It just keeps getting weirder with Steveson

[MPhillips]

19 minutes ago, ionel said:

... and here I thought he was just a snowplow  

You spend a bit too much time in the deplorable forum...

[ionel]

1 minute ago, MPhillips said:

You spend a bit too much time in the deplorable forum...

Well sure ... but why did you drag GWN over to the International forum?  We miss him in the DF.  

[MPhillips]

13 minutes ago, ionel said:

We miss him in the DF.

Just don't bring Jimmy over here...

[Hammerlock3]

god i forgot del fino.....its a real indictment of jimmy's lifestyle. 

[ionel]

49 minutes ago, MPhillips said:

You spend a bit too much time in the deplorable forum...

It worries me that you know this.  

[GrandOlm]

On 9/27/2025 at 12:10 AM, GreatWhiteNorth said:

It's only weird if you don't have the variety and level of skills Gable has.

When you could be successful at multiple professional sports. It becomes a difficult choice.

A difficult choice that neither you, nor most of the population, can imagine having to make..

I count one professional sport that he could be successful at, MMA. And MMA is a newcomer  that utilizes a prizefighting as its model (similar to boxing). It naturally recruits from wrestlers and outside the MMA family . 

What other professional sports could he be succesfull at? I can't think of any? I don't think he has the personality and fame to do what the Paul brother did in boxing. Wrestling isn't a true professional sport (by some definitions).  

[MPhillips]

3 hours ago, ionel said:

It worries me that you know this.  

Be flattered...

[ionel]

7 minutes ago, MPhillips said:

Be flattered...

... always. 

[GreatWhiteNorth]

8 hours ago, SocraTease said:

It's clear your trajectory has been a humorless one since you cannot detect even the most unsubtle language of jesting.  Want to compare your career with mine?  I'm a tenured faculty member in two departments at a major research university with lots of influential publications.  How about you?  

On the contrary, we're still jesting (perhaps you missed that.)

I'm a wandering nomad. The bohemian lifestyle is meant for me.

From time to time, I perform plays of Shakespeare, and I always deliver.

In my circles, I'm what would be considered influential. I might even be as self-important as you.

[GreatWhiteNorth]

On 9/27/2025 at 12:10 AM, GreatWhiteNorth said:

It's only weird if you don't have the variety and level of skills Gable has.

When you could be successful at multiple professional sports. It becomes a difficult choice.

A difficult choice that neither you, nor most of the population, can imagine having to make.

I agree with you. I would vote for wrestling. But neither of us gets a vote. Nor should we.

 

4 hours ago, GrandOlm said:

I count one professional sport that he could be successful at, MMA. And MMA is a newcomer  that utilizes a prizefighting as its model (similar to boxing). It naturally recruits from wrestlers and outside the MMA family . 

What other professional sports could he be succesfull at? I can't think of any? I don't think he has the personality and fame to do what the Paul brother did in boxing. Wrestling isn't a true professional sport (by some definitions).  

But you're completely missing the bigger picture here.

When someone has a wide variety of high-level skills, doors are opened. That doesn't mean any kind of guaranteed success. It simply means there are potential opportunities.

• Until he tried - he can't know if he can be successful in boxing.
• Until he tried - he can't know if he can be successful in the WWE.
• Until he tried - he can't know if he can be successful in the NFL.
• Until he tried - he can't know if he can be successful in MMA.

How about bowling? Maybe shotput or hammer throw? Frisbee golf?

My point is simply that nobody should be bagging on a guy who has skills and opportunities and is willing to seek out what is best for him.

Don't pretend to know what he can or can't do. You don't know. He's finding that out on his own - and good for him.

[GreatWhiteNorth]

2 hours ago, ionel said:

... always. 

Oh, get a room you two.