College Wrestling: Iowa's Johnston Pins MN's Becker

[BlackSN8K]

I miss wrestling, but i don't miss starvation to cut weight...

[rickdt1]

I wrestled DI in the 90's. The sport has advanced quite a bit since I was in school! The internet has helped to evolve wrestling a ton. I wouldn't be able to hang with these kids today. It's pretty impressive.

[lilbromarky1]

Does anyone find the timing of the ref's whistle for the pin a bit late?  Becker was pinned but the ref blew the whistle at a point when the guy's one shoulder was up. Is that normal for college?

[bitchassgoatfucker11]

dont let the girls fuck with your head. its mando to keep a level head and dedication in your training. watch vision quest. or take my advice. lol

[Italiangangst3r]

Makes me wanna wrestle again...

[barber215]

@Italiangangst3r I know right?! I referee high school wrestling now to keep with the sport, but when i see the kids out there, makes me want to get my singlet and headgear on and go out and join them =D

[313wolfy]

craddles are embarassing

[mrkitanai1]

@McFarlainDarin Find a judo club instead.

[VJ732]

@McFarlainDarin Try joining a club.

[byblake121212]

That was awesome

[lesnargoldbergfan]

So many of my freinds say wrestling is guys grabbing each other on the ground

I'm so tired of hearing that shit

No collegiate athlete works harder than wrestlers

[mrkitanai1]

@lesnargoldbergfan No collegiate athlete works harder than wrestlers? I'd say that's an opinion rather than a fact. Anyway, it's all relative isn't it? If you ask 10 different people what "hard" is, you'll get 10 different answers. Some will say that getting creamed by a 330lb football player is "hard". Others will say that swimming sprints in the pool is "hard". If you don't like to run, then track will be "hard". If you don't like the water, then swimming will be "hard", etc.

[fl05sy]

@mrkitanai1 its not up for debate....

@lesnargoldbergfan no collegiate athlete works h

[fl05sy]

@mrkitanai1 its not up for debate.... wrestlers work the hardest

@lesnargoldbergfan no collegiate athlete works h

[MultiHawkeyefan]

BEST VIDEO EVA!!!! GO HAWKS!!!!

[jwdunham6]

makes u wanna get out on the mat everytime

[jwdunham6]

makes u wanna get out on the map everytime

[wyz1]

best of luck fuck! wrestling is the best sport to join if u want to be a beast like gladiator

[LozadaTostada]

Before joining wrestling, I was a walking stick. I was nothing but skin and bones. After joining wrestling, I am now growing a strong six pack, I can do up to 60 push ups (I know still weak, but better than doing only 15), and best of all, I can move my pecs without touching them! :) Wrestling's the best sport out there!

[yuutuba11]

@LozadaTostada its called a growth spurt you chump, you're still weak. leave wrestling for the real men.

[oJEzUSxpwns]

i used to make jokes about wrestling just like all these other idiots..untill my sophmore year of high school..my friends wrestled freshman year and they all quit because they said it was either to hard or "gay"...not knowing what i was in for i joined the team. 4 hours of hell everysingle day for three months. Best decision of my life starting wrestling, i will be changed forever.

[CJSmith1009]

Bill Smith, the last alive Olympic Gold medalist in wrestling has a bio blog! Check it out!

hubpages.com/hub/billsmith

[MoManny]

Man, I remember that like it was yesterday. I will never forget that moment of Johnston jumping around for as long as I live. That's what makes the sport so special. To hear the announcers start off joking around that Johnston beating Becker would be a great showing for his season all the way to the pin and the place just being electrified. Awesome.

[michaelbobkehoe]

i bet most of the kids watching this couldnt last 6 min in a wrestling match.... longest 6 min of ur life. but its awesome when you win. especially by like 1 or 2 cuz then u know it was a good match

[ollobrains1]

wrestling is for poofs

[dbracr27]

@ollobrains1 just mad you cant keep up with us?

[brandonfiend]

WOW!!! Goosebumps all over. That's what freshman dream of!!

[ben36743]

this was an awsome video do the sport its really fun!!!

[derwin768]

I remember when this happened. I was listening to this on the radio and the announcer went absolutely insane

[ScopedPewPew]

At 2:03 was he going for the olympic throw

[Crussell12]

Wrestling IS the hardest sport. But there is no need to defend wresting to ignorant guys. They NEED to put down wrestling because it's their defense mechanism against their own internal conflict. They feel threatened by the feelings wrestling evokes in them. If anything, they deserve our compassion because they are in hell. Wrestling is the oldest sport and I see no evidence of it ever going away. Learn to suffer fools gladly. You'll enjoy much more inner peace.

[longboredking13]

Wrestling is so fun but it's also the hardest sport... The practices.. The longest 6 minutes of ur life on that Matt

[zerofox94]

Wrestling is so badass!

[omghaxzorzz]

This is my first year at wrestling ever. Im a freshman, at highschool, and my coaches told me to watch some videos on youtube, im doing this for football since i need to do a winter sport, so far its pretty tough as in conditioning, nothing like football alot tougher, it seems interesting, i cant wait for my first match!

[bevelaca]

@omghaxzorzz

Good luck!

[562ole]

@omghaxzorzz it takes years to get good in this sport im alumni i wrestled last year as my last year and let me tell you you have to bust your ass day after day to become good wrestlor youll see how hard it is when season starts

[55Fastball]

@omghaxzorzz Im a freshamn in highschool, my first year of wrestling, and im doing it all for football.. wow.. small world.. i lost my first match but i went 2-2 at my first tournament, i hope you better luck

[MboroMarksman4]

@omghaxzorzz Im in the same boat as you. Freshman that didnt want to be outa shape going into Varisty next year so i joined Wrestling. I was convinced because every male in my family wrestled and medal at state. I wrestle 189 and start for varsity. Wrestling is in my genes. I have lost once and thats to a state champion. I lost by 2 points when he got me on my back in the 3rd

[omghaxzorzz]

@MboroMarksman4 Yep exactly the same as me, im heading up to varsity. So far i've been doing good im at a total of 18 - 6 right now... I think thats pretty good for my first year. But im weighing in at 166, playing D-line next year.

[MRfatpersonhater]

@omghaxzorzz quit the pussy football shit...it aint doin you any good

[bigbirdgrappler60]

@MRfatpersonhater football breeds wrestlers wrestling breeds football players they compliment each other brent metcalf was an all district line backer in high school

[planefreak3]

@bigbirdgrappler60 and ray louis was a 189 lb state champion in wrestling, thats another very notable example

[planefreak3]

@MRfatpersonhater its not a pussy sport bro, its just fun in a different way than wrestling

[javonr1]

@omghaxzorzz you usually suck for your first year or two, you start gettin pretty good junior year and you can be nasty senior year

[adanisb]

@omghaxzorzz

I'm sure you realized why your coaches worked you..

Matches get you tired.... run practice 100% With mental toughness will get you wins

[bboyvietstylez]

@omghaxzorzz To tell you the truth wrestling is a hard sport it's fun alot of people say it's gay because they don't know what real sport's are, Wrestling is harder then football When you wrestler you alway gotta trust your shot's set them up.

[dbracr27]

@bboyvietstylez not everybody shoots :P

[bboyvietstylez]

@dbracr27 Yeah but Alway trust in your shot's.

[yo87momma]

@omghaxzorzz thats what I like to hear.

[planefreak3]

@omghaxzorzz i play football and wrestle too, im a wide reciever, what position are you? what weight class?

[alexandro420]

@omghaxzorzz

Good luck bro. It's an amazing sport. Great to pick as your passion or also as great conditioning and power development for other sports. 

[littlecow44]

@omghaxzorzz best feeling in the world, when you hit that takedown just right

[davidgillis25]

@omghaxzorzz How'd your season go?

[xXxALLtheseLIGHTSxXx]

@omghaxzorzz I'm going into my Freshman year now. This is my second year. Good luck man.



[helobelow]

@omghaxzorzz Way to go and dont ever quit! Conditioning and doing moves correctly makes all the difference. increase your opponents pain and that will decrease his will to win! Make him want to get off the matt! FYI:! Im a VHSL 3X State Champion. Andy Bello

[bober431]

WOW!



[kritikaloutkast]

There was a poster in my Gym that said "People like to make fun of guys who wrestle, but they're smart enuff to not tell these jokes in front of them" haha

[BewareTheBaker]

absolutly unbelivable

[lsudude1234]

you guys have no idea we as wrestlers have to go threw at practice. practice is where its at. the maches are just to show off .this stuff might look easy. but actually try to wrestle it will kill you

[ScopedPewPew]

@lsudude1234 Yeah man just by watching you can't tell how draining it is, or how difficult it is. When you go for a shot, it's a lot harder than it looks, usually they'll just sprawl out unless you get them at the right time... And it doesn't look like it's very painful, but some things can be... I got caught with a japanese leg ride last week :(

[yogocomedy]

FINALLY SOME REAL WRESTLING

[Portlaoise50]

Two great packages

[avzeolla]

they poop on it bc they've never done it, and they have no idea what it takes to get on that mat.

i played D1 college soccer for 4 years and wrestled only in high school in a state not known for its wrestling  -- and wrestling was WAY harder. guys think they're superior athletes till the wrestle and then the sport fuckin humbles them. that is some HARD training. these top college dudes would WRECK any of the naysayers.

[ownage160]

god im from minnesota and i approve of this. badass

[dexterp90]

Good match. Becker was caught and that happens to the best sometimes. Wrestling is the toughest sport in the world. Physically, mentally and pure heart.

[bradleyJay24]

wrestling is a beautiful sport..it takes a lot of mental toughness like boxing.. you have to refuse to be taken down or give up any point.. in boxing refuse to be knock down or give up.

[TheTuckerKid]

Iowa is an awesome school.

I wrestled for AUU AND High School.

I just got accepted to Iowa.

I go to talk to the Coach next thurday about wrestling next season. Gonna be an awesome time

[thechenster]

@TheTuckerKid good luck man. Train hard and hopefully we see you on the lineup

[mongoose704]

Iowa wrestling. It isn't merely about winning: It's about dominating.

[bigbirdgrappler60]

espnu still shows this during winter championship coverage

[sportsbloopersman]

I still can't believe he PINNED LUKE BECKER!

[bigbirdgrappler60]

the announcers try to coach to much lol

[zippo7224]

there was a guy that got in a fight at school yesterday and he was trying to use wrestling in the fight and he got beat real bad

[bryantpball]

he probably sucked then...

[zippo7224]

he was half the size of the other guy and he wasnt very strong he was just on the highschool wrestling team

[scndhndmumu]

@zippo7224 dude shut the fuck up there is a difference between fist fights and wrestling holds and hand fighting...ok i agree it wont save ur life all the time but that doesnt mean wrestling is a shitty sport

[zippo7224]

its not a shitty sport if the guy was stronger he wouldve won but he was smaller and weaker

[WHIT3CAPS]

chill, zippo was clearly just telling a story. the wrestler was half the size of the fist fighter, zippo made it pretty clear that he wasnt ripping on wrestling.

[j0xIWsNt]

@zippo7224 dude theres a BIG difference in wrestling and fist fighting. sure some moves can work but you never really tie up in a fist fight. just swing swing swing in most high school fight cases. either that guy was an idiot for using it or just sucked ass at wrestling anyway, idk. shoulda went double leg and slammed his faggoty ass on the ground

[zippo7224]

@j0xIWsNt the guy he was fighting was like half a ft taller and had like 100 pounds on him

[eglanz81]

Joe was always one of my favorite Iowa wrestlers. He is always excited when he wins, and it really pumps up the crowd. I got to meet him when he was a senior--great guy--talked my ear off!

[12CREAM21]

arent they fat for ncaa wrestlers? i thought college wrestlers at that weight were normally 9% bf

[bigbirdgrappler60]

what are you talking about they're both solid muscle

[12CREAM21]

they dont look as cut as i expected

[akilbourne55]

that was beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AAAAAA­A!!!

[crankusfrankus]

nice cradle!

[johnpaul94]

no one cares barber 215...

[kaliedoscopesharinga]

asshole

[barber215]

i'm just f---in saying, dipwad

[toddanderson2008]

I knew what was going to happen and i was still freaking out cheering! haha

[lukej8]

haha it seems like there are like ten guys commentating of the match

[ringgiant1]

Best conditioned athletes in College. Period.

[Trashjack101]

Fun to brag about... but conditioning just sucks.

[ringgiant1]

I agree!!

[sinisterbuffalo]

why does everybody poop on wrestling its fucking awesome

[killajoy714]

@sinisterbuffalo Oh hell yeah, I hate that crap. Everyone, and even some teachers comes up to me and other fellow wrestlers and say,"Why do you like rolling around on the mat getting up against other sweaty guys." My coach simply says that they're too scared. I agree. Wrestling is the best sport ever. It is just a legal street fight with rules and is awesome because of that. Just ignore those people. because they are the ones who rot on the couch all day.

[MboroMarksman4]

@sinisterbuffalo Because once you've done wrestling everything else in life is easy. Just think, there are nearly 2,500 ppl in my highschool and how many can make it on a wrestling team- less than 40. Thats saying somethin.

[The2madre]

@MboroMarksman4 thats a pretty big school im 10 and im wrestlig pretty hard huh :)

[thatguy303171]

YEEES!!! this is INCREDIBLE and just plain sweet. your exactly right...this is why wrestling is the greatest sport in the world!!!

[spoonce]

i can see the pin call but those stalling calls were TERRIBLE

[Wooflays]

johnson was advancing trying to set up his shot and all becker did was back up all the way to the edge of the mat.

[shrepthegnar]

Did Becker repeat as National Champ?

[doubleleg42]

No, Bertin from Michigan won it in 2003

[zpxo3]

thats a good cradel

[d1wrestler5150]

I have always had much respect for Iowa wrestling.

[trenttrentwillmandam]

doesnt everyone?if not, shouldnt they?

[Sajidov3]

Great stuff!

[tpickart13]

This is has got to be one of the best duals of all-time. With this pin and Fulsaas beating 2x champ Damion Hahn with about :05 seconds left. And Iowa was without the services of Mocco but after Fulsaas's win Iowa had a 7 point lead going into HWT and I believe Iowa threw out Freshman Paul Bradley, a little before he hit the starting lineup.