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Libertylover

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I wish! Nolf so good! Tony C not so much
Hopefully he’s still available when we need a coach, which will be a while. I have a feeling a big extension is coming for TnT. If coarse you could do that for recruiting purposes, then they could step down early like Dressler did, by 3 years. You wonder if that was really what he wanted?
 

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Cassioppi got pinned for the second time in two RAF matches but he's not been paired with slouches either and Sharipov just pinned Hendrickson a couple months ago in Zagreb too.

I think Mikey exposed a weakness in Blaze with the takedown off the whistle in OT at Nationals. Nolf did that to him three or four times for takedowns or push outs almost immediately on the ref's whistle.

Zahid looked great again, looks to be rounding into form when he'll need it most.

Jordan Oliver moving up to a now vacant 155 and maybe facing Retherford sounds good to me if Zain wins at the next show.

Probably a weaker card than usual with the US Open taking most of the American talent for next week except some Final Xers.
 

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Arman doing Arman things.

 

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I’ve caught the last 2 RAF cards and so far I’ve been really impressed. They seem to have about the perfect ratio of elite wrestlers to entertainment guys (mma/Caden Henchel types) to bring in your typical wrestling fans and then draw some mma fans over too. They’ve already lasted longer than I expected it to and they seem to be continuing to grow when you look at some of their recent signings. I’d be curious to see what financials look like though cause the arenas aren’t real big, I can’t imagine their tv deal is worth a ton of money and paying some of these guys can’t be cheap. With all that said I hope it continues to grow and hope to see some more Iowa guys in the future!
 

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I think we all got robbed by not getting to see Pico at his potential. Everyhting was pointing in the direction of possibly one of the all time greats.
Not many win their Senior level debut at 17 years old.
He would have been a man without a country. Too big for 65 (after 2016) and no way was he beating JB or Dake for a while.

His NCAA finishes? My gosh. Could have won 4.
 

HawkAlum2002

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Woods looked awesome just now! Im excited to see how him and Bassett goes.

He did look great, I think it's the most aggressive I've ever seen him in a match. Solid show, nothing too spectacular this time. Keckeisen with a nice win after getting down early, Minto gave Nolf more than I expected, Snyder-Givi got ruined by the early injury so Givi had nothing on one leg. AJ in the front row getting lots of love on commentary, maybe he won't come back to college at all? I had noticed RAF started following his instagram but don't know if that was recently or for some time. Starocci hasn't wrestled since he got whipped at RAF02, make that match happen!
 

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Why? He does it all the time. Im doing Ol' Bonespurs a favor.. Although like I said, obviously the truth hurts
Anyone who brings up politics randomly on this board needs to stop, you just happen to be one of the most insufferable ones who does it
 
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Libertylover

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You mean a comment about someone who recently claimed to be the world's biggest wrestling fan, is hosting a "wrestling " event at his place, can't be mentioned on a wrestling board discussion? Snowflake. Or... the truth hurts you too much.
For the record, it’s an MMA event.
 
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