WTF happened to Vito?

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

How did he go from clowning a 2x NCAA champ in RBY to getting beat by a high schooler 2-0?  It has to be multiple severe injuries, right?

[Caveira]

15 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

How did he go from clowning a 2x NCAA champ in RBY to getting beat by a high schooler 2-0?  It has to be multiple severe injuries, right?

Rby didn’t know how to get into par terre.   Is he a world class free styler ?

 

also we know your trolling.  Vito was old ish and hurt 

 

edit.    Not as of yet.  But All the Vito / final x threads in this (college) forum for the last few days/weeks.   Now the psu faithful will ask why is this not in the international forum and shake their fists at you like grandpa Simpson.     Ha.  

Edited yesterday at 12:27 AM by Caveira

[Fletcher]

2 hours ago, Caveira said:

Rby didn’t know how to get into par terre.   Is he a world class free styler ?

 

also we know your trolling.  Vito was old ish and hurt 

 

edit.    Not as of yet.  But All the Vito / final x threads in this (college) forum for the last few days/weeks.   Now the psu faithful will ask why is this not in the international forum and shake their fists at you like grandpa Simpson.     Ha.  

Agreed 100% with you except for the old part - Vito's a year out of college. He's just entering his prime.

[Caveira]

4 minutes ago, Fletcher said:

Agreed 100% with you except for the old part - Vito's a year out of college. He's just entering his prime.

Fair.  He’s 26 though.   (I think?).  My body hurt long before that  

 

I called it old ish.  And not old for basically what you said.  

[Fletcher]

2 minutes ago, Caveira said:

Fair.  He’s 26 though.   (I think?).  My body hurt long before that  

 

I called it old ish.  And not old for basically what you said.  

OK - I assumed because he was ivy he was more age appropriate. Yeah - 26 ain't the same as 23 in wrestling yrs.

[Caveira]

2 minutes ago, Fletcher said:

OK - I assumed because he was ivy he was more age appropriate. Yeah - 26 ain't the same as 23 in wrestling yrs.

I may wanna verify the 26.    Being lazy.  I think it’s accurate.  My body crapped out my junior year of college.   Sport is rough on that body 

[okokzach]

4 minutes ago, Caveira said:

I may wanna verify the 26.    Being lazy.  I think it’s accurate.  My body crapped out my junior year of college.   Sport is rough on that body 

26 according to UWW so he's either 26 now or will be by 12/31

[Caveira]

3 minutes ago, okokzach said:

26 according to UWW so he's either 26 now or will be by 12/31

tks.  

[jeffrideal]

Born June 1, 1999.  26 years old.  

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

He's still younger than Daton Fix.

[Cornell Kevin]

He just turned 26 last month 

[mspart]

He may not be aging well, but I htink he has not recovered from what ever injuries he has suffered.   It is really tough to get injured and then have enough energy to come back and perform at top level. 

mspart

[MPhillips]

14 minutes ago, mspart said:

He may not be aging well, but I htink he has not recovered from what ever injuries he has suffered.   It is really tough to get injured and then have enough energy to come back and perform at top level. 

 

So you're musing that perhaps he's old instead of unrecovered from injury...

[okokzach]

Pulled this @Cornell Kevin quote from Youtube comments

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[Vito] just turned 26 but has an injury that will never get better. Herniated disc in both neck and back. Makes his stance different plus he is hesitant on how he shoots wanting to avoid stingers. He will have times where he cannot raise his arm

 

[Truzzcat]

1 minute ago, okokzach said:

Pulled this @Cornell Kevin quote from Youtube comments

 

I believe it first became an issue during his last collegiate season when he took a lot of the season off maybe at national duals? I think he mentioned in the bader interview that the hand surgery had kept him off the mat for awhile.

[Hammerlock3]

i hope its bad luck not something systemic but him and yianni looked horrible

[Gantry]

Yanni did look amazing until he hit the wall and gassed out, I don't think anyone is going to crush Duke at World's like Yanni did in match #1 and the beginning of match #2. 

Vito was definitely off from jump street.  

Edited 18 hours ago by Gantry

[OhioHusker]

I was 21 when I graduated from college. Jeez. 

[CHROMEBIRD]

4 minutes ago, OhioHusker said:

I was 21 when I graduated from college. Jeez. 

Until your senior year, you could've asked freshmen wrestlers to buy you booze. Missed lifehack.

[bnwtwg]

My three favorite Vito pics

 

 

Edited 17 hours ago by bnwtwg

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

1 hour ago, OhioHusker said:

I was 21 when I graduated from college. Jeez. 

Should have stayed for your PhD like Dr. Fix.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

21 hours ago, Caveira said:

also we know your trolling.  Vito was old ish and hurt 

 

I would not be surprised if weight was an issue too.

[RawDog]

26 isn't old.  Burroughs is like 40 and still elite.

[happyvalet]

https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/jax-forrest-wrestling-world-championships-2025

Nice to see some wrestling get some attention from NBC

[BruceyB]

4 hours ago, RawDog said:

26 isn't old.  Burroughs is like 40 and still elite.

Burroughs turned 38 last week. But anyway.. the lowest weights have much shorter windows of success than middle to upper weights. I agree 26 isn't old, but who was the last world champion at 57kg/61kg that was 30 years old?