The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall Trivia

[Wrestleknownothing]

Only two wrestlers have beaten three #1 seeds in their career.

Name them.

[Gantry]

Total guesses but I'll try:

Quentin Wright

J. Jaggers 

[Wrestleknownothing]

6 minutes ago, Gantry said:

Total guesses but I'll try:

Quentin Wright

J. Jaggers 

Good guess on Wright, but he had "only" two wins over #1 seeds (Honeycutt, Kilgore) to go with three wins over #2 seeds. And surprisingly Jaggers had a single win over a #1 seed (Mendes)

[ionel]

Thought this was another CStarr thread ... carry on.  

[Doublehalf]

Bryce Meredith 

[bnwtwg]

Troy Nickerson

[RandolphTJones]

I first thought Jordan Leen, then I thought the title thread was sort of a clue- So maybe a Heavyweight? McMIllan?

[Elevator]

Mark Schultz?

[Wrestleknownothing]

27 minutes ago, ionel said:

Thought this was another CStarr thread ... carry on.  

touché

[Wrestleknownothing]

29 minutes ago, Doublehalf said:

Bryce Meredith 

 

20 minutes ago, bnwtwg said:

Troy Nickerson

 

14 minutes ago, RandolphTJones said:

I first thought Jordan Leen, then I thought the title thread was sort of a clue- So maybe a Heavyweight? McMIllan?

 

13 minutes ago, Elevator said:

Mark Schultz?

Nickerson (Simmons, Donahoe) and Schultz (DeAna, Banach) each have two. Leen only has one (Gillespie). And surprisingly, Meredith has zero, though he does have a pair of wins over #2 seeds.

[Doublehalf]

Mark perry? 

[Doublehalf]

 Vincenzo? 

[Doublehalf]

Shane Griffith!

[PortaJohn]

49 minutes ago, RandolphTJones said:

I first thought Jordan Leen, then I thought the title thread was sort of a clue- So maybe a Heavyweight? McMIllan?

Carlton Haselrig 

[Wrestleknownothing]

12 minutes ago, Doublehalf said:

Mark perry? 

Great choice.

We are half way there. Perry beat #1 Troy Letters in the 2005 semis before falling to Johnny Hendricks in the final. But he avenged that lose two years later by taking out #1 Hendricks in the 2007 final. His third victory over a #1 seed came the next year when he beat Eric Tannenbaum in the final.

7 minutes ago, Doublehalf said:

 Vincenzo? 

Joseph took out the same #1 (Martinez) two years in a row in the final. Sadly he was denied the chance for a third in 2020 when he was the #2 seed. Lets call him an honorary member of the group (after all Marinelli was the #1 seed. I'm not sayin'. I'm just sayin'.)

[Wrestleknownothing]

7 minutes ago, Doublehalf said:

Shane Griffith!

Sugar Shane indeed.

Doublehalf for the Double Win.

After taking out #1 Alex Marinelli in the 2021 quarters, Griffith famously went on to take out the shortsighted decision of Stanford's administrators with an epic victory to save a program. He followed that up in 2022 with a victory over #1 Evan Wick in the 2022 semis and again in 2024 with a third place match victory over #1 Mekhi Lewis.

[Wrestleknownothing]

9 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

Carlton Haselrig 

Nobody Hassles the Rig.

The problem with Carlton was he was the #1 seed two of his three years. And while we have all heard the cliché "he beat himself", Carlton clearly never did.

Edited 3 hours ago by Wrestleknownothing

[1032004]

1 hour ago, ionel said:

Thought this was another CStarr thread ... carry on.  

How many R’s in Starocci?

[ionel]

2 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

How many R’s in Starocci?

thrrree 

 

we now all know what the second R stands for it's the thirrrd R that's still a mystery

Edited 3 hours ago by ionel

[GV4444]

So the thread does involve Starocci, indirectly.  If not for the Starocci injury, Lewis would not have been the #1 seed in 2024.

 

[Gene Mills Fan]

1 hour ago, ionel said:

thrrree 

 

we now all know what the second R stands for it's the thirrrd R that's still a mystery

Relubrication; (much nicer than Rectal probing)

it is a good practice to add engine oil if the level is low when checking it

Edited 1 hour ago by Gene Mills Fan

[BigRedFan]

Arujau beat #1s RBY (2023) and Fix (2024), and lost to #1 Rivera 6-2 and 8-3 and beat #2 Piccinninni (2019).  Close, but no cigar.

[Hammerlock3]

3 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Good guess on Wright, but he had "only" two wins over #1 seeds (Honeycutt, Kilgore) to go with three wins over #2 seeds. And surprisingly Jaggers had a single win over a #1 seed (Mendes)

wasn't nick gallick a #1 seed when jaggers pinned him?

[Wrestleknownothing]

41 minutes ago, Hammerlock3 said:

wasn't nick gallick a #1 seed when jaggers pinned him?

Gallick was the #6 seed in 2009 when he got felled by pin. Kellan Russell was the #1 seed.

Edited 22 minutes ago by Wrestleknownothing

[PortaJohn]

6 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Gallick was the #6 seed in 2009 when he got felled by pin. Kellan Russell was the #1 seed.

Gallick is not a tree