U23 Pan Ams 2026

[GableBeer]

It seems pretty obvious to me that JW is back next year

Will be interesting to see if he is actually going back down to 149 to contest block

 

[Corby2]

Will be interesting to see if he is actually going back down to 149 to contest block

My guess is he will be at 157

 

[sdvike]

JW looking good. Kinda giving me memories of another JW who got a lot of flack for not finishing but somehow became runner up his jr year at Natty's.

 

[TheREALSpooner]

JW looking good. Kinda giving me memories of another JW who got a lot of flack for not finishing but somehow became runner up his jr year at Natty's.

What an absolute awful comparison.

 

[dtripp26]

JW looking good. Kinda giving me memories of another JW who got a lot of flack for not finishing but somehow became runner up his jr year at Natty's.

Are you insane?

 

[Tanner Lafever]

Just your typical Jordan Williams match…

 

[sdvike]

What an absolute awful comparison.

Do tell Spooner.

 

[el dub]

Do tell Spooner.

The first JW wasn’t removed from the team due to comportment issue, for one…

 

[AndreTheHawk]

What an absolute awful comparison.

Apparently this JW is better at Freestyle, because he sucks at Folkstyle.

 

[sdvike]

The first JW wasn’t removed from the team due to comportment issue, for one…

True. Jwar never got into any trouble and in no way was I thinking that when I posted. I was only talking in match frustrations in finishing matches.

The first JW wasn’t removed from the team due to comportment issue, for one…

 

[Coastal2]

Apparently this JW is better at Freestyle, because he sucks at Folkstyle.

I'm not sure that he's that good at free or the competition was just pathetic. The US won 9 of 10 golds with their only loss coming from Tolentino of Oregon State losing to an American wrestling for Puerto Rico in Ayoub of Nebraska. Tolentino beat Ayoub earlier in the tournament. The only wrestlers there who gave the US any at all competion were US high school/college kids who wrestle for other countries. Matty Lopes of Blair Academy/Lehigh wrestling for Brazil is an example. Nice wrestler who may AA someday but he's not there yet.

There was a 92Kg from Peru who had the dad bod of a 45 year old, Colombia's HWT was a mountain of a man but got pinned twice and 10-0d twice. He may not have even known all the rules. It's awful that this is the best U23s that two continents can produce.

 

[Boomhawk52]

all know that jw is talented

 

[chipackhawk]

Working harder beats talent when talent doesn't work hard - or is drunk and/or hungover.

 

[Corby2]

I'm not sure that he's that good at free or the competition was just pathetic. The US won 9 of 10 golds with their only loss coming from Tolentino of Oregon State losing to an American wrestling for Puerto Rico in Ayoub of Nebraska. Tolentino beat Ayoub earlier in the tournament. The only wrestlers there who gave the US any at all competion were US high school/college kids who wrestle for other countries. Matty Lopes of Blair Academy/Lehigh wrestling for Brazil is an example. Nice wrestler who may AA someday but he's not there yet.

There was a 92Kg from Peru who had the dad bod of a 45 year old, Colombia's HWT was a mountain of a man but got pinned twice and 10-0d twice. He may not have even known all the rules. It's awful that this is the best U23s that two continents can produce.

This has been the case for years pan ams at all levels are bad