Lou Banach vs Joseph Atiyeh of Syria in 1984 Olympic Finals

[norma1250]

God I would sell my house to lick the crack of Lou's azz

[MarkSchultz]

Lou and Ed are 2 tremendous athletes and people.

[dhp1117]

ya go lou him and ed are my cousins excellent wrestlers 

[whiteapplemovies]

Fellas, no need to debate the fall. Joe is my uncle, and he couldn't care less.

[abbeykroeter]

@whiteapplemovies Very cool for you to say. And what most people don't realize is that Joe would shred just about everyone else on the planet besides Lou and a few eastern block country athletes at the time. Just to be at that level... scary. I wouldn't cross him.

[Lauranada11]

Hahaha. Yeah he intimidates them. @neillus27

[Neilius27]

@Lauranada11 Must be difficult on your dating life? I assume boys are probably tremendously intimidated by Lou's reputation as a smashing machine on the mat.. You just don't see people getting pinned in an Olympic final very often..

[zowietown]

He decimated the Syrian. Whether it was an actual fall or not, the match wouldn't have lasted much longer...

[Grixxly]

@zowietown It was definitely a fall. Hell both shoulders roll the mat twice.

[arelsamil]

The niveau in the olympics 1984 was desolat.

[gr8tymecpl]

What a ridiculous call... The ref did not even bother to get position. Maybe two sets of American twins were destined to win gold in this Olympics...

LOL

[lumpagogo]

Joe Atiyeh's cousins are the legendary tough guys, George and Dennis Atiyeh, both 2-time PIAA champs and great D-I college football players. George played in the USFL.

5 star upload.

[takky9298]

Banach used to pin 400 pounders when he wrestled for Iowa. They don't come any tougher.

[dckundr]

ultra flex's live !