Most Entertaining Match of all Time

[11986]

Ironside Kolat

 

[666]

I'd say the best matches I've seen were the Dake/Taylor matches at the Scuffle and NCAA finals, and the Mark Schultz battle against Ed Banach in 1982. 

[AgaveMaria]

Love this one.

Banach being touted as a 4 time Champion - before winning his 3rd Title.

Mark Schultz went up a weight class specifically to prevent it happening.

The rest is history.

[timmcnaughton3294]

Jayson Ness vs Danial Dennis NCAA Finals

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[Hammerlock3]

7 hours ago, Gene Mills Fan said:

 

i was gonna say it gotta be one of gene mills insane matches

[Hammerlock3]

this is my pic, amazing start to finish, one of the craziest ending flurries. result overturned unfortunatly....

[BruceyB]

27 minutes ago, timmcnaughton3294 said:

Jayson Ness vs Danial Dennis NCAA Finals

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I can't even enjoy it because the complete devastation of Dennis is just too hard to watch.

[Hammerlock3]

it also has a 5 I'd put up against pretty much any other

[RawDog]

You just got to tire em out from bottom

[RawDog]

12 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Vincenzo Joseph vs Alex Marinelli 3

• Hostile environment.
• One point dual with PSU needing this one for a chance (they lost anyway).
• Marinelli leads the series 2-0 at this point.
• Two guys who love the upper body ties.
• Many upper body ties.
• Blood. Lots and lots of blood.

 

All three of these matches were awesome!

[Ohio Elite]

A nice breakdown of their best match imo.

 

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

7 hours ago, RawDog said:

All three of these matches were awesome!

And Marinelli generally didn't bring the excitement, especially in big matches.

[Truzzcat]

could pick a lot of these guys matches from 2018 one hell of a series 

 

 

[H82Lose]

21 hours ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

A lot of McIlravy matches.

Start with this one:

Skip most of the Bono matches.

 

P.S. I had Nolf in my top 15 college faves of all-time on the other thread.  I realized I had omitted McIlravy.  It really was no contest.  Gotta go with Lincoln.

MCILRAVY....

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

 

[Konquest]

The Nolf-IMAR NCAA final was amazing.  When I was a teenager the Joe Wiliams/Ernest Benion NCAA final was a pretty awesome one.  Also loved the NCAA final when Steve Marianettii upset MacIllravy at CHA.

[Lleynor]

22 hours ago, timmcnaughton3294 said:

Jayson Ness vs Danial Dennis NCAA Finals

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This match got many people into watching wrestling. Never give up. 

[666]

23 hours ago, AgaveMaria said:

Love this one.

Banach being touted as a 4 time Champion - before winning his 3rd Title.

Mark Schultz went up a weight class specifically to prevent it happening.

The rest is history.

Jeez, Schultz was pretty bad at turk rides, wasn't he? 

OU had a nasty team back in the 80s! 

Edited Thursday at 11:59 PM by 666

[BarSeries]

 

[Gene Mills Fan]

5 minutes ago, BarSeries said:

 

Penn State wrestlers finish because they get on their toes and pressure forward on their single legs. so many wrestlers try to pull in a sprawl. Also watch how Haines finished on Otoole in the freestyle match. 

[666]

On 1/8/2025 at 4:41 PM, Wrestleknownothing said:

Vincenzo Joseph vs Alex Marinelli 3

• Hostile environment.
• One point dual with PSU needing this one for a chance (they lost anyway).
• Marinelli leads the series 2-0 at this point.
• Two guys who love the upper body ties.
• Many upper body ties.
• Blood. Lots and lots of blood.

 

I really admired Joseph's wrestling. He wasn't a great technician, but I appreciated his fearlessness on the mat. After losing to IMAR twice as a FR, Joseph stuck him in the finals. I like when guys aren't afraid to go upper body. 

[Schuteandscore]

On 1/8/2025 at 7:33 PM, timmcnaughton3294 said:

Jayson Ness vs Danial Dennis NCAA Finals

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Loved this one 

[Gene Mills Fan]

Happy Friday Wrestling Fans

[666]

On 1/9/2025 at 12:41 PM, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

And Marinelli generally didn't bring the excitement, especially in big matches.

It still amazes me that Marinelli never made the NCAA finals. Dominant during the regular season, won B1G every time, then crumbled like a 10 day old cookie under the bright lights at NCAAs. Well that might be a bit of an overstatement considering he was a 3 time AA, but you know what I mean.  I'm still a little surprised he never finished higher than 5th. 

[Spencerlee]

On 1/8/2025 at 10:51 PM, RawDog said:

All three of these matches were awesome!

They actually wrestled 4 times with Bull winning 3 of them.