Real American Freestyle
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Nolf definitely rusty. I also think being at 175 isn’t ideal for Nolf. Wick’s size didn’t help.
I tried signing up. Got everything done. Got confirming emails. Listened to the terrible press conference. Then, could not see the wrestling. No help from tech support. After one AI chat and 2 human chats I got fox nation and fox one canceled. I gather there will be no play by play!?
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a gut wrench turned into a fall like that. Seemed kinda sus tbh.
The people thinking this was an interesting matchup had to have been on something.
Bo beat Cardenas 6-4: baited him into trying a gut and hipped over, reversed him, almost got the fall. Definitely seemed not his old self though.
Every time I see Hendrickson all I think is that he wouldn't beat a healthy Kerkvliet.
Was there. Fun event and front row floor were $70. Hard to beat that.
Nolf was cooked and looked like he'd been doing BJJ and not wrestling. Bo looked stiff but extremely technicL. Both are obviously still supreme athletes, but they didn't look like they did when wrestling for PSU.
The most impressive thing BY FAR was a 43 to Holly Holm coming out after retiring from UFC and not doing any grappling for seven months and putting on one hell of a show. She absolutely had no idea what she was doing but was awesome. No idea why the other woman kept tying her up and letting her use her strength. Holm's footwork was weird, her hand feints and movement were downright funny, and she clearly had no idea how to shoot. Amazing she could do what she did on short notice and not even knowing what she was doing. Impressive.
We were in the Grey corner. After the first period, the woman came back and said, "man she's strong." Holly's a beast.
Nolf was cooked and looked like he'd been doing BJJ and not wrestling. Bo looked stiff but extremely technicL. Both are obviously still supreme athletes, but they didn't look like they did when wrestling for PSU.
The most impressive thing BY FAR was a 43 to Holly Holm coming out after retiring from UFC and not doing any grappling for seven months and putting on one hell of a show. She absolutely had no idea what she was doing but was awesome. No idea why the other woman kept tying her up and letting her use her strength. Holm's footwork was weird, her hand feints and movement were downright funny, and she clearly had no idea how to shoot. Amazing she could do what she did on short notice and not even knowing what she was doing. Impressive.
We were in the Grey corner. After the first period, the woman came back and said, "man she's strong." Holly's a beast.
Over/under of non-wrestling fans who tuned in on Saturday is 0.5.
RAF 01 is officially in the books & we dive into it all!
0:00 - Intro & Start of Show
02:30 - NCAA Eligibility
5:40 - Overall Takeaways from RAF 01
11:15 - Adding The Belts Was The Right Call
14:00 - Rewarding The Athletes Who Bought In
18:30 - What Happened to the Seth Gross Match?
22:00 - Holly Holm’s Presence on the Card
29:15 - Recapping the Full Card
38:30 - Gomez is the Heel RAF Needs
44:50 - Wick/Nolf Was Match of the Night
56:30 - Three 2:00 Periods
01:13:55 - Bo Nickal is Back
01:17:55 - Wyatt vs Mason Will be Great
RAF 2 probably 6:00 PM Super Bowl Sunday on weather channel app.
Wonder if allowing athletes to pick out their own singlets would help in character development like WWEesque. The RAF ones looked pretty nice and I’m sure they’re trying to push the brand right now. Just a thought
RAF 2 will be held at Rec Hall on November 8th, according to Chief Media Officer Eric Bischoff.
All the info that's out at the moment is here:
www.on3.com
You can click the RAF link in the story to sign up for an email that will have info about tickets and what not whenever it's available.
Penn State to host Real American Freestyle (RAF) 2 this November
Penn State wrestling will host RAF 2 this November, the company announced on Thursday. Ticket info is not yet out.
You can click the RAF link in the story to sign up for an email that will have info about tickets and what not whenever it's available.
Poor man’s all star classic (which I am pretty sure was a very easy ticket, on the order of $25). Same day as a home football game. Probably hoping for a noon kick and enough people to stick around for wrestling. I’d pay more to watch the RAF executive strategy sessions than these glorified exhibition matches. “Grow the sport” LMFAO. It’s a shameless short-term money grab.
I’m not sure I’m following the money grab logic? Someone is spending a great deal of money to produce these, hoping the losses lead to future gains. At least that’s how I’m seeing it. The production value of the event was way outside of what we typically see with wrestling. Who’s money are they grabbing?
Somebody probably losing money but I reckon a whole bunch of people involved with no skin in it happily getting paid for their services while pretending this is a legit “grow the sport” initiative.
If the belts are real -- meaning they'll be defended at each event -- then we know half of the card. Just need to ID the challengers.All the info that's out at the moment is here:
Penn State to host Real American Freestyle (RAF) 2 this November
Penn State wrestling will host RAF 2 this November, the company announced on Thursday. Ticket info is not yet out.
You can click the RAF link in the story to sign up for an email that will have info about tickets and what not whenever it's available.
I'd like to see Kerk vs Hendrickson.
I think they already teased Parris vs Hendrickson. But Willlie spoke on Basch & the Brain of not making every bout a title bout moving forward—they want to develop contender storylines too. So maybe we’ll get Kerk vs Parris.
I really don’t care for the WWE/UFC “pageantry.” I just want to see great wrestling. Also: I’m as doubtful of the chances of success for this effort as any, but I’m also hoping I’m wrong. They are investing a ton into it. Hope it finds a foothold where others have not.
I dont know why you keep shiting on this? Did you watch the first one? I thought it went pretty good. Most of the wrestlers interviewed repeatedly said they were thankful for actually making some money for their wrestling. That should boost interest from other wrestlers. Who knows if it will work long term or not. I hope it does. No reasonable person could blame a new company for wanting to try and stack the deck in their favor. Having the 2nd event at the current hot bed of wrestling, hopefully right after a home football game. I'll probably be in attendance.
I didn’t watch the event and I realize that Jason Nolf hasn’t been training in RAF, but if you beat him, in or out-of-shape, you get my vote for Athlete of the Week.