Top 5 All Jesus Team

[WrestlingRecords.com]

1. Aaron Brooks

With an under hook coming from the Holy Spirit, Brooks gets the #1 spot. His anti Yazdani Islam comments almost started a Holy War. 1x Olympic Bronze. 25-8 senior level wrestling record with a 76% win rate. 

Aaron Brooks' Record: https://wrestlingrecords.com/wrestler/aaron-brooks/

2. Bo Bassett

Credits Kyle Snyder with inviting him to his first bible study. U20 World Bronze. He's early in his senior level freestyle career, but already has a win over Anthony Ashnault at the 2024 Last Chance OTT.

Bo Bassett's Record: https://wrestlingrecords.com/wrestler/bo-bassett/

3. David Carr

Repped a '100% Jesus' headband on his way to 2 NCAA titles. Picking up steam on the senior circuit with wins over Alex Dieringer and Levi Haines to take 3rd at the 2024 World Team Trials. 31-12 senior level wrestling record with a 72% win rate.

David Carr's Record: https://wrestlingrecords.com/wrestler/david-carr/

4. Kyle Snyder

I can't think of any Christian with a more impressive resume. 1x Olympic Champ, 1x Olympic Silver, 3x World Champ, 2x World Silver, 2x World Bronze. He has 216 senior level wins, and has beaten 50 World/Olympic medalists in his career.

Kyle Snyder's Record: https://wrestlingrecords.com/wrestler/kyle-snyder/

5. Greg Kerkvliet

Probably the 2nd most outspoken guy on the Penn State team. He's also pretty early in his senior level career, but he has a 3rd place finish at senior nationals, and a 4th place finish at the Olympic Trials. 9-5 senior level wrestling record with a 64% win rate.

Greg Kerkvliet's Record: https://wrestlingrecords.com/wrestler/greg-kerkvliet/

Are these the top 5 Christians in US wrestling history?


 

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

3 minutes ago, WrestlingRecords.com said:

1. Aaron Brooks

With an under hook coming from the Holy Spirit, Brooks gets the #1 spot. His anti Yazdani Islam comments almost started a Holy War. 1x Olympic Bronze. 25-8 senior level wrestling record with a 76% win rate. 

Aaron Brooks' Record: https://wrestlingrecords.com/wrestler/aaron-brooks/

2. Bo Bassett

Credits Kyle Snyder with inviting him to his first bible study. U20 World Bronze. He's early in his senior level freestyle career, but already has a win over Anthony Ashnault at the 2024 Last Chance OTT.

Bo Bassett's Record: https://wrestlingrecords.com/wrestler/bo-bassett/

3. David Carr

Repped a '100% Jesus' headband on his way to 2 NCAA titles. Picking up steam on the senior circuit with wins over Alex Dieringer and Levi Haines to take 3rd at the 2024 World Team Trials. 31-12 senior level wrestling record with a 72% win rate.

David Carr's Record: https://wrestlingrecords.com/wrestler/david-carr/

4. Kyle Snyder

I can't think of any Christian with a more impressive resume. 1x Olympic Champ, 1x Olympic Silver, 3x World Champ, 2x World Silver, 2x World Bronze. He has 216 senior level wins, and has beaten 50 World/Olympic medalists in his career.

Kyle Snyder's Record: https://wrestlingrecords.com/wrestler/kyle-snyder/

5. Greg Kerkvliet

Probably the 2nd most outspoken guy on the Penn State team. He's also pretty early in his senior level career, but he has a 3rd place finish at senior nationals, and a 4th place finish at the Olympic Trials. 9-5 senior level wrestling record with a 64% win rate.

Greg Kerkvliet's Record: https://wrestlingrecords.com/wrestler/greg-kerkvliet/

Are these the top 5 Christians in US wrestling history?


 

Peterson brothers.  Nate Carr. Jim Gruenwald.  Eric Voelker.  Some Olympic medalists on there.  Most have become preachers/ministers/pastors.

[shiraz321]

I feel like Sidakov, Ramonov and Kudukhov should be on here

[WrestlingRecords.com]

8 minutes ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

Peterson brothers.  Nate Carr. Jim Gruenwald.  Eric Voelker.  Some Olympic medalists on there.  Most have become preachers/ministers/pastors.

Ok I didn't realize that. Then yea a lot of those guys are making this team.

[Gene Mills Fan]

On January 6th, 2020 Jordan and his wife Lauren welcomed there third child, a little girl, Rise Ivory Burroughs. Jordan is a christian who enjoys reading and spending time with his family.

 

[SocraTease]

I bet they couldn't beat the All Allah (or Mohammed) Team when you include Dagestan and Iran.

I'm personally rooting for the All Atheist, Agnostic or Buddhist Teams ... though they aren't as noisy and vocal about their views as the rah rah religious wrestlers.

[WrestlingRecords.com]

11 minutes ago, SocraTease said:

I bet they couldn't beat the All Allah (or Mohammed) Team when you include Dagestan and Iran.

I'm personally rooting for the All Atheist, Agnostic or Buddhist Teams ... though they aren't as noisy and vocal about their views as the rah rah religious wrestlers.

The All Allah/Mohammed team would be insanely stacked. I think they probably dominate this hypothetical dual.

[PortaJohn]

18 minutes ago, SocraTease said:

I bet they couldn't beat the All Allah (or Mohammed) Team when you include Dagestan and Iran.

I'm personally rooting for the All Atheist, Agnostic or Buddhist Teams ... though they aren't as noisy and vocal about their views as the rah rah religious wrestlers.

If I'm picking an all time fantasy team I'm taking all the zealots.  My atheist, agnostic, and buddhist buddies are rational enough to understand why

[Tripnsweep]

I wish I could remember who it was, but they wrestled seniors like 25 years ago and they had a blog about their wrestling stuff. Anyway they had an entry about losing to Ray Brinzer and there was a good solid paragraph about how Brinzer wasn't godly enough and he had some kind of dark cloud or something around him that didn't let the power of Jesus prevail against him or something. It was downright wacky. I really wish I could remember who it was. 

[BigRedFan]

For the All-Jewish team, you got Meyer Shapiro, Jonathon Loew, and half a dozen Finesilvers.  I got nothing beyond that.

[BarSeries]

 

[MPhillips]

17 minutes ago, BigRedFan said:

For the All-Jewish team, you got Meyer Shapiro, Jonathon Loew, and half a dozen Finesilvers.  I got nothing beyond that.

You have Alan Fried and then the rest.

[Hammerlock3]

We need a topic where we discuss which members of team jesus are faking it...

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

3 hours ago, BigRedFan said:

For the All-Jewish team, you got Meyer Shapiro, Jonathon Loew, and half a dozen Finesilvers.  I got nothing beyond that.

Fried.  Jeff Blatnick,  Damion Hahn.  Lynsey Durlacher?  I'm sure there's plenty more.

[pokemonster]

7 hours ago, MPhillips said:

You have Alan Fried and then the rest.

Beat me to it. Ironically he went to St. Edward's catholic high school. 

[pokemonster]

Which carries more weight, their holiness / likelihood of going to heaven or their wrestling record. 

Also, didn't realize David Carr beat Dieringer? Impressive

[Tripnsweep]

3 hours ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

Fried.  Jeff Blatnick,  Damion Hahn.  Lynsey Durlacher?  I'm sure there's plenty more.

Ophir Bernstein who wrestled for Brown and was a junior world silver medalist for Israel. 

[WrestlingRecords.com]

2 hours ago, pokemonster said:

Which carries more weight, their holiness / likelihood of going to heaven or their wrestling record. 

Also, didn't realize David Carr beat Dieringer? Impressive

Good question

[MPhillips]

2 hours ago, pokemonster said:

Beat me to it. Ironically he went to St. Edward's catholic high school. 

He went to St. Edward. Sorry. I know that wasn't the onus of the comment. It's like state to me...

[BuckyBadger]

21 hours ago, Tripnsweep said:

Ophir Bernstein who wrestled for Brown and was a junior world silver medalist for Israel. 

Cory Cooperman, Scott Schatzman, David Hirsh, Bill Hyman are a few others.

Not sure about Eric Tannenbaum

[wrestle87]

“Praise be to Jesus” is going to be a really popular phrase in the coming decade, you heard it here first.

#1 all jesus team is cael.  He’s the great helmsman who introduced the modern age of the best wrestlers to the positive impacts of religion on sports-psychology.  

Tom Ryan also doesn’t get enough credit for being an early mover in the golden age of wrestling bible belt, which in my opinion just ended recently.

[Gene Mills Fan]

I think I've heard a lot of praise from maybe above 50% of the national champions immediate off mat interviews, so maybe some spirituality can increase your inner drive and keep some demons away. Not a bad thing!! If you can't beat'em; join'em

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

10 hours ago, BuckyBadger said:

Cory Cooperman, Scott Schatzman, David Hirsh, Bill Hyman are a few others.

Not sure about Eric Tannenbaum

Of course! Can't believe I forgot Dr. Hirsch DDS MD.

I believe Dr. Tannenbaum is also of the Jewish faith, despite his surname meaning "Christmas Tree."

[BigRedFan]

1 hour ago, Gene Mills Fan said:

I think I've heard a lot of praise from maybe above 50% of the national champions immediate off mat interviews, so maybe some spirituality can increase your inner drive and keep some demons away. Not a bad thing!! If you can't beat'em; join'em

Causation and correlation and all that, you know.

[11986]

the untimely passing of Saitiev made me think of Brandon Slay, who deserves mention for the all Jesus team.