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Is he still growing? In my mind's eye Facundo was kind of short for 165.

I heard on a podcast that a lot of college and freestyle wrestlers who go pro are usually pretty good about #1 and not getting injured themselves, but struggle with basic stuff like not having your back towards the camera during a move and slowing the pace of the action (not trying to do too much too quickly) so the audience can take it in and react. Not willing to put guys over makes sense too. That, and having the charisma to sell their persona which is a big challenge for all pro wrestlers. I'm not sure if the problem is Gable or the way WWE is developing pro wrestlers. Didn't Angle go through a long process learning all this stuff before making his debut on TV? Now it's more of a sink or swim model and Gable will need to figure things out quickly. Seems like a lot of WWE fans are hating on Gable. Why doesn't he lean into that and go full heel, make them really despise him? That would give him immediate attention and jumpstart his pro wrestling persona. Maybe he's already doing that, idk because I don't keep up with WWE.

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Brands is an intense dude. Ask him what he thinks about the McRib returning only to participating locations and he'll get fired up. He's just built like that. Seriously though, he has to double down and push back on the decision because it's his fault that several wrestlers were out of compliance. The buck stops with him and I'm sure he and Ferentz have caught heat from the AD and administration. They're trying to preserve their jobs.

Seems like it would be detrimental to attendance and viewership too. Why watch a tournament where there's no winner?

These are the first links that came up for me on Google, so take with a grain of salt or three, but they state that Gable's 2023 salary is estimated to be $200k. https://firstsportz.com/wwe-gable-steveson-net-worth-and-more/ https://fightfans.co.uk/wwe/gable-steveson-net-worth/

France doesn't get automatic qualifiers for wrestling. Not having gold matches at the Continentals and World Qualifier is puzzling. Why not wrestle through for seeding purposes? Maybe I'm not understading the change correctly.

Is Jacarra still wrestling out of the Cowboys RTC? That could be a nice kick start to building the club towards D1 status.

The Crookham vs. Fix match will either have some unbelievable scrambles or be unbelievably boring.

Can't remember where I read it, but I believe the rumor was that he was getting $200k a year for his WWE contract. But that could have been part of his NIL deal when he was in school.

Singlet vs. singlet

Still banged up, or just having too much fun out there?

Hard to imagine A&M adding sports, even with next year's ESPN money, now that they have to deal with Jimbo Fisher's insane buyout. Where are the wrestling hotspots in Texas? Maybe UTEP or UTSA? I thought both regions had a pretty good wrestling culture at the prep level. Strong for Texas, that is.

+James Green and Matt Hill

Good stuff. Where did you get the raw data from? I'm looking forward to seeing a side-by-side comparison with this season's Nationals to see if the 3TD has any immediate effect.

Same. Maybe there's a silver lining and we'll see them focus on qualifying for OTT.

Honorable mention CJ Composto, UPenn?

Maintaining one's health is important to avoiding burnout, but so is responding to adversity. HEW isn't a factor when you don't lose much.

How many seasons before Jimmy asks for a Clarissa statue in front of CHA?

Is registration still open? I was expecting to see Starocci's name. Is he still banged up?

Not to jinx Woods but, yes. I would pick Vito if it wasn't an Oly year.

Countdown to Jimmy Pastry posting about how Blaze could beat Spencer. Make that Blaze and Palmer over Lee. LET'S GET TRANSITIVE

Is JO still wrestling? I thought someone here mentioned that he moved on to MMA.

He competes at arguably one of the consistently toughest FS weights. Metcalf was head and shoulders our best rep, with sky high expectations, and look what happened.

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