Sr. Worlds... Day 2

[dragit]

13 hours ago, Truzzcat said:

I cannot stand stopping action 3 times in 23 seconds to warn somebody and essentially giving them a fresh start.

Yep.

And earlier in the period was worse, he just sat there on the mat for maybe 20 seconds, ignoring the ref's instructions to get up and wrestle. 

I feel like we're so used to this happening to Americans that we're numb to it, I was surprised to come here and see the reaction and have it be so tame. 

The ref himself said there was a singlet pull (not at the end, one of the earlier referenced of the three comical action stops) which as I understand it is a point.

[oldschool]

2 hours ago, dragit said:

I feel like we're so used to this happening to Americans that we're numb to it, I was surprised to come here and see the reaction and have it be so tame. 

 

america is not the main character of the world. bad reffing and disputed calls happen just as much to other countries as it does to us

while the way jax's match ended was unfortunate in how it was handled, i don't think there's any chance of it being overturned, nor should it imho

if you go back and watch jax's match, the crowd was so outraged when the ref gave the match away to jax w/ a few seconds left. that's not how you ever want to see a match end. it was unfortunate that the refs had so much back & forth, and i agree that the verbal cautions muddied the waters, but jax made a serious tactical error and gave up a late 4 points which sealed the match in favor yessengeldi

[bnwtwg]

On 9/14/2025 at 2:16 PM, MPhillips said:

Zahid was never a cat I believed that would or could be a World champion. He wasn't someone I looked at in college and thought, he could win a World championship. I never disliked him or thought he wasn't a quality wrestler, I just couldn't see it. 

I was waiting for the obviously incoming Golden Hoagie for lunch to say it, but this is how I felt about Hidlay. He had that jump behind takedown on Old Man One More For Glory Taylor, but other than that I never saw "It" any any point, even the ranking tourney. Good dude, but I thought he would "only" be a 3-4x domestic finalist type. Thank goodness I'm not in charge because he the baddest man in the world and I would never want to be the guy on the receiving end of his underhook punch.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

12 hours ago, oldschool said:

america is not the main character of the world. bad reffing and disputed calls happen just as much to other countries as it does to us

while the way jax's match ended was unfortunate in how it was handled, i don't think there's any chance of it being overturned, nor should it imho

if you go back and watch jax's match, the crowd was so outraged when the ref gave the match away to jax w/ a few seconds left. that's not how you ever want to see a match end. it was unfortunate that the refs had so much back & forth, and i agree that the verbal cautions muddied the waters, but jax made a serious tactical error and gave up a late 4 points which sealed the match in favor yessengeldi

I thought the Mongolian coaches might strip down out of sympathy for Jax's opponent!