Bacanator Posted May 24 Posted May 24 (edited) With the Enhanced Games making its inaugural debut today, it got me thinking about potentially good matches if wrestling was an event 57kg Thomas Gilman vs Daton Fix Both of these guys have been sanctioned by USADA but it would be fun to see their full potential. Give me Fix by decision 65kg- Jax Forrest, Austin Desanto Neither of these guys have been caught or accused of using steroids but I believe they would benefit greatly from them. Forrest puts on some mass and Desanto with roid rage would be an unstoppable force. Desanto by calf slicer 74kg- Meyer Shapiro, Tyler Kasak They can finally put an end to the drama and leave it on the mat, no more excuses. One of them will end up medical defaulting due to concussion protocol. 86kg- Aaron Brooks, Zahid Valencia Brooks isn’t even man enough to use real steroids but give Zahid a line before stepping on the mat and he’s untouchable. Enough said. 97kg- Yoel Romero, Kyle Snyder Both of these God fearing men would never touch steroids, unfortunately for Snyder this event is held in Vegas so there may be some distractions. Yoel by the grace of God 125kg- Brock Lesnar vs AJ Ferrari Give these guys high quality stuff and it’ll be a match like no other. Lesnar collapses from cardiac arrest and AJ saves his life after performing mouth to mouth. They walk off hand in hand both leaving the mat as winners. Who else would you guys like to see compete here? Edited May 24 by elijedi06 5
lowSingle155 Posted May 24 Posted May 24 Lol Directly related... Is wrestling in the enhanced games? About to go look it up
ScottishSteel Posted May 24 Posted May 24 1 hour ago, lowSingle155 said: Lol Directly related... Is wrestling in the enhanced games? About to go look it up Just quoting you to see what you report back Irrationally proud former WPIAL wrestler No Scotland, No Party . . . Go Beavs
Bacanator Posted May 24 Author Posted May 24 4 hours ago, lowSingle155 said: Lol Directly related... Is wrestling in the enhanced games? About to go look it up Unfortunately not, it’s a small pool of events. Track+Field, Swimming, and Weightlifting
LJB Posted May 24 Posted May 24 lame thread attempt not withstanding... Sunday, May 24 Event Schedule (All times listed in Eastern Time / Pacific Time) 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM PT – Opening events streaming live 8:30 PM ET / 5:30 PM PT – Pre-main event music performance by DJ Alan Walker 9:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT – Main event coverage and core competitions officially begin 9:43 PM ET / 6:43 PM PT – Closing Ceremony 9:53 PM ET / 6:53 PM PT – Headline performance by The Killers
LJB Posted May 24 Posted May 24 the chat says there 42 athletes total at the Enhanced Games... no clue is that if correct, but, only 3 women at 3 different weights for the snatch... which, their live stream just melted the cup and failed...
LJB Posted May 24 Posted May 24 Hunter Armstrong is an American swimmer who is a 3X (2 Golds) Olympic medalist and former world record holder and is competing clean because needs the money... the broadcast said he has been tested 3Xs since he has been in Vegas... crazy...
LJB Posted May 24 Posted May 24 speaking of enhanced... randy couture told a great story on the full tilt pod of seeing Karelin in the early/mid 80s when he was still wrestling age level... said there were DRs pulling blood between periods of a wrestling match so they could see exactly what was going on during a match...
LJB Posted May 25 Posted May 25 (edited) watching this "event" and has become abundantly clear there will not be many if any WRs broken... i was aware of the event peripherally only and had not thought about it in months... only 42 athletes entered... they made the comment that most of the athletes have been in Abu Dhabi being monitored and administered all these PEDs... so i started poking around the googlewebs and came across this article from a month ago... this is all an experiment and a commercial for the huge biohacking health industry... i am actually totally OK with it now finding out a little more... In a world where most Olympic athletes barely make enough money to survive, the Enhanced Games is offering hard, fast cash—a million dollars to break a world record, $250,000 to win a race, plus paid-appearance opportunities and a base salary in the mid to high six figures—all for 12 weeks of workouts and supervised PEDs at a five-star Emirati resort. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/inside-the-enhanced-games?srsltid=AfmBOop4th2bqSzZ18QlAxksT_GQCnZqdKF0fxjHz_EaLFVAF2cJ9Du5 Edited May 25 by LJB
LJB Posted May 25 Posted May 25 well... had to wait till the final event of the evening to see a WR broken... Kristian Gkolomeev from greece... 4X Olympian... biggest accolade is a silver at worlds in 2019... has been an athlete under Enhanced for quite awhile... i guess he set the "WR" last year which was surpassed and legitimately recognized a couple of months ago... the only WR set was from an athlete that has been under this company's protocols for quite some time (and he was wearing the full body swim suit which has been outlawed in international competition for quite awhile)... this was the longest commercial i have ever watched in my life... it was very clear from the first event what this was all about and again, i am totally cool with it... almost all the athletes were sequestered for 4 months given specialized training with the last 2 months being given their own special "protocols" of entirely FDA approved drugs/supps/PED/whatever you want to call it and meticulously measure and that was the whole point of this... gain real world data with former world class athletes who were no longer competing and see what this companies supplements and training methods and philosophies can achieve... i was entirely ignorant of what the actual agenda was as were the vast number of others judging by youtube comments (youtube commenters are even worse than anonymous forum nerds) and other things i saw online... i really wish i had paid more attention to the actual marketing of this event to see what was actually being promoted by the organizers so i could have an actual informed opinion of whether or not this could be considered successful or not... regardless, it was considered worthwhile enough to have investors throw a metric fuk ton of money at it and pull the actual production off and pay real money out these athletes for the first time in their careers... i suppose the only way to judge if the whole thing was an actual success is if there is a 2027 Enhanced Games announced in the next month or so... 2
ScottishSteel Posted May 25 Posted May 25 10 hours ago, LJB said: watching this "event" and has become abundantly clear there will not be many if any WRs broken... i was aware of the event peripherally only and had not thought about it in months... only 42 athletes entered... they made the comment that most of the athletes have been in Abu Dhabi being monitored and administered all these PEDs... so i started poking around the googlewebs and came across this article from a month ago... this is all an experiment and a commercial for the huge biohacking health industry... i am actually totally OK with it now finding out a little more... In a world where most Olympic athletes barely make enough money to survive, the Enhanced Games is offering hard, fast cash—a million dollars to break a world record, $250,000 to win a race, plus paid-appearance opportunities and a base salary in the mid to high six figures—all for 12 weeks of workouts and supervised PEDs at a five-star Emirati resort. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/inside-the-enhanced-games?srsltid=AfmBOop4th2bqSzZ18QlAxksT_GQCnZqdKF0fxjHz_EaLFVAF2cJ9Du5 A former intern of mine competed in it for swimming - that's essentially what he did. He "retired" from competitive swimming last year and the plan was to do this as a one off cash grab for himself before officially hanging it up. Irrationally proud former WPIAL wrestler No Scotland, No Party . . . Go Beavs
LJB Posted May 25 Posted May 25 Enhanced and it's "investors" paid out $6.6 million in prize money yesterday... i would not hazard to guess how much it cost them host 40+ athletes in ABu Dhabi for 4 months and take really, really good care of them... add in the cost of the supplements... then throw in the cost of the actual production put on in the middle of Vegas... all for one 6 hour long commercial... that should be a slight indication of how much money is in the self-optimization and longevity industry right now on this planet... 1
Mr. PeanutButter Posted May 25 Posted May 25 That 50 m freestyle finish seemed a little suspect. To my eye, it looked like the 20.81 flashed up on the clock just before Gkolomeev actually touched the wall. As someone who has been watching the sport since 11 years old, it also didn't look like there was a true 0.17 seconds separating 1st and 2nd place. BUT, the overheard camera angle can be deceiving hence why Olympics and world champs typically show the finish from the side.
MPhillips Posted May 25 Posted May 25 1 hour ago, Mr. PeanutButter said: As someone who has been watching the sport since 11 years old, Expert level... .
Mr. PeanutButter Posted May 25 Posted May 25 15 minutes ago, MPhillips said: Expert level... I have at least 2 years of watching swimming experience... 1
Mr. PeanutButter Posted May 25 Posted May 25 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYwAN9NyhDw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Video breakdown of the race. It's possible that the video and clock were simply out of sync but right now that "record" looks highly suspect
LJB Posted May 25 Posted May 25 clocks not in synch... video not in synch... camera not in preferrable position... suits used... it is not in anyway a legitimate WR recognized by the governing body... it is nothing more than a talking point for a self optimization company... a 4X Olympian athlete whose most notable result was a silver medal at worlds 7 years ago is considerably faster being past his prime using this companies protocol... good for him... 1
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