In Praise of Van Ness v Swiderski

Wrestleknownothing · Mar 20, 2026

I re-watched the end of the match so that I could count up the number of attacks at the end of OT.

While thoroughly exhausted these guys attacked each other 9 times in the final 16 seconds of the match with Van Ness converting on the ninth and final attack.

In my limited experience, I have never seen anything like it. And the look on Swiderski's face as he realized Van Ness had him was heartbreaking for a neutral. Of course, I am not a neutral, so my heart is fully intact.

I have never been so blown away by the amount of action in 8:58 WITHOUT a takedown. An all-time great match. And my favorite of the tournament so far.

razpsu · Mar 20, 2026

True. But he stalled his *** off the whole match with all of those timeouts. Thought brands was going to come over to pat him on the behind.!

railbirrd · Mar 20, 2026

razpsu said:
True. But he stalled his *** off the whole match with all of those timeouts. Thought brands was going to come over to pat him on the behind.!

funny how he pointed out the blood speckles on the mat at the end of each stoppage

PaWrestlingFan7 · Mar 20, 2026

railbirrd said:
funny how he pointed out the blood speckles on the mat at the end of each stoppage

Shayne definitely had a lot more in the tank. If you've been to a Penn State match and watch him warm up on the mat by himself shadow wrestling, it's pretty insane. I tried what he does and was dead in less than 30 seconds!

Wrestleknownothing · Mar 20, 2026

razpsu said:
True. But he stalled his *** off the whole match with all of those timeouts. Thought brands was going to come over to pat him on the behind.!

railbirrd said:
funny how he pointed out the blood speckles on the mat at the end of each stoppage

Blood is blood. It isn't stalling.

Fatwoodchuck · Mar 20, 2026

Wrestleknownothing said:
Blood is blood. It isn't stalling.

I agree but look back at Mendez vs Vombaur, that is how blood is handled if you want to wrestle. Not blaming Swiderski as he played the game inside the rules and technically the correct way.

The Pitchfork Rebel · Mar 20, 2026

Now I want to hear how a low scoring match is boring.

If I wanted a game or sport where the opponents merely traded scores and you could often dispense with most of the game and just watch a small part of the end, I'd watch basketball.

razpsu · Mar 20, 2026

Wrestleknownothing said:
Blood is blood. It isn't stalling.

Of course it is. The ref can say no keep
Wrestling like he did at big tens. Certain guys keep asking for that timeout. The guy was completely gassed and even the announcers were talking about it. Former wrestlers.

razpsu · Mar 20, 2026

The Pitchfork Rebel said:
Now I want to hear how a low scoring match is boring.

If I wanted a game or sport where the opponents merely traded scores and you could often dispense with most of the game and just watch a small part of the end, I'd watch basketball.

Karch vs Kennedy was extremely boring. You knew it was going to happen and sure enough it did. 1-1 with riding time at zero. Who could stall the longest and win.

Aardvark86 · Mar 20, 2026

Wrestleknownothing said:
I re-watched the end of the match so that I could count up the number of attacks at the end of OT.

While thoroughly exhausted these guys attacked each other 9 times in the final 16 seconds of the match with Van Ness converting on the ninth and final attack.

In my limited experience, I have never seen anything like it. And the look on Swiderski's face as he realized Van Ness had him was heartbreaking for a neutral. Of course, I am not a neutral, so my heart is fully intact.

I have never been so blown away by the amount of action in 8:58 WITHOUT a takedown. An all-time great match. And my favorite of the tournament so far.

Conan, what is best in life?

Stevej · Mar 20, 2026

I had goosebumps for the entire OT. Prolly the best I've ever seen.

bdoncsecz · Mar 20, 2026

No praise for swiderski. He was a dog stalling the entire match!!

johnstownsteel · Mar 20, 2026

It was a brutal match for both of them. Heads hitting, hard clubs to head, ramming into each other....it was like two gladiators going at it.

Goldbanger · Mar 20, 2026

bdoncsecz said:
No praise for swiderski. He was a dog stalling the entire match!!

Not uncommon with Oklahoma State at 149 and above. Swiderski, Robideau, and Lockett are the main culprits. You watch, Robideau will do everything in his power to slow the match down.

DWKeller · Mar 20, 2026

After the match David gave VN a nice pat on the back. Pretty cool (assuming I saw this correctly).

Fred8811 · Mar 20, 2026

SVN most interesting and exciting PSU wrestler

Wrestleknownothing · Mar 20, 2026

razpsu said:
Of course it is. The ref can say no keep
Wrestling like he did at big tens. Certain guys keep asking for that timeout. The guy was completely gassed and even the announcers were talking about it. Former wrestlers.

Not sure what match B1G you are referring to, but the rule says you only continue if the blood is insignificant AND a point-scoring action is taking place. The stoppages in this match came when there was not a scoring opportunity. People complain when it is stopped. they complain when it isn't stopped. People complain when stalling is called. People complain when it isn't called.

Bob_Anderson · Mar 20, 2026

Wrestleknownothing said:
Not sure what match B1G you are referring to, but the rule says you only continue if the blood is insignificant AND a point-scoring action is taking place. The stoppages in this match came when there was not a scoring opportunity. People complain when it is stopped. they complain when it isn't stopped. People complain when stalling is called. People complain when it isn't called.

People are complaining because the ref was lining them up to restart and he was inspecting the mat, and asking for a cleanup, multiple times. Nobody is complaining about stopping the action for blood, it's the delaying of the restarts.

razpsu · Mar 20, 2026

Wrestleknownothing said:
Not sure what match B1G you are referring to, but the rule says you only continue if the blood is insignificant AND a point-scoring action is taking place. The stoppages in this match came when there was not a scoring opportunity. People complain when it is stopped. they complain when it isn't stopped. People complain when stalling is called. People complain when it isn't called.

They stopped it 4 times. Cmon now. And some how they didnt even clean the blood when they were in timeout allowing more rest for him. When the announcers are saying he is exhausted etc and gets these timeouts it is a little excessive.

kingstown · Mar 20, 2026

Wrestleknownothing said:
I re-watched the end of the match so that I could count up the number of attacks at the end of OT.

While thoroughly exhausted these guys attacked each other 9 times in the final 16 seconds of the match with Van Ness converting on the ninth and final attack.

In my limited experience, I have never seen anything like it. And the look on Swiderski's face as he realized Van Ness had him was heartbreaking for a neutral. Of course, I am not a neutral, so my heart is fully intact.

I have never been so blown away by the amount of action in 8:58 WITHOUT a takedown. An all-time great match. And my favorite of the tournament so far.

I agree 100%. That was a good old fashioned slug fest. Casey brought it but SVN has that ice water in his veins. He is so tough.

Wrestleknownothing · Mar 20, 2026

razpsu said:
They stopped it 4 times. Cmon now. And some how they didnt even clean the blood when they were in timeout allowing more rest for him. When the announcers are saying he is exhausted etc and gets these timeouts it is a little excessive.

That is false

BAN24 · Mar 20, 2026

That OT was like a Gotti Ward fight. So fun to watch but also excruciating if you were rooting for one of them.

razpsu · Mar 20, 2026

Wrestleknownothing said:
That is false

No it isn’t. When they called them back to the line they had the girls come out twice to clean spots that were missed.
anyway get over it.

funkisfun10 · Mar 20, 2026

Wrestleknownothing said:
Blood is blood. It isn't stalling.

It was his own blood, he could have ignored it. He was getting his lungs back. Lol

Psalm 1 guy · Mar 20, 2026

razpsu said:
No it isn’t. When they called them back to the line they had the girls come out twice to clean spots that were missed.
anyway get over it.

More agile mat cleaners would have sped things up : )

watoos · Mar 21, 2026

Wrestleknownothing said:
I re-watched the end of the match so that I could count up the number of attacks at the end of OT.

While thoroughly exhausted these guys attacked each other 9 times in the final 16 seconds of the match with Van Ness converting on the ninth and final attack.

In my limited experience, I have never seen anything like it. And the look on Swiderski's face as he realized Van Ness had him was heartbreaking for a neutral. Of course, I am not a neutral, so my heart is fully intact.

I have never been so blown away by the amount of action in 8:58 WITHOUT a takedown. An all-time great match. And my favorite of the tournament so far.

My favorite is when AJ got pancaked straight to his back. He didn’t pray with Yonger after that match.
What’s with his sticking cue tips all the way up his nose? To make it bleed?

PaWrestlingFan7 · Mar 21, 2026

watoos said:
My favorite is when AJ got pancaked straight to his back. He didn’t pray with Yonger after that match.
What’s with his sticking cue tips all the way up his nose? To make it bleed?

I think that Bastida did the AJ "I'll stick my leg out for you, go ahead and shoot" routine right before he pancaked AJ to his back. Hilarious!

tikk · Mar 21, 2026

Wrestleknownothing said:
I re-watched the end of the match so that I could count up the number of attacks at the end of OT.

While thoroughly exhausted these guys attacked each other 9 times in the final 16 seconds of the match with Van Ness converting on the ninth and final attack.

In my limited experience, I have never seen anything like it. And the look on Swiderski's face as he realized Van Ness had him was heartbreaking for a neutral. Of course, I am not a neutral, so my heart is fully intact.

I have never been so blown away by the amount of action in 8:58 WITHOUT a takedown. An all-time great match. And my favorite of the tournament so far.

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