Questions for anyone that has wrestled...

Champ Kind · 07-11-2008, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by MOJO

My reason for joining the wrestling team was to get in better shape for the upcoming baseball season, at the advice of a baseball coach. I was terrible, but the team was so small that I was able to go varsity and wound up 1-15 that 1st season, with all 15 losses coming by fall! In spite of my lack of success, I fell in love with the sport that year and never played baseball again.

I bet your baseball coach was thrilled with that!

architeuthis · 07-11-2008, 10:52 AM

1. 8 years old

2. I was the first one who wrestled. I was obsessed with Hulk Hogan and I wanted to perfect my atomic leg drop. Much to my chagrin, it was totally different. But a lot of fun.

3. Aurora, IL, right down the street from you.

Edit, I don't feel so bad about question 2 now after Mojo's response.

Flop The Nuts · 07-11-2008, 11:24 AM

1. How old were you when you started wrestling?

10 officially, but I wrestled around with my dad and friends from a very early age.

2. Why did you start wrestling? Did you have a family member or someone else that was close to you who had wrestled and encouraged you to do so? Or did you start on your own?

My father wrestled for many years, and he started taking me along to dual meets (meats!) and tournaments when I was about 3 or 4 years old. I grew up in western Pennsylvania, where wrestling is a very mainstream sport.

3. What city and state are you from originally? Did you live in an urban area when you started wrestling or was it more country/suburban? Tell me a little about the demographics of the area you lived in when you began wrestling.

Greenville, PA, about 90 minutes north of Pittsburgh. Very rural, blue-collar, about 9,000 people in the early 80's. The gym was packed for every dual meet, regardless of our opponent. I've heard that Greenville holds the state record for most wins by a PA AA team, so there is a long history of wrestling in that town.

Cool topic DH.

Wiltz · 07-11-2008, 03:19 PM

1. How old were you when you started wrestling?

9

2. Why did you start wrestling? Did you have a family member or someone else that was close to you who had wrestled and encouraged you to do so? Or did you start on your own?
My uncles wrestled but, it was something that appealed to me so my parents encouraged it.
3. What city and state are you from originally? Did you live in an urban area when you started wrestling or was it more country/suburban? Tell me a little about the demographics of the area you lived in when you began wrestling.

Marion, IA is a small suburb of Cedar Rapids if that is even possible.

Dart Shark · 07-11-2008, 03:40 PM

1. How old were you when you started wrestling?
My junior year in high school -- 16.

2. Why did you start wrestling? Did you have a family member or someone else that was close to you who had wrestled and encouraged you to do so? Or did you start on your own?
My wrestling coach had talked me into coming out. Had him for first-period PE. We were a wrestling town, so it got infectious once I started showing interest.

3. What city and state are you from originally? Did you live in an urban area when you started wrestling or was it more country/suburban? Tell me a little about the demographics of the area you lived in when you began wrestling.
Originally from Newport News, Va., but moved to Poquoson, Va., when I was 12. Newport News was urbanesque, but Poquoson was damn near backwoods comparatively speaking. The two were only 10 miles apart. Poquoson has a legacy dating back to the late 1960's with wrestling. Nine state championships, runner-up something like 15 or 16 times. They used to bang on trash can lids and cram in for dual meets. I'd put our fans up against ANY District XI fans in terms of overall tenacity.

homerdindon · 07-11-2008, 03:44 PM

1. When I was 5

2. Because I was 5 and had nothing to do. My dad asked me if I wanted to wrestle, and I figured that it was just like WWF, which I loved, so I said sure. I didn't really like it as much as baseball, but kept doing it every year anyway.

3. Same as Twink, Newport News, VA. I'll stick with his description of urbanesque.

RYou · 07-11-2008, 04:14 PM

1-15 ! as a soph !

Mojo, you're bio should be put in front of every freshman HS wrestler and then tested on it. The career is a tribute to hard work and dedication to the sport. 95 out of 100 take a hike after a 1-15 record.

DH · 07-11-2008, 05:01 PM

Thanks so much to everyone who has posted replies on here as well as sent me emails with replies.

I appreciate it a lot!!

Flop The Nuts · 07-11-2008, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by DH

Thanks so much to everyone who has posted replies on here as well as sent me emails with replies.

I appreciate it a lot!!

DH - In the spirit of full disclosure, what are your answers to 1-3?

MOJO · 07-11-2008, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by RYou

1-15 ! as a soph !

Mojo, you're bio should be put in front of every freshman HS wrestler and then tested on it. The career is a tribute to hard work and dedication to the sport. 95 out of 100 take a hike after a 1-15 record.

Thanks for the kind words Brother RYou. It's also a tribute to a H.S. coach who made hard work fun and who cared about every kid in the room, not just the ones who were good at first glance. Coach K made my one win that year seem like the first step up Mt. Olympus, and made me sooo hungry for win #2!

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