What RAF matches do we want?

[BarSeries]

Fried vs Brands

[Tripnsweep]

Downey is going to die of oxygen deprivation. 

[MPhillips]

7 hours ago, BarSeries said:

Fried vs Brands

Why not...Rather see that than Varney/Downey all day...

[ScottishSteel]

I'm friends with someone who was a room guy at Nebraska; wrestled live w/ Burroughs, Green, etc. He's said multiple times the only times he ever felt truly lost on a mat; to the point that he felt like didn't even know how to wrestle was the first minute to 90 seconds against Downey when Downey was w/ Nebraska. . . then Downey would gas out and be useless but my buddy still marvels at the raw ability of Downey

[nhs67]

11 hours ago, bnwtwg said:

I wanted Pat Downey vs David Taylor no techs but I'll settle for Varner smashing him to pieces in a virtual match because there is literally no way in the world PD3 shows up. I hope @Husker_Du put some strong clauses in the contract regarding fulfilling 100% of appearance obligations, namely he gets 10% prior to the finish of the match at highest and if it ends in an atypical fashion such as injury default that he gets minmal. You can refer to the Jose Canseco boxing match a couple years ago if there are any AWLs in the audience.

Screw all that.  He gets paid afterwards and RAF covers the flight.  Shit, I'll cover the flight and buy it week of.

[bnwtwg]

12 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

Screw all that.  He gets paid afterwards and RAF covers the flight.  Shit, I'll cover the flight and buy it week of.

I will personally provide 17 cans of cold spray to ensure we get through the whole bout!

[Hammerlock3]

2 hours ago, MPhillips said:

Why not...Rather see that than Varney/Downey all day...

Jim Varney RIP would have gassed out downey out in no time, also hilarity would ensue. 

[alex1fly]

11 hours ago, BarSeries said:

Fried vs Brands

John Smith vs himself

[MPhillips]

1 hour ago, Hammerlock3 said:

Jim Varney RIP would have gassed out downey out in no time, also hilarity would ensue. 

Didn't find him funny. He was out there saving everything so perhaps I just missed the jocularity of it all...

 

22 minutes ago, alex1fly said:

John Smith vs himself

Seems like we watched this the last few years he was coaching...

[ionel]

4 hours ago, MPhillips said:

Seems like we watched this the last few years he was coaching...

... that wasn't very nice ... maybe accurate but still ...

[Truzzcat]

7 hours ago, ScottishSteel said:

I'm friends with someone who was a room guy at Nebraska; wrestled live w/ Burroughs, Green, etc. He's said multiple times the only times he ever felt truly lost on a mat; to the point that he felt like didn't even know how to wrestle was the first minute to 90 seconds against Downey when Downey was w/ Nebraska. . . then Downey would gas out and be useless but my buddy still marvels at the raw ability of Downey

He seemed to have Carter quite puzzled at trials until oxygen capacity got the better of him and carter was right there with Kyle. I actually think it's probably a very good match.

[jchapman]

Ackerman vs Sanderson for 2001 Hodge dibs

Lee vs Steveson for 2021 Hodge dibs

[1032004]

When was the last time Varner wrestled an official match?  I can’t imagine his gas tank is in tip top shape either.

[nhs67]

16 hours ago, jchapman said:

Ackerman vs Sanderson for 2001 Hodge dibs

Lee vs Steveson for 2021 Hodge dibs

Steveson had the votes.  Why it was decided to step in is ridiculous.

[WrestlingRasta]

Dennis Hall and Brandon Paulson run it back....

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

42 minutes ago, WrestlingRasta said:

Dennis Hall and Brandon Paulson run it back....

I would be concerned about being late for Thanksgiving Dinner.

[Gus]

Ryan Deakin vs Austin O'Connor

Myles Amine vs Parker Keckeisen

Nick Suriano vs Seth Gross

Zain vs Yianni

Real Woods vs Andrew Alirez

Pat Glory vs Vito

Quincy Monday vs Jason Nolf

Tanner Sloan vs Jacob Warner

[Truzzcat]

4 hours ago, Gus said:

Ryan Deakin vs Austin O'Connor

Myles Amine vs Parker Keckeisen

Nick Suriano vs Seth Gross

Zain vs Yianni

Real Woods vs Andrew Alirez

Pat Glory vs Vito

Quincy Monday vs Jason Nolf

Tanner Sloan vs Jacob Warner

Would love to see Alirez back in action healthy. I myself often forget the absolute heater he was on leading into trials.

[nhs67]

20 hours ago, Gus said:

Ryan Deakin vs Austin O'Connor

Myles Amine vs Parker Keckeisen

Nick Suriano vs Seth Gross

Zain vs Yianni

Real Woods vs Andrew Alirez

Pat Glory vs Vito

Quincy Monday vs Jason Nolf

Tanner Sloan vs Jacob Warner

Curious your reasoning to each of those.

I wouldn't have gone, or even thought of, any of those matches.

[Gus]

2 hours ago, nhs67 said:

Curious your reasoning to each of those.

I wouldn't have gone, or even thought of, any of those matches.

Deakin vs AOC - two 157 lb college hammers separated by a couple of years. Both guys are still coaching and presumably scrapping regularly with the college guys.

Amine vs Keck - See where Parker stacks up on the world stage with a proven guy like Amine

Suriano vs Gross - Two previous 133 lbs natty champs. We have not seen Nicky in awhile and gross matches are always highly entertaining

Zain vs Yianni - Always close and controversial

Woods vs Alirez - I thought Alirez was set to step up and be the next guy at 65kg when he beat Haji Aliyev. If he is healthy, I think he will be back in the mix. 

Glory vs Vito - big points every time they wrestle

Monday vs Nolf - Monday has improved drastically in freestyle and Nolf showed vulnerabilities (likely due to not training for wrestling specially)

Sloan vs Warner - I am a Jackrabbit fan and would like to see Sloan strap it up again. Remember when Sloan teched Warner years ago? I believe that is the only time they have ever met up. 

[JBluegill133]

 

This one feels gimmicky...I get the kind of followers that both of these guys have on instagram or tiktok or whatever, so it'll draw eyes from the youths....but yeesh.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

3 minutes ago, JBluegill133 said:

 

This one feels gimmicky...I get the kind of followers that both of these guys have on instagram or tiktok or whatever, so it'll draw eyes from the youths....but yeesh.

What are Keelon's credentials?  Wrestling, not InstaFace.

[MPhillips]

2 minutes ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

What are Keelon's credentials? 

Nickname comes from HS football team...

[Jason Bryant]

Just now, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

What are Keelon's credentials?  Wrestling, not InstaFace.

Wrestled HS in Missouri. Went something like 18-20 in the 2015-16 HS wrestling season. Didn't qualify for the state tournament. 

[Jason Bryant]

7 minutes ago, JBluegill133 said:

 

This one feels gimmicky...I get the kind of followers that both of these guys have on instagram or tiktok or whatever, so it'll draw eyes from the youths....but yeesh.

We've already seen it in folkstyle last summer.