You’d think that Betts’s illustrious career in amateur wrestling and his early success in NXT would make him carry himself with high decorum, but what WWE fans have seen from the now transformed Chad Gable is a man desperate to win. Frustration Builds It’d be kind to describe Chad Gabl...
The Betts family's dedication to wrestling elevated Chas to a high school state championship and seven dedicated years at elite Olympic training centers. On April 21, Betts qualified in the Olympic team trials for a chance to compete in London's Greco Roman Wrestling Competition. In Greco Roman...
Results in professional wrestling are predetermined, but one streak earned respect from fans and athletes alike. WWE’s The Undertaker won 21 consecutive matches at Wrestlemania—the industry’s Super Bowl event—and put his streak on the line at Wrestlemania XXX against MMA star Brock Lesnar. Som...
Matsuri was intense, kind, and thorough…and I liked it. I emailed back asking if she wanted to have dinner that night. She said yes. We met at Ueno park. I had just checked out the museums by there, and waited near teenage boys arm wrestling, feeling tempted to challenge one of the...
producing dry results. Bofill’s long, low building for wrestling, the National Institute of Sports, was originally designed for a different site along the esplanade but inexplicably was not adapted to its new home: It obstinately faces the wrong way, and the roof seems too low in comparison ...
House rules were set, according to Sullivan, but “they’re two boys, right?” Sullivan, much like Jordan, has a laid-back personality and was lenient when a wrestling match broke out or a hockey puck sailed over the couch. “They knew when I was serious and when I wasn’t,” she ...