cruiser_96;976236 wrote: Once, I took down Sonny Marchette. !

I'd like details. Please.

NE district is not at Firestone anymore. Moved to Alliance.

Kinda weirded out by that.

Said: It was a crowded wrestling room and we were doing shark bait. I shot in on a double and the group went nuts! And then I woke up.

cruiser_96;976887 wrote:Said: It was a crowded wrestling room and we were doing shark bait. I shot in on a double and the group went nuts! And then I woke up.

In '96 or '97 I scrimmaged with Kurt Angle, all from neutral. He scored a few times.....

ksig: something about the way Mr. Incredible talks an moves his face around reminds me of you.

Gary Sommers wrote:I am out.

Guys, keep thinking Smith had nothing to do with this, and I will be back when he is gone.

Did I miss breaking news from Ohio State?

From the ancient walls of Samaria and from Hieroglyphics written on the tombs of Egyptian Kings, we know that wrestling is a sport of the ages. It touches the lives of all who participate in it and many times even those who just observe it.*

Who can forget the emotional victory of Jeff Blatnick over cancer before his gold medal win in Los Angeles in 1984 or the heart rendering upset victory of Rulon Gardner over previously undefeated wrestling icon Alexander Karelin in Australia at the 2000 Olympics.

You can see the impact of the sport in the eyes of even its youngest combatants. Perhaps in apprehension of that very first one on one or that glorious twinkling elation that comes from the first victory over the vanquished foe.

And for those who stay the course for a career, their eyes reflect a passion that penetrates deep into their very soul, a look that impacts for a lifetime and yes a look that makes them what they are.

Here is an image that I want to leave with each of you tonight:*

I am Wrestling! Do not weep for me!!

Weep for those who will never experience me.

Weep for those who will never feel the exhausting pain of my training,*

Weep for those who will never sense the bond of Camaraderie that once established, will never wane or die.

Weep for those who will never comprehend the demands of my discipline

And most of all, Weep for those poor souls who will never miss me, because they never knew me.

I am Wrestling! Do not weep for me!!

I have been experienced in virtually every culture and civilization known to mankind.*

I have been contested in over 150 documented forms in written history.*

There is no Nation on this planet that throughout all time, has not experienced me.

I am Wrestling! Do not weep for me!!

Look to those seated around you and think of the qualities that make them what they are:

Accountability, responsibility, persistence, fortitude, strength, compassion, work ethic, ingenuity, determination, integrity, honesty, focus, diligence, and resolve.

Wrestling is not the only place they could acquire these, but By God they all reside here!! And if you live with me long enough these will become you.

I am Wrestling! Do not weep for me!!

No political agenda or political interpretation can ever destroy me. My merit and my worth is no threat to any cause, but rather through my values, I am a model for others.*

I am Wrestling! Do not weep for me!!

Celebrate what I am, celebrate what I have been, celebrate what I represent, and celebrate the many ways I have impacted your life. I will survive this test as I have survived others, I am forever etched into the very fiber of all mankind.

The world needs me.
Time is on my side.
History guarantees me!

I am Wrestling! Do Not weep for me!!*

- Russ Hellickson

...just sayin'.

ttt

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Is anyone going to be at the Solon Comet Classic this weekend????

Cliff Keen...nice job Bucks, Brendan Barlow, Josh Demas, and all of the former Ohio wrestlers.

cruiser_96;979339 wrote:ksig: something about the way Mr. Incredible talks an moves his face around reminds me of you.

Strangely enough...I've been told that before.

I also get a lot of Kevin James comparisons...Im thinking its the physique.

My sister insists I look like Matt Hughes (not the build...the face...but only when I was thinner she says).

I tend to agree most with the out of shape Mr. Incredible.

For the record, not only when thinner... you look so much like Matt Hughes it's crazy! And absolutely nothing like Kevin James. But now I'm going to have to watch the Incredibles again... Ok, I'll go back to just lurking again.

ksig489;1000353 wrote:Strangely enough...I've been told that before.

I also get a lot of Kevin James comparisons...Im thinking its the physique.

My sister insists I look like Matt Hughes (not the build...the face...but only when I was thinner she says).

I tend to agree most with the out of shape Mr. Incredible.

I don't really have anything to add. I just didn't want a thread with John Cena in the title to be at the top of the page.

Same reason.

I have something to add. I recently came across this and have really enjoyed the sentiments.


If (Rudyard Kipling)

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

Wow, I'm not feeling very good about my manhood (or lack thereof) right now.

There's always time to change, Gary. Errr, bitterrunner-up. I kid. I jest. I joke.

Same reason.

Come on Cruiser, there's no need to get nasty.

cruiser_96;1015700 wrote:I have something to add. I recently came across this and have really enjoyed the sentiments.


If (Rudyard Kipling)

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

That poem has been passed down from father to son for generations in my husband's family. In fact we just recently turned to it when the boy turned 18. I loved your earlier post as well. It gave me chills.

Love that poem.

"If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;"

That part is also in one of my favorite songs "Sowing Season" by Brand New.

Same reason.