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That goon-ness has given him Gorarrians and a u23 world title on a torn knee. It put him six inches out of bounds from teching the eventual senior world bronze medalist. I hate that I'm making this comparison for so many reasons but... What is the difference between Hendrickson and Messenbrink's styles?

The only people saying Lee was going to hang it up are haters. Only a person as tough as, well, Spencer Lee could bounce back from everything he has been through physically and emotionally. Dude is tougher than hell and I don't care what any results are and how many ACLs he tears, I'm picking him to win 2025 worlds. He's going to be a DAWG next September.

If ifs and buts were candy and nuts we'd all have a nice Christmas. But I'll be damned Santa Flo thinks we all deserve a lump of coal in our stocking every time they broadcast an event

Senior worlds

Sounds great, what happens when the feed cuts?

Kerk is not in the conversation Unless this thread is renamed "Does Kerk win silver or bronze?"

I have no idea what he meant by "goon" that was an asinine statement. Hendrickson has great technique for any weight class, but he is not as fast as Steveson or strong as Kerk and cannot overcome what they bring to the table. It's not a slight against him and I think if he chooses, he would be an amazing technical coach one day. He will hopefully always be remembered in the annual "best to never win an NCAA title" thread because he is the real deal who happened to be born at the same time as some other world-level buzzsaws. Steveson is quick as a cat and has the cleanest go-behind in a long time. He's also strong as an ox with amazing balance. Very great technique paired with elite match intelligence and the above is what separates him into the best in the world.

Steveson is vulnerable to the following: 1) Trying to be flashy with a double unders inside trip 2) His coach weighing the current match and not challenging for 4 amplitude when the Olympic gold medal match is well under control 3) gut wrenches. Hendrickson could possibly execute but he has to find a way to be on top in a freestyle match. Not easy considering their last freestyle results.

And I thought my hot takes were bad. Hendrickson is not strong enough to overcome Kerk through his superior technique. I thought he was, and I was very wrong. Hendrickson's technique is better than Steveson's overall toolbox. But his bread and butter from feet plays right into Steveson's superior bread and butter. He is not able to overpower Steveson when riding him and therefore won't get the stick which would be his leveling factor. Steveson lets Kerk do the Kerk stall every time they wrestle. He's superior in every facet from match prep to in-match intelligence to technique, might not be stronger anymore but certainly strong enough to weather anything Kerk can cobble together one move at a time. I'll take the former Olympic gold medalist over the guy who couldn't get past present-day domestic gatekeeper Gwiz at OTTs last year. And Gwiz didn't get past Zillmer who got handily beat by Parris, and we all know what happened last time Gable came off the street to wrestle Parris. So sure I guess there is a chance if Gable tears something. But I wouldn't root for that chance.

That's not quite accurate as for the reason for all the slipping and sliding on a slick mat. Most people don't know this, but the '93 games a little boy was asked to volunteer to unroll some mats at the world championships because one of the volunteers called in sick and they needed any help they could get. So they plucked a kid out of the stands who was on vacation and it was that day that the kid fell in love with the sport of wrestling. That boy's name? J'Den Cox

Now there's a reddit thread i wish i never remembered

When you say "according to Mineo" I think it's because you put down the beer a while ago and poured yourself a bourbon or six

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Other way around. He was shown the door.

Rocco Welsh was noted on the Feb 5th Zagreb rankings tourney early participants at 79kg fyi. I doubt he actually participates based on nothing more than a gut feeling because I don't keep in touch with those loser Buckeyes, I only focus on teams with senior world team members like the Fighting Illini. I-L-L

The state of Iowa recently banned Wegovy and Ozempic and he has to travel out of state to do what is best for him. The only people involved in weight cutting should be a wrestler and his coach, leave the lawmakers out of it. His body his choice!

Taylor is always looking to score and Downey only looks for big moves or a pack of smokes

25 points in the world championship all gas no brakes

I hope everyone is aware that Dr. Mikey Carr will be returning in this dual and he will become the NCAA's first 40 year old athlete

Bulking up to 213 to feast on slow heavyweights confirmed

Herbert, Dustin Schlatter, Yianni, Zane, J'Den, Steveson are six off the top of my tongue to make a team while in college. I'm sure there were others but I'm too lazy to google year by year results. Yianni and Fix made it again for a 2021 asterisk world team which I did not count in my comment.

12-20 per week depending on workout/meet schedule, discipline, and how exquisite the shower water tasted that morning

Back in my day Taylor vs Downey meant asking to wave the techfall threshold so Taylor could run up the score 50-0 and Downey backed out of the match

Do you want my actual input or do you just want to remind everyone again on page 6 how good I had it back in my glory days? But I'll bite. Remember the part where I said I had a six pack? That is relevant because ab muscles aren't visible until ~12% body fat. I'm not comparing my cut to the real hardcore old days with guys like Barry Davis, but I came up in the old school methods and the expectation if I wanted to be part of the team was that I needed to pull my weight (figuratively and literally). It was untenable after two years - I grew another inch after high school and hitting the college weight room did on the scale.