accomplishments. I almost always tell people about them. I love the sport of wrestling, and I spend every day doing it. It has given me quite a few characteristics that make me unique and that definitely set me apart from others; these include perseverance, boldness, and humbleness. These traits are very good to know when dealing with my everyday life. Perseverance is one of the most important qualities that I have learned from wrestling. In this sport, it is a necessity. During practice, in…
brothers wrestling for the High School. His head coach was close with my brother so he also knew me. He was and still is an social studies teacher at Heritage Middle school which is connected in the School district of 197. Every morning at Heritage he would see me and always call me by my brothers name and always bug me about wrestling and trying out for it. Over time of always bugging me about wrestling, I ended up taking his advice and decided to wrestle. When i tried out for wrestling at the…
This week on WWE Raw in Brooklyn 'New York' Bubba Ray and D-Von returned and were welcomed with a huge crowd pop. We witnessed the shocking return of "The Dudley Boyz" who haven't been seen as a team back in WWE in over 10 years. The crowd went crazy, The New Day was in for A Bad Day, crowd chants of "Get The Tables" " ECW" and "3D" echoed around the arena. The Dudley's quickly destroyed The New Day one by one to the crowds delight. Fortunately, the Dudley Boyz return was not leaked online and…
It was freshman year of high school I was 16 my first year wrestling it was my first jv tournament we were at pacific high school in there gym at 8:30am and it was hot it felt like desert my match was about to start as sweat ran down my face I started to get nervous because i'm always nervous before a match it feels like there's a pit in my stomach but I was to focused on winning a medal and excited because wrestling is fun and it got a fire going in me I was ready to become a beast and fight…
began boxing at just seven years old and holds an amateur record of 156-28. It hasn't been a cake walk for Blackwell. He lost his first professional fight in 2009, due to a broken right hand and life threatening levels of dehydration. Not to mention, he was forced to jump up a class to super welterweight (154lbs). After facing early complications in his professional boxing career, he is now under new management and has went 15-0 in the International boxing league and has become the WBU Novice…
There are three types of movements that I know only too well. The first is the sweep: the initial take down of the opponent’s body by knocking his legs out from under him until he falls to the ground. Each bone pulsates in its own unique way as it braces for the impact while being crushed to the floor. The second movement is watching the Sensei urging the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor to regain his stance. All of this eventually leads to the “tapping out” when you tap the floor to indicate…
I played the sport with a passion, even though it wasn’t my favorite. There were tons of stories and memoires that I made over the years, however there is one that would go down in my schools history. One of my favorite memories of high school wrestling, that would be the moment when I saved the team by winning the last match and beating one of our rivals, Timberland. The event was held at my school Francis Howell Central. I wrestled in the heavy weight class, even though I was under weight…
names for attendance. This was Sebastian’s first wrestling tournament, Randy’s third. They are both eighth graders. Sebastian has no clue what he is doing. “What seed are you anyway? I’m 2nd” Randy Asked Excitedly. “6th. I’m not that good at wrestling anyway.” Sebastian never really cared about sports, he just did it to be with Randy and his other friends. Randy, on the other hand, had been training since he was 6. He knew so many moves in wrestling, and a lot of them were advanced. He was…
Randy Mario Poffo, better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler and color commentator best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling . He is regarded as one of the greatest pro wrestlers in history. Savage won 20 championships during his 32-year career. He held six world championships between the WWF and WCW, having won the WWF Championship twice and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship four times. He…
Wrestling is one of the oldest sports. They have found cave drawings of it that dated up to 15,000 years ago. Wrestling was very popular in the Olympic games. It originated in Greece as a way to teach soldiers hand-to-hand combat. It was most popular during the middle ages. There are four ways of winning a wrestling match. One, you can win by major decision which is winning by points. Two, you can win by technical fall which is where you win by 15 points and its an automatic win. Three, you…