Lets try something different. Who on this forum in their wrestling careers have fallen short of their badge rankings, met their badge rankings or exceeded their rankings.

[Paul158]

Have some fun with this. Could be interesting.

[DJT]

I got a couple starts but wasn’t the starter, so my forum career has now exceeded my wrestling career.

[Paul158]

Started wrestling in the 10th grade. I was  16 when i started my senior year. I wrestled in Ohio. Missed going to state by one match. Placed 4th in my district .Only 4 qualified.  The 3 that went to state finished 1st,3rd and 5th. Went on to college .Qualified for Nationals twice . A few years later at the AAU Nationals in the open division wrestled NCAA champion Keith Stearns in the finals and lost 4 to 2 in overtime. Toughest guy I ever wrestled was Joe Tice in the finals of the Las  Vegas CKLV tournament.

[Wrestleknownothing]

Does swimming count?

I will show myself out.

[DJT]

46 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Does swimming count?

I will show myself out.

I identify as a rock when it comes to swimming. 

[ionel]

14 minutes ago, DJT said:

I identify as a rock when it comes to swimming. 

Pumice, Seditimary, Granite ... ?

[Wrestleknownothing]

16 minutes ago, DJT said:

I identify as a rock when it comes to swimming. 

I swam competitively at a decent level though I never took a lesson and cannot float, fellow rock.

[DJT]

9 minutes ago, ionel said:

Pumice, Seditimary, Granite ... ?

Lobster 

 

[WrestlingRasta]

I was Jamaican national Greco champ, but couldn’t qualify for the Games. 

[Paul158]

1 hour ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Does swimming count?

I will show myself out.

Swimming counts as long as you were on the men's team

[ionel]

3 minutes ago, Paul158 said:

Swimming counts as long as you were on the men's team, not that anything's wrong with swinging (or swimming) the other way.

ftfy 

[Ohio Elite]

I won 4 state titles in highschool. Career record of 180-0. Teched and pinned every opponent.

 

Then I woke up....

[Paul158]

18 minutes ago, Ohio Elite said:

I won 4 state titles in highschool. Career record of 180-0. Teched and pinned every opponent.

 

Then I woke up....

For a minute there I thought you were Luke Fickel . I believe he only won 3 titles though.. My nephew did go 1st,1st,2nd, 1st in div 1  in Ohio. He wrestled for Walsh Jesuit.

Edited July 30, 2023 by Paul158
missed a word

[ionel]

23 minutes ago, Ohio Elite said:

I won 4 state titles in highschool. Career record of 180-0. Teched and pinned every opponent.

 

Then I woke up....

That was a long nap and bet you were exhausted after. 

[Ohio Elite]

50 minutes ago, Paul158 said:

For a minute there I thought you were Luke Fickel . I believe he only won 3 titles though.. My nephew did go 1st,1st,2nd, 1st in div 1  in Ohio. He wrestled for Walsh Jesuit.

Who's your nephew? That's impressive!

[Paul158]

18 minutes ago, Ohio Elite said:

Who's your nephew? That's impressive!

Clint Musser.

[Ohio Elite]

9 hours ago, Paul158 said:

Clint Musser.

Walsh went div 2 at some point in the late 90s didn't they?  I remember them beating St Ed's every year back in the day.

[Paul158]

Walsh went division 2 in 1997 . My nephew and all the Walsh wrestlers were very upset by the decision. From 1991 to 1996  they won 5 state championships in Div. !. Back then you usually were crowned national champions if won the State championship. In 1995 Walsh had 8 finalists and 5champions scoring 203 points. It was a great rivalry between the 2 teams.

[mspart]

I have definitely surpassed my wrestling on the wrestling chat boards.   As for swimming, I did swim team one year to stay in shape for wrestling.   I did learn to swim though!!

mspart

[Husker_Du]

On 7/30/2023 at 6:41 AM, Paul158 said:

Walsh went division 2 in 1997 . My nephew and all the Walsh wrestlers were very upset by the decision. From 1991 to 1996  they won 5 state championships in Div. !. Back then you usually were crowned national champions if won the State championship. In 1995 Walsh had 8 finalists and 5champions scoring 203 points. It was a great rivalry between the 2 teams.

that same year we lost to Walsh in a dual 27-27 (criteria-bouts won (i think)) after leading 24-9. two weeks later lost to them at Ironman. two weeks later at Reno we were 1st, Ed's 2nd, Walsh 4th. (i forget who was 3rd). 

Rudis did an absolutely tremendous doc on that Walsh era.

[Paul158]

5 hours ago, Husker_Du said:

that same year we lost to Walsh in a dual 27-27 (criteria-bouts won (i think)) after leading 24-9. two weeks later lost to them at Ironman. two weeks later at Reno we were 1st, Ed's 2nd, Walsh 4th. (i forget who was 3rd). 

Rudis did an absolutely tremendous doc on that Walsh era.

Which school did you wrestle for.

[Plasmodium]

I won almost 50% of some of my matches.  I am an All American here.  

[DJT]

8 minutes ago, Paul158 said:

Which school did you wrestle for.

The town where crayons are made.

(I’m full of useless knowledge.)

[Plasmodium]

13 minutes ago, DJT said:

The town where crayons are made.

(I’m full of useless knowledge.)

Red Rover, Red Rover, let Willie come over?

[Jason Bryant]

Pretty well-documented that I never wrestled a varsity match … so pretty much every rank was better.