Real American Freestyle

[Ragu]

9 hours ago, BigRedFan said:

possibly

There is no doubt. He breaks his own WR, albeit a cm at a time, whenever he wants

[Doublehalf]

2 hours ago, Ohio Elite said:

 

The other way to look at this is him saying in the back of his mind "If Hulk Hogans league existed I may not have made even close to the amount of money I did in the WWE...phew"

[1032004]

10 minutes ago, Doublehalf said:

The other way to look at this is him saying in the back of his mind "If Hulk Hogans league existed I may not have made even close to the amount of money I did in the WWE...phew"

Haha exactly.  Love the ambition but this is now getting into fantasy territory unless he’s saying he would have rather been in a “real” wrestling league even if he would have made like 1/10 (maybe less) the money that he ended up making.

[ScottishSteel]

17 hours ago, Mr. PeanutButter said:

I think I mostly agree but I feel more optimistic about making wrestling a little less fringe. Maybe not mainstream level but I do think the sport has potential to be a lot more popular. After all, it is significantly more popular in many other countries. 

As to your other question, being a former swimmer, I actually watch swimming more often than wrestling. Having recently discovered a love for sprinting, I have started to follow track pretty regularly 

Mrs. ScottishSteel was a D1 400m track athlete; track is on fairly regularly and NCAAs, Worlds, Olympics is appointment viewing.  I've grown to enjoy it a lot - it's pushing the limits of the human body in it's most simplest forms.   Who is the fastest at X distance? Who can throw this object the farthest? etc. 

[ScottishSteel]

2 hours ago, Ragu said:

There is no doubt. He breaks his own WR, albeit a cm at a time, whenever he wants

I believe he gets a solid cash bonus every time he breaks the WR so he's just doing it in tiny increments so he can almost always break his own record and get the bonus

[Truzzcat]

I am not sure if fox has any relation with the UFC but a deal with UFC fight pass, I think would have been really beneficial. Your best chance of getting people immediately outside of wrestling fandom is the MMA crowd. I follow a few Russian accounts on twitter and some of them are Dagestani and some are Chechen, and they follow both the wrestlers and MMA guys from that region religiously. I think they would tune into cards to see young prospects that may still be in the amateur scene wrestle similarly to how they watch them do grappling events. 

[MizzouFan01]

This is an interesting match. Sinclair is probably a huge dog, but he’s a goer. 

[1032004]

On 7/15/2025 at 7:17 PM, 1032004 said:

 I know you’re the brain so maybe you still have some tricks up your sleeve, but so far all RAF has done is pay the most money to get the biggest names, and announce that the first venue will be at a school that just cut wrestling.
 

 

Thank you @Husker_Du for explaining on the show that the contract was signed while you still thought there was a chance Cleveland State could come back.

[Mr. PeanutButter]

13 hours ago, MizzouFan01 said:

This is an interesting match. Sinclair is probably a huge dog, but he’s a goer. 

As he gets younger, he gets heavier

It's usually the other way around

[bnwtwg]

3 minutes ago, Mr. PeanutButter said:

As he gets younger, he gets heavier

It's usually the other way around

It's just baby fat

[wrestlingfan22]

The Real American has passed away. Wonder how this impacts RAF

[Fletcher]

26 minutes ago, wrestlingfan22 said:

The Real American has passed away. Wonder how this impacts RAF

God's way of saying He prefers folkstyle.

[MPhillips]

There she goes...

[Ragu]

54 minutes ago, wrestlingfan22 said:

The Real American has passed away. Wonder how this impacts RAF

First card attributed to the man who got RAF off the ground, at the very least helped, so I don’t think this news tanks it 

[CHROMEBIRD]

Wow. Ozzy, Theo Huxtable, and the Hulkster. These things really do come in 3s.

[Fletcher]

2 minutes ago, CHROMEBIRD said:

Wow. Ozzy, Theo Huxtable, and the Hulkster. These things really do come in 3s.

Still waiting on the big one. Have my best bottle of bourbon waiting.

[Voice of the Quakers]

Just now, Fletcher said:

Still waiting on the big one. Have my best bottle of bourbon waiting.

Chuck Mangione? The world of yacht rock mourns. 

https://variety.com/2025/music/obituaries-people-news/chuck-mangione-dead-feels-so-good-jazz-horn-player-1236469147/

[Wrestleknownothing]

Terry Bollea, we hardly knew ye. 

[okokzach]

21 hours ago, MizzouFan01 said:

This is an interesting match. Sinclair is probably a huge dog, but he’s a goer. 

Could be fun if Dake opens up. Or maybe Aeoden scores early and forces the issue 

[MPhillips]

Looking forward to all the matches.  I'll always choose more wrestling...

[Fletcher]

5 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Terry Bollea, we hardly knew ye. 

Didn't appreciate the way he disrespected Rocky Balboa in Rocky 3.

[bnwtwg]

5 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Terry Bollea, we hardly knew ye. 

Just like his hairline and his unwavering support of his coworkers putting their bodies on the line 340+ days and nights per year

[Truzzcat]

Nolf vs Wick now confirmed. Not sure if a weight was announced hoping its like 180 I think nolf is a big favorite at 174 but I think full feed Wick could be dangerous.

[Husker_Du]

Nolf-Wick is 175lbs