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  • Articles
    • PWHS Writers >
      • Harry G. >
        • Extinct Wrestling Concepts >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
          • Chapter Three
        • 200 Articles?
        • As We Get Close to the End
        • Carpenters
        • Charles Manson?
        • Fantasy and Reality
        • First Times
        • How on Earth could You Trust Him
        • "I Hate Him!"
        • "If You Break Kayfabe"
        • Jack Brisco, Backlund, Angle...Soucie?
        • Loss of Innocence
        • Missing Things That I Have Never Seen
        • Monsters
        • "Not bad, Kid"
        • "Okay...Okay...Now this HAS to Be Real"
        • Once the Balloon is Popped
        • Suspension of Disbelief Vs. Current Reality
        • The Smarter You Are The Dumber You Are
        • They Aren't REAL Wrestlers!
        • Time to Get My Wrestling Fix
        • Titles of Convenience
        • Turn Off the Lights
        • "Was it really that good?" Yes.
        • Where Are Wrestling's Oddities
        • Who is the Toughest Wrestler
      • Jimmy W. >
        • Fakirs At Work >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
          • Chapter Three
          • Chapter Four
          • Chapter Five
          • Chapter Six
          • Chapter Seven
        • Forgotten Titles >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
          • Chapter Three
          • Chapter Four
          • Chapter Five
          • Chapter Six
          • Chapter Seven
          • Chapter Eight
        • History of Wrestling >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
          • Chapter Three
          • Chapter Four
          • Chapter Five
          • Chapter Six
        • Hooded History >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
          • Chapter Three
        • Let's Go to the Movies >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
          • Chapter Three
          • Chapter Four
        • Not A Wrestler >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
          • Chapter Three
          • Chapter Four
        • A Solid Man
        • Christmas Cards
        • Confidence Vs. Paranoia
        • Feel the Bang
        • For 58 Years They Dreamed
        • From Muldoon to McMahon
        • God Is in the Detail
        • Good Versus Evil
        • Grappling Glitter
        • Hacksaw in the Works
        • Harry Hill and the Champions of Water
        • Nevermind the Piledriver
        • Official WWF Fan Club
        • One and Only WORLD Champion
        • Pioneers Schmioneers
        • Sixty Minutes Is Not Enough
        • Slams and Salaams
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  • Articles
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        • 200 Articles?
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        • Once the Balloon is Popped
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        • The Smarter You Are The Dumber You Are
        • They Aren't REAL Wrestlers!
        • Time to Get My Wrestling Fix
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        • Where Are Wrestling's Oddities
        • Who is the Toughest Wrestler
      • Jimmy W. >
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          • Chapter Three
          • Chapter Four
          • Chapter Five
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        • Forgotten Titles >
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          • Chapter Three
          • Chapter Four
          • Chapter Five
          • Chapter Six
          • Chapter Seven
          • Chapter Eight
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          • Chapter Three
          • Chapter Four
          • Chapter Five
          • Chapter Six
        • Hooded History >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
          • Chapter Three
        • Let's Go to the Movies >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
          • Chapter Three
          • Chapter Four
        • Not A Wrestler >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
          • Chapter Three
          • Chapter Four
        • A Solid Man
        • Christmas Cards
        • Confidence Vs. Paranoia
        • Feel the Bang
        • For 58 Years They Dreamed
        • From Muldoon to McMahon
        • God Is in the Detail
        • Good Versus Evil
        • Grappling Glitter
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        • Nevermind the Piledriver
        • Official WWF Fan Club
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        • Sixty Minutes Is Not Enough
        • Slams and Salaams
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        • Whisky, Whips, Loose Women and Lamb
        • Who Was Homer Lane?
        • "Wrestling Today Is Not Art"
      • John V. >
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        • From Immigrant to Champion
        • Hart of Stampede
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        • Match that Changed Two Worlds
        • Mrs. Krieger
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      • Julie H. >
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          • Chapter One
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          • Chapter Three
          • Chapter Four
          • Chapter Five
          • Chapter Six
          • Chapter Seven
          • Chapter Eight
          • Chapter Nine
          • Chapter Ten
          • Chapter Eleven
          • Chapter Twelve - What If
          • Chapter Thirteen: Fantasy Warfare
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          • Chapter Two
        • What Could Have Been >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
          • Chapter Three
          • Chapter Four
          • Chapter Five
        • Alternate Worlds of Wrestling
        • American Nightmare
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        • Fact Vs. Fantasy
        • Free From the Barnyard
        • HART ATTACK
        • Untold Tales of the Undertaker
        • Why James Dudley Deserved to be Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame
      • Terry K. >
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          • Chapter Three
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          • 1974
        • Inspirational >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
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          • Chapter Two
          • Chapter Three
          • Chapter Four
          • Chapter Five
          • Chapter Six
          • Chapter Seven
          • Chapter Eight
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          • Chapter Two
        • Managers >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
        • Match 2 Remember >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
          • Chapter Three
          • Chapter Four
          • Chapter Five
        • Memories >
          • Chapter One: Part One
          • Chapter One: Part Two
          • Chapter One: Part Three
          • Chapter Two
          • Chapter Three
          • Chapter Four
          • Chapter Five
        • Night 2 Remember >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
          • Chapter Three
        • Red Letter Day >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
        • Stories that Must Be Told >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
        • Story Behind the Story >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
        • Tag Team Thumb-Sketch >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
          • Chapter Three
          • Chapter Four
          • Chapter Five
        • Unusual Wrestler >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
          • Chapter Three
          • Chapter Four
        • What A Card >
          • Chapter One
          • Chapter Two
        • Ancient History
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        • I Did Not Know That
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        • Pro Wrestling in Chattanooga’s Memorial Auditorium 1950
        • Referees: Rick Hazzard
        • Territories
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        • Wrestling In Print: Dickson Tennessee Tragedy Cripples Memphis Roster
    • Guest Writers >
      • Dangerous D >
        • Great Referees
      • David K >
        • Super WrestleMania
      • Kris L >
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      • Mark D.R. >
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        • Big Turn of 1980
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      • Roy L >
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        • Lucier's Lucha Lunacy
      • Ruslan C.P. >
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        • The Evolution of the Catch-Hold on the Continent
      • Russell J >
        • Ode to the Manager
  • Bios
    • A >
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        • Galento
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      • Americus
      • Andre Christol
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        • Savoldi
      • Apollon
      • Archie Gouldie
    • B >
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      • Bam Bam Bigelow
      • Ben Lion Heart
      • Bert >
        • Assirati
        • Rubi
      • Big >
        • Boss Man
        • Bully Busick
      • Billy >
        • Graham; "Superstar"
        • Robinson
      • Black Butcher Johnson
      • Blackjack Mulligan
      • Blondy Chrane
      • Bobby >
        • Bruns
        • Christy
        • Davis
        • Duncum Sr.
      • Bronko Nagurski
      • Bruiser Brody
      • Bruno Sammartino
      • Buddy >
        • Austin
        • Jackson
      • Bugsy McGraw
      • Bull Montana
      • Bulldog Brower
      • Buzz Sawyer
    • C >
      • Carl Abs
      • Chambers Zipps
      • Charles >
        • Lange
        • Moth
      • Chick Donovan
      • Chief >
        • Big Heart
        • Chewacki
      • Clarence >
        • Bouldin
        • Whistler
      • Cliff Maupin
      • Col. J.H. McLaughlin
      • Con Balasis
      • Constantine Romanoff
      • Crusher Verdu
      • Cy Williams
    • D >
      • Dan >
        • McLeod
        • Spivey
      • Danno O'Mahoney
      • Dave Bond
      • Don >
        • Campbell
        • Carson
        • Sugai
      • Donald Dinnie
      • Doug Embry
      • Douglas Clark
      • Dr >
        • Benjamin F. Roller
        • "Doc" White
        • Orville Lee Grable
      • Duncan >
        • A. McMillan
        • C. Ross
      • Dynamite Kid
    • E >
      • Earl Caddock
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        • Lewis
      • Eddie Guerrero
      • Edwin Bibby
      • Elvira Snodgrass
      • Emir Badui
      • Eric Pederson
      • Ernest Roeber
      • Ethel Johnson
      • Eugen Sandow
      • Evan Lewis
    • F >
      • "Farmer" Burns
      • Frank >
        • Crozier
        • Gotch
        • Judson
      • Fred Beell
      • Fritz Hanson
    • G >
      • Gene LeBell
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        • Kennedy
        • Kotsonaros
        • Macricostas
        • William Flagg
        • Hackenschmidt
      • Gerry Morrow
      • Gorgeous George
      • Gottfried Grüneisen
    • H >
      • Harold Sakata
      • Harry Hill
      • Helmer C. Myre
      • Henry >
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        • Seishiro Okazaki
      • Hercules Hernandez
      • Homer Lane
      • Honey Boy Zimba
      • Hugh Leonard
    • I >
      • Ike Eakins
      • Infernos, The
      • Iron Sheik, The
    • J >
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        • Johnson
        • Reynolds
        • Sherry
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      • Jasmin St. Claire
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        • McMillen
      • Jock Ruddock
      • Joe >
        • Acton
        • "Barbados" Walcott
        • Carroll Marsh
        • Stecher
      • John McMahon
      • Johnny Kincaid
      • Josef Steinbach
    • K >
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      • Kathleen Wimbley
      • Karl Veimann
      • Ken Lucas
      • Kerry Brown
      • Kevin Sullivan
      • Koji Kitao
    • L >
      • Larry Zbyszko
    • P >
      • Paul Pons
      • Perro Aguayo
      • Pinkie George
      • Pirata Morgan
      • Professor >
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        • William Miller
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      • Randy Savage
      • Ray >
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        • Candy
      • Regis Siki
      • Ric Flair
      • Rick Hazzard
      • Rick Rude
      • Rip Oliver
      • Robin Reed
      • Roger Kirby
      • Rudolf Grüneisen
    • S >
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      • Seelie Samara
      • Sgt. Slaughter
      • Sorakichi Matsuda
      • Shokichi Hamada
      • Sid
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      • Steve >
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        • Strong
      • Stu Gibson
      • Super Muneco
    • T >
      • Taro Miyake
      • Tatsumi Fujinami
      • Terrible Turk >
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        • Ali Nurullah Hasan
        • Yousouf Ishmaelo
      • Terry Gordy
      • Thor Hagen
    • W >
      • Walter Palmer
      • William Muldoon
  • Interviews
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      • Tim Hornbaker
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      • Peggy Latham: Part One
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    • PWHS Team >
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      • Harry
      • Hayden
      • Jay
      • Jimmy
      • John
      • Julie
      • Mark
      • Terry
    • Referees >
      • Kris Levin
    • Wrestlers >
      • Bobby Bass
      • Tim Parks
      • Tom >
        • Connors: Part One
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        • Connors: Part Three
        • Connors: Part Four
        • Connors: Part Five
        • Connors: Part Six
        • Connors: Part Seven
        • Connors: Part Eight
        • Connors: Part Nine
        • Connors: Part Ten
        • Connors: Part Eleven
        • Connors: Part Twelve
        • Connors: Part Thirteen
        • Connors: Part Fourteen
        • Connors: Part Fifteen
        • Nash
      • Tony Nardo
  • Reviews
    • Promotions >
      • Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling >
        • GCCW 1950 >
          • GCCW Jan 1950
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        • GCCW 1951 >
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        • GCCW 1952 >
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  • Books
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      • Assassin
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      • Charles Fischer
      • Chris Jericho (A Lion's Tale)
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      • Diana Hart
      • Don Fargo
      • Dynamite Kid
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      • Frank Gotch (Wrestling)
      • Freddie Blassie
    • G >
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      • Gorgeous George
      • Greg Lambert's Holy Grail
    • J >
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      • Jake Shannon's Say Uncle!
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      • Jim Freedman's Drawing Heat
      • John Cosper's Bluegrass Brawlers
      • John Cosper's Louisville's Greatest Show
      • Jon Chattman's A Battle Royal in the Sky
      • Jonathan Snowden's Shooters
      • Junkyard Dog
    • S >
      • Scott Beekman's Ringside
      • Shawn Michaels (Heartbreak & Triumph)
      • Shawn Michaels (Wrestling For My Life)
      • Simon Garfield's The Wrestling
      • Sir Thomas Parkyns' Progymnasmata
      • Stan Hansen
      • Sting (Moment of Truth)
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They aren't REAL wrestlers! They are performers.

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​People who take pride in being 'smart' fans, often reveal that they are the biggest marks of all.  How many times have you heard a fan criticize Hulk Hogan, Roman Reigns, The Undertaker as being 'just entertainers'?  The dialogue usually follows the lines of "A REAL wrestler like Karl Gotch, or Lou Thesz would have eaten them up in a minute!"  All this shows is that the self-titled smart fan is actually quite ignorant.

News Flash:  Since the 1920's (and quite possibly before that time) wrestling has been part of the entertainment business.

Pure mat wrestling ability never has been and never will be the main criteria for guaranteeing success in the professional wrestling business.  Would today's fan be able to sit through a three hour match where maybe 2-4 shoot holds were used (and held) for many, many minutes at a time?  I doubt it.  The allure of watching one competitor sit locked in an arm bar for 45 minutes quickly wore off and wrestling evolved from a competitive sport to a faster, more dramatic presentation.  

It did so to stay alive.

Taking it a step further, there has rarely been a wrestler who had outstanding mat skills who was able to parlay that into a career in the professional ranks without a modification of style.  The closest that I can think of who were able to take their amateur credentials into the ring with them and remain successful were Danny Hodge, Verne Gagne and Jack Brisco.  But even they added elements of entertainment to their presentation.

Kurt Angle?  Shall I remind you of Kurt wearing a child's cowboy hat and singing off key to Vince McMahon?  The milk truck?  The stalking of WWF Divas?  All stuff found on the Olympic wrestling mats-right?  George Bollas and Dick Beyer were both outstanding amateur mat wrestlers.  Bollas was a NCAA Champion in the heavyweight division. Beyer played in the Orange Bowl and won many titles for Syracuse University on the wrestling mats.

Both had mediocre careers while playing off of their 'pure' wrestling accomplishments.

Bollas put on a mask as The Zebra Kid. Beyer donned masks as The Sensational Intelligent Destroyer and (in the AWA) DR. X.  Both became internationally known superstars.

Even more intriguing.  Lou Thesz, Karl Gotch and Billy Robinson [see end notes] are usually named as the top three hookers in the professional wrestling business.  They were deadly on a mat if provoked (or in Robinson's case, if he felt like being a jerk). Yet none of those men ever won anything in amateur wrestling!  They learned their techniques during their professional training.  So the big three of hooking never did much as 'pure' wrestlers.  Not that being able to shoot wrestle isn't impressive, but to hear the snobs speak, one would think that Thesz, Robinson and Gotch won every gold medal in every Olympic event ever held.  Not so.

The facts are clear-being a talented amateur or pure wrestler has little to do with success in the professional ranks.  People do not buy a ticket or subscribe to a PPV because they want to see who can do the fastest sit out.  They spend their money to be entertained.

The wrestling fan is the ultimate arbiter of what is successful.  It doesn't matter the size of the push, the amount of hype given to any particular performer-the fan will decide what they truly like and dislike.  The promoter may be a master of psychology and manipulation. but of the fan rejects their choice as the 'chosen one', then they have failed.  Modern fans bemoan the fact that Wrestler X is being misused.  More ignorance.  If fans truly wanted to see Wrestler X, they would make that known by their reactions.

Look at how many darlings on the Independent circuit ultimately failed on a bigger stage.  Having mass appeal has little to do with a gimmick, mat wrestling ability or even promotion.  Mass appeal has everything to do with innate charisma and being entertaining.  Look at history:

Gus Sonnenberg and Jumping Joe Savoldi: Football players who excited the wrestling fans of the 1930's

Gorgeous George Wagner and Antonino Rocca: Performers who caught the attention of millions due to the emergence of television in the late 1940's-1950's.

Dick Murdoch, Yvon Robert, The Stomper, Haystack Calhoun, Karl Kox, Mil Mascaras, Bruno Sammartino, Jackie Fargo, Ray Stevens, The Crusher, Dick the Bruiser and many more: Performers who became superstars in their home territories and in many other places around the globe in the 1960's.

Andre the Giant, Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, The Andersons, Chief Strongbow, Wahoo McDaniel, Chavo Guerrero,  The Von Erichs,  The Rougeaus, Lex Lugar, Sting, etc. – standouts of the 1970's and 1980's.

Not a single pure wrestler in the lot.

Wrestling is and always has been a form of entertainment masquerading as athletic competition.  So, the next time someone is criticizing a Hogan, a Reigns, and AJ Styles-just ask them how many times did they pay money to watch Lauent Soucie on a card.  WHO?  

Exactly.

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They aren't REAL wrestlers! They are performers.
Author: Harry Grover.
Published: March 15, 2019.
Article: #216.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
From Jake Shannon: "Billy Robinson won big amateur tournaments in the UK and Karl Gotch was not only a Belgian freestyle and Greco champ, he was Olympian. He was scouted for Riley's gym while in London competing.

"Billy Robinson won the British National Wrestling Champion in 1957, and in 1958 he was the European Open Wrestling Champion in the light heavyweight class (beating an Olympic bronze medal winner in the finals). You can hear Marty Jones himself (one of 
Billy's first wrestling students) tell the story how Billy almost coached the British wrestling team too (but politics prevailed) here on the Do It Again podcast: "

Editor's note:

​After checking Olympics.org  Karel Istatz (Karl Gotch) represented Belgium in the Graeco-Roman style as a Light-Heavyweight at the 1948 Olympics in London. He did not place.

According to Sports-Reference.com Istatz did not place in Freestyle as a Light-Heavyweight either. 

Also thank you to Nathan Hatton for his valuable input.
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