2023 PBA World Championship Stepladder Finals | WSOB XIV 

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His decline started last year.Only 1 title won in 2023

@@nishanthadda8824 Haha... It's all over!!

@@nishanthadda8824 Part of it is his decline, but you also have to take into account that young studs are coming up all the time to challenge the old guard. 2-handers like Simo, Tahvannian, and even Packy Hanrahan were not there 8 or 9 years ago, when Belmo was killing all the 1-handers. Give it another 3-4 years, and there will be even more guys who are throwing the ball at 20+ mph and 540 rev rate.

@@nishanthadda8824 his decline started in 2016, he didn't win any titles. oh, wait...

Belmo a class act?? Loooooool

@@herkermerhomolka3603 someone’s upset because he bowls with 2 hands. Grow up.

@@chinanumberone7723 Haha! You little minded boys always say that nonsense.

Belmo finished.EJ the GOAT

do pins have a chance on light belmo hits of not going down

He dropped the f bomb

That's a fine he'll gladly pay to Tom Clark. I'd probably let an F-bomb slip too in a moment that epic.

yeah

How many majors did Belmonte have again lmao

Haha! All bowlers get breaks. Luck has nothing to do with Belmo's game.

@@bobby_c7671 🙄

Belmos Rev rate is such a advantage normally but against ej they're even.. I do agree though he had so many lucky hits if it wasn't got those it would've been a run away

Awe, your poor feelings. Soft bro,soft.

It is what it is man, my friend and I have a saying, “you know what’s better than skill? Luck”

Lmao was funny, I saw it for a frame or two and was like 😮

He could have threw it in the moat... It was out by then.

STOP SPOILING THE VIDEO. Ofcourse this is comment that showed without even clicking on the comments smh

Yeah, ruined it for me too, showing it right as I started the video.

@@Camsigliere so annoying

@@KGHoffy exactly. i don’t want to watch the video anymore.

@@suciolife right. I wish there was a way to hide comments. It wouldnt be a big deal if the comments didnt show without clicking on the comments. Ofcouse the comment that shows is spoiling the video smfh.

Belmo will be back in the finals for the Players but I think Simo will win it all

Tackett was incredibly accurate, location, speed, and revs, as well as Belmonte. I wouldn't exactly call them all chuckers. It's a power game now. You wouldn't see someone like Jimmy Connors beating Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic? Or Cory Pavin beating Scott Scheffler? Also, Norm and Mike grew up on rubber and plastic, and started on tour with plastic and urethane. Weren't many successful high rev guys then except maybe for Bob Handley. But if Norm and Mike grew up in the 1990s-2000s, I'm sure they'd be power players too. And Norm could hook it back in the day.

@@louieatienza8762 id agree with that and perhaps my word choice was off, i'd just like to see a variety of styles more often

Yeah, the no thumb players. The “2 hands” coined phrase has Belmo making bank. Just a cover up for not using his thumb. I don’t care how these bowlers walk it up there, put the thumb in the ball. It’s not equal and a huge advantage for the no thumb players.

@@bowlingdj300 Well the thing is, bowlers today are "taught" to bowl the way you see it on TV for the most part - for two handers the stutter step, for one handers the bending and unbending of the elbow and wrist. I think EJ is unique in that he has an inside to out backswing, and tucks it in for an inside to out downswing. Though it was an old school thing to teach a looped swing. I think EJ does it naturally, and his father had the foresight to not change it. But you do see it more in folks that have a lankier build. Plenty of styles out there, from Jakob Butturff, to the Lavery-Spahr brothers, Brandon Novak... Difference is Butturff has an uncanny ability to repeat shots.

Earl is commonly recognized as maybe the GOAT of bowling. But honestly, he probably throws the ball 16 mph and with maybe 350 rev rate. He wouldn't be able to compete today, and neither would the likes of Mike Aulby or Johnny P. A good comparison is Parker Bohn III, who even at his age is throwing the ball with better power than the numbers I quoted, but you no longer see Parker, or Norm, winning at the regular national tour, even with their incredible accuracy and touch, as well as mental toughness. The Young guns today are throwing the ball at 20 mph and 530 RPM, AND they also have accuracy and touch. Just look at EJ's match here. The "chuckers" are not really just chuckers. They throw the ball with the accuracy and pinpoint touch of the old guys, but with ball speeds and rev rate that give them 5 times the pocket carry. How often did Earl get a messenger? Maybe 1 out of 20 balls. How often does Jasper Svenson get a messenger? Almost every damn ball.

He needed the first 2 strikes in the 10th to win for at least 2 other titles this year. He has been clutch in 2023.

Having legitimate criticisms of something doesn't make someone a "hater", child. You should learn that not everyone has to agree with you. Time to grow up.... hater.

That's not what happened. The urethane balls don't absorb oil like resin, so they pick it up in the front and deposit it on the back. Simonsen I'm sure knew they built up the urethane shim back there, he just sent it out too wide, that's all.

@@louieatienza8762 So, he was expecting something different when he sent sent it out too wide? What the hell are you talking about? The last two games Randy's talking shit about urethane ad nauseum. Belmo missed one of nine strikes to finish, and this psycho blamed it on the urethane ball as if nine in row was a guarantee with resin.

@@RIVALContentJammerz Tackett was getting it out there and it was coming back. In fact you hear EJ say specifically he was going to use it to his advantage. Simonsen simply threw a bad shot. I didn't really get that urethane hate vibe from Randy. Is Randy a Psycho? 100%. He started his career with urethane. What he didn't envision then were bowlers using urethane to yank-fest the ball up the shim with almost zero penalty of over-hooking - until the heads fry.

Why???

He said: “It’s my fucking time!”

well now bbut walter had 49 titles in back years

@nishanthadda8824 I imagine someone saying this right before honking their nose and riding away on a unicycle

Yeah because Belmo losing one match to EJ means he’s washed. What about the Tournament Of Champions 🤣

Yikes

LMFAO. Imagine calling the second place Tournament of Champions bowler "done" because he lost in a very close 10th frame game. What a clown.