Presented by Spartan Combat, The Wrestling Changed My Life Podcast features long-form interviews with amateur wrestlers - past and current - MMA fighters and titans of industry. New episodes are released every Monday and Wednesday, where host Ryan Warner talks college wrestling, Olympic wrestling and more with some of the biggest names in the sport.
Wrestling Changed My Life also produces original audio documentaries including Slaying Saitiev, The Smiths and Gable the GOAT.
This brother buddy used to live in my neighborhood when I was a kid. I had a foot race with him as a kid, thinking he was just a guy with a rope .......boy was I wrong. He smoked my boots. Wow ..he really took his skills and made something of it. Amazing.
Mocco beat my heavyweight (teammate) in the high school national finals match. Lionel was undefeated his senior yr (CA state champ) and Mocco pinned him in his last wrestling match. And Lionel grew up doing Judo too. Didn't matter, Mocco is Mocco.
I don't really follow wrestling much, but Cael Sanderson to me is one of the most impressive human beings on this planet. To have an undefeated career 159-0 in college, win an olympic gold, and then go on to coach and win 11 national titles is absolutely insane. I don't know if there has ever been a more dominant all around figure in their sport than him.
Saitiev was amazing. I had the good fortune to be among the NYAC wrestlers assigned to serve as a finals escort at the 2003 world championships in NYC - I was assigned to Saitiev for freestyle and Eldar Kurtanidze from Georgia for Greco. Both won their finals match. It was my first time seeing the superstar Cael Sanderson in person but I felt absolutely star struck seeing Saitiev. He was quite tall and lanky for the 163lb weight class. He had suffered a facial injury earlier in the tourney and his face was swollen badly for the finals. He was still jovial and nice (despite the pain to his face) as he waited his turn to take the mat. That era of wrestling was something else. Would’ve been great to see him against JB at their peak. Not saying JB would win but if Slay’s double leg gave Saitiev problems, JB might have a chance to keep it close.
Great Video About Zain I Had The Privilege Of Getting to Watch Him Wrestle At D-4 Williamsport All 4 Years And Than Going To Hershey For States More or Less His High School Career It Was Awesome It Was Poetry In Motion I Wish You Much Luck With Wrestling In The Future Go Bring Home That Olympic Gold We Will Be Cheering For You And The Rest Of Americans Best of Luck In Life We Are Penn State ✌️
im glad there are places where men want to be tough. i grew up in ireland and we just fought a lot on the streets. no discipline or technique. it just came natural. we didnt think we were hard me. we just want to assert dominace and not allow ppl to push us around. really, i wish we had wrestling in school there.
steve williams is still the best wrestler i ever saw was in his weight class he pinned ricky harris in 20 seconds to eliminate me pinned people so fast all day even in college nationals
But anyways the best high school coach that ever walked the mat was Rick iverson of marysville wa not just technical skills but he just had a special way to him he is still coaching girls wrestling
But anyways in a cafe the waitress in a small town told Kenny right to his face that I don’t serve n word here and Kenny did not say a thing I was in shock but when the coach from Everett told her that she had just called a Olympic champion a nig she turned another color seriously Kenny did not say a thing later he told me he did not remember the incident
I met Kenny in Seattle wa at marysville wa with one of the best high school coaches ever Rick iverson I grabbed his leg he thought I was nuts cool dude
Wow, I can't stop listening to these. I went to a John Smith camp in Hays, KS in 1992. I so bad wanted a pair of his new Brute shoes, but I had spent most of the money my Dad gave me. John gave me the shoes, and told me to just have my Dad mail him a check.
Saw him make Bennett from hunterdon central look like a little kid in the state finals. He pulled a spin around in the semis that I still tell people about to this day. Saw him cradle a guy while in neutral. Hahn was a sight to see back then.
