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Obviously Downey just made The List!

With the child labor restrictions it maybe awhile before production can wrap up. The longer they wait the more time he’s required to have off for breaks or school tutoring between takes.

IU came out firing after the break and finished off the comeback to win the meet in the final match.

Still not sure it’s as bad as his Michigan predecessor Grajalas. That dude had one,and on rare occasions two, short bursts per match and was on auto pilot mode the rest of the time during a match.

If I recall the Davison Brothers (Andrew and Lucas) have faced off a couple times in competiton.

Love to see one put together on a dedicated pinned thread or sub-board. Keep them separated with one post for each movie/document with a good description and a link to where you can find it to watch. Unless BobDole wants to go the extra step and create a dedicated webpage just to list everything out so additional posts don’t clog things up.

Maybe “ Junkyard Dogs”. That was a private school in LA that wasn’t really known for its wrestling but trying to get some respect. Their school wasn’t really into sports to much and the wrestling room was some dingy backroom space that wasn’t being used. I guess you could call their story “preppy” but more in a nerdy we can attend this special school sense than a cocky rich kid one.

I’ve not seen it yet. I think some documentaries get pushed out for a short run in theaters to make them eligible for some of the upcoming movie awards. Helen’s may have been put out in that manor to do that with plans for a later release on a streaming service.

Anthony Robles run through NCAA “Unstopable”. If I recall correctly MTV True Life did two different episode about wrestling. One followed some Washington high school wrestlers and the other focused on Cory Cooperman at Lehigh with the struggle of making weight.

Also there have been a couple Rulon Gardner documentaries put out “Rulon” which is more about his wrestling journey” and “Rulon Won’t Die” which also highlights some of his crazy post Olympics experiences and attempt at a comeback. Henry Cejudo also has a couple documentaries highlighting his life story, olympic run, and/or post Olympics MMA transformation. “Making of an Amateur Champion” “Henry Cejudo Experiment” and I believe there was one more that talked a lot about his life story. That maybe a Flo one but can’t recall

To not forget the ladies there have been a couple documentaries about Helen Maroulis including a recent one called “Helen Believe”. I think Flo may have had the other one. PBS has a spotlight documentary on teen sensation Tesgya Alo “Winning Girl” where she wrestled a couple other top girls like Kayla Miracle. Alo ended up going a different direction later in life but it was still a solid watch.

The recent documentary “The Dual” about the Iowa and Iowa State Rivalry wasn’t bad. https://www.pbs.org/video/the-dual-wovuhf/

I haven’t watched this yet but just came across “Stand Up” while trying to look up anything I may have forgot. Two senior rivals and friends try to get a PA state title Also found “For the Love of Catch” which again I haven’t seen yet. Sounds like it interviews several former wrestlers to get stories from their past. Looks like some post college career MMA also thrown in there too

Obviously Flo has put out a ton of solid documentaries over the past several years that are worth a watch.

I highly recommend “Boy with Broken Ears” even if you have to read the subtitles. It’s about the Iran youth wrestling program. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3595394/

“Prince of Pennsylvania” and “Team Foxcatxher” if you want a documentary about the Schultz brothers and the Foxcatxher issues. “Wrestle Away” the Lee Kemp story. “The Season” ESPN show about Iowa University that most everyone knows.

“Wrestling with Iowa” about the next round of potential 4x Iowa HS State Champs https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3335458/

We really just need to compile a list of all wrestling related movies and documentaries and pin it someplace for future reference. While I’m on a roll of the lesser famous documenteies: “Shot in the Dark” about a blind wrestler trying to compete at state. “Zion” about a wrestler trying to compete that doesn’t have any legs.

“Pinned” which mostly focuses on the Palmer Brothers was solid. As well as “Wrestling with Life” about Dave Norwick sticking with coaching to continue the dream of his brother who died of cancer

Then there is always the Chris Pratt wrestling documentary “On the Mat” about his old Washington High School program that was known for doing well at state. https://tribecafilm.com/films/512cf8bb1c7d76e046001e9e-on-the-mat Or the ESPN made one “The Streak” about a storied Florida program. https://www.amazon.com/Streak-Jonathan-Hock/dp/B0074NSZ3A

Is it “Wrestle” about a Huntsville Alabama team where a few of the kids came from some tough backgrounds. That one had a few moments of wrestler frustration. Or maybe “Junk Yard Dogs” about a LA California team that didn’t have much of a program and was trying to earn respect from the better school. It also had a few of those moments https://www.amazon.com/Junkyard-Dogs-Kenji-Porter/dp/B082DMNDSL

Is this the new age equivalent of a pet rock?

My understanding is for many Olympics the general tickets are often acquired by host country citizens by putting your name in a lottery system and hoping your name get pulled. Or you can purchase the tickets form someone who’s name did. Some people will put in for whatever events they can and then go to the games and try to swap them out with someone for specific event tickets.

Seems like that sure does gets the crowd into things.

In a similar situation I’ve put a kid beside me in the chair and talked him through some match logic and thought process. With an assistant doing the same on the other side. I felt it helped for them to notice what was going on during a match from the outside looking in.