It was a bit high. I've seen worse gotten away with. It was an ethical call and good for the sport. When I wrestled in the 70's and early 80's, when I first started as a boy, I had a bad habit of not placing the side of my head on the back of my opponent when on top in the referee position. Experienced wrestlers would slam the back of their head directly into my face on purpose. Blood everywhere and broken noses until I learned. The matches were only stopped long enough for the coach to stuff cotton balls up my nose to stop the bleeding and the blood to be wiped off the mat and disinfected. Then, send me right back out there to finish the match. It was brutal for awhile. I never did this to anyone on purpose, but it does happen on accident sometimes too. I've seen fingers broken, hair pulled and eye gouges are still prominent today. Broken legs, arms and dislocated limbs, collar bones, etc. A serious injury at a young age can develope into a life long battle with pain. Trust me, I know..
I'm not gonna lie my coach says (middle school) if a opponent is riding high flick your head up riding high is when your in referee position the head on top is looking to the back of your head and is near the back of your head pretty dang brutal for middle school not gonna lie
Yea, he didn't control both their body weight on the way down straight powerbomb dumped dude on his head, zero concern about spine alignment with the mat 😂😂😭💀 ouch
Grizzly bears do this, supposedly, when in the process of killing a human. They’ll lift people off the ground by just pulling one if their legs or one of their arms.
@@adriana2418 Well yeah I do expect to get hurt I get hurt all the time especially in my arms and shoulders But the point is in the neck everything is vital it’s even in the rule book it’s strictly prohibited or it should be
Just curious, fellas, what's the difference between a slam and a throw? Because I remember in greco-Roman wrestling, you can't attack the legs, and the competitors mostly rely on throws. But how do you determine whether it's a throw or a slam?
In folkstyle, like in the video, a slam is basically when a wrestler does not return the other wrestler safely. In folkstyle, big throws that go straight back are illegal also. In Greco-Roman and freestyle, there are no slams and no rules on how big the throws can be. Hope that helps.
thats a little dif tho cuz once the leg is swept, the body will start falling, so throwing them down doesnt really do much to the other wrestler. but this kid was literally picked up BY the single leg, and then SLAMMED nape first into the mat
To me, I don’t think that was done on purpose. From experience I know I’ve jacked guys legs up much higher than this guy did and never had a guys leg kick out from under him like that. I don’t think the guy that got slammed has great flexibility.
Because of the differences of graces or colors is not on purpose if the opposite were true it would be a purpose racist and he will be disqualified and arrested
@@davidoconnor393 Find some bitches and take a remedial english class. Being angry at black people for hypothetical situations is really fucking weird.
When I wrestled in the 90s it was fine as long as you held on and controlled the person all the way yo the ground...I don't see a problem here exept the head to ground contact...had he dropped him on his back or shoulder probably not a DQ
@@jonathancrespo3274 He was not the only one responsible for the outcome. in that situation momentum has a lot to do with the way they fall. the defender was hopping to keep his balance while the offender was driving the leg upward. after a certain point people tip. the kid should have "bellied out" to avoid getting dropped on his neck. sorry he may have got hurt, but it's a tough sport. bullshit DQ
@@bcarss1970 you must not be involved in wrestling, it is illegal due to the fact the kid picked him up as high as he could (unnecessary) and slammed him to the mat (excessive force) those two criteria are cause for disqualification.
Perfectly legal. His knee touched the mat befor the other kids back hit the mat. Ref just didn't see it or he's ignorant of the rules. That was my favorite takedown. Used it pretty often.
Depends on the state and the style. I wrestle in NC and there is a rule in folk style that if you pick your opponent up you must return him with relative “safety”. Basically gives the ref the right to call any throw he wants.
LOL in wrestling you are supposed to control the slam he casually directed him onto his head, on the way down. 😭😭😭😭 He could have broke that dudes neck or back it was still funny you watch tho and he was strong to pick the other side up like that so quick.
@@thegoodbrotherdivinegodbea9622 I didn't see the ref make a flagrant signal, but the video ended. I think a flagrant call is not unreasonable, but at least that is going to be unnecessary roughness. In the past, it would be 2 minutes recovery time, but with the new rules, I would call for a nervous system exam (aka concussion check). If the wrestler is not able to continue, it would be a default and the guy who did the slam would lose.
In folk style wrestling your opponent must have an arm free to protect themselves on landing as well as he went onto his neck and it was unnecessary force as well
@@bcarss1970 he landed on one of his shoulders and took all the impact; as a result, if you slow it to 0.25 speed, youll see just how fast his head bounced off the ground
I've never wrestled but after watching a ton of these clips I can understand the anger. It's the uniforms. They're a tutu away from being ballerina gear and having to kneel over a dude getting down on all 4's...? Questionable.
As a wrestler, I agree. However, its the must logical uniform given the fact that wrestling is 90% grabbing and pulling. Essentially, the singlets are the most standard and fair outfit for the sport. And the referees position isn't that weird since you aren't actually having to kneel over a dude. Your hips are on his side and it's just apart of the sport. When you're actually doing it you don't think much of it, the only thing going through your mind is to take your opponent down. As soon as you step on the mat, your entire brain instantly is focused on the match and nothing else.
New it was only time that wrestling would go woke. Wrestle in the late 60s. We tried to hurt the other opponents to make damn sure they would remember us.
WOKE? You know how many people get paralyzed by this time of thing? Just go to a tournament and I guarantee you that you'll see at least one person in a wheel chair who was injured because some kid was out of control and dropped them on their head. They still support the sport, but I guarantee you that they would tell you that allowing this type of thing isn't worth the risk.
