morbid celebration of ideological murder
El Luchador replied to Caveira's topic in Non Wrestling Topics
He was clearly try to paint him as a maga guy. It was obvious to most people. He was trying to sell a lie -
Morbid celebration of ideological murder
GreatWhiteNorth replied to Caveira's topic in Non Wrestling Topics
Nothing, and I mean, nothing about what Kimmel said amounted to anything "vile." Kimmel simply said: "We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it." Wake up people, nothing about what he said is vile or terrible in any way. Nothing at all directed at Kirk. Wasn't attacking Charlie, wasn't celebrating his assassination, wasn't defending the shooter. He was criticizing the far right maga group for trying to benefit from the political fallout. Seems he was pretty close to exactly right. -
You can only change your competing nationality once.. so if Russia-Bulgaria transfer is complete (and I assume it can't be rolled back if the money is paid, documents exchanged etc), then Mamedov is stuck with Bulgarian wrestling nationality forever.
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Also did you notice that the 60; killings by the Left Wing Las Vegas shooter didn't make it under the proper heading.
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Top 5 cities in the us with the highest Muslim population and their mayors. Some of the mayors arenโt even Muslimsโฆ. Well not a lot of them. How are the Muslims voting here again? Red or blue. Dearborn, MI โ Abdullah H. Hammoud โ Democratic Houston, TX โ John Whitmire โ Democratic Minneapolis, MN โ Jacob Frey โ Democratic-Farmer-Labor (Minnesota Democratic Party affiliate) Hamtramck, MI โ Amer Ghalib โ Democratic Paterson, NJ โ Andre Sayegh โ Democratic
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I'm starting to think the stupid thing isn't an act. They party that says violence is acceptable at a rate several times that of conservatives and burns down cities and robs liquor store, shoe stores, and Verizon store in the name of social justice also commits violence at and incredibly higher rate.
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That's not how they voted and that's a fact. They are very much anti capitalism and love government programs for marginalized persons. They are the perfect example of Democrats buying their votes with the my money.
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Did I say good? Silly me. Bad. I meant bad. In the least surprising development ever, the man whose incompetence was revealed by a free press exercising our First Amendment rights, has announced a new policy to trample on the First Amendment. The Department of War on the First Amendment (DoWotFA) has a new policy requiring the press to sign a pledge saying they will not publish anything without the DoWotFA's approval, not even unclassified information, like say a story about the head of the DoWotFA using unsecure messaging on a government phone where a reporter has been invited into the chat, for example. https://www.npr.org/2025/09/20/g-s1-89713/pentagon-new-strict-guidelines-for-media But don't anyone worry. They will surely stop before any of YOUR rights are trampled.
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This is why the earlier comment that he should wrestle more tournaments makes good sense. Combine that with his remark in the interview about how many more worlds Snyder has competed in. Obviously worlds are just once a year but I think he needs more matches. He says he's way better in practice. This is not uncommon in sports. The remedy is to compete in non practice situations more. He is not someone who has showed a lot of ability to adapt in challenging matches, I think he would be well served to get more reps outside the practice cocoon. Again, this is very common in many sports. There's only one way to replicate competition which is to enter competitions.
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Does Helen pass burroughs and become the GOAT?
ionel replied to RawDog's topic in International Wrestling
He is still popular. -
Does Helen pass burroughs and become the GOAT?
bnwtwg replied to RawDog's topic in International Wrestling
We were both wrong it was Cerro Polado. Oh well, my point stands, and I don't really think "tough pool!" is any different than "Russian expat every round" like is seen in the current model. My comment about Fisher was tongue in cheek. He was the last person in the US to beat Smith and also the last to beat Brands. Popular guy I would reckon. -
Well his uncle also let his dad go (it was time) so ...
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I agree with real woods being most surprising. He seems to have jumped levels quickly considering he was in a couple nailbiters just to make the team at wtt. Levi is pretty surprising as well. I think we have several guys better than him at the weight and if he didn't perform well it would have been a bitter pill to swallow. Not surprised at all with Jax and Zahid after watching they way they handled Vito and Dake. Helen and Snyder have been doing this for a minute, it's just what they do. We all knew Trent was capable, glad he was able to put it all together and get it done.
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Favorite college wrestlers of all-time
DustyBottoms replied to Fadzaev2's topic in College Wrestling
Gonna be junior- the only one Iโm familiar with. His win over Hendricks in 07 was a heck of a battle. Thereโs just something about the special moments in wrestling - such as Perry finally beating the guy his uncle recruited over him. -
Former Wrestler Suspected in Death of 3 Girls...
1032004 replied to scourge165's topic in Non Wrestling Topics
Remains believed to be found https://nypost.com/2025/09/18/us-news/remains-believed-to-be-travis-decker-found-three-months-after-murder-of-three-young-daughters/ -
Which Mark Perry are you going with?
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Little Jimmy had to switch accounts
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I don't think you can go against your own evidence. Right wing affiliated or believers commit murders and assaults for political reasons at a much higher rate. End of argument. You lose. There's nothing more to say.