A lot of what is wrong in wrestling today, in my view, comes from the attitude that Mr. Church has reflected. As a wrestler, as a sportsman, as a person, and, yes, as a Christian, if you choose to take that title, you are responsible for your actions on the mat. If you choose to use illegal means to better your position, or to intentionally injure your opponent, then you deserve to lose. When you slap a figure four on an opponent's neck and crank on it to avoid losing a takedown, with no regard to the fact that you are twisting on a man's spinal cord with muscles that can squat 300 pounds or more with an incredible adrenaline rush behind the effort, or when you run an arm against the joint and press your whole body behind it while your opponent is anchored to the mat, or when you pick the guy up and throw him on his head,or neck, or when you just decide the crowd would love to see some thug hit his opponent with the crown of his head as hard as his neck muscles can propel that weapon, Then you deserve to lose. period. To ridicule the opponent because he cannot continue, or just decides that he has had enough of an illegal battering, is what has given the ugly side of this sport a real boost in the last few years. The officials were pretty much on the top of their game this year, with few serious injuries, and I really commend them for that. There were occasional bad calls, some really bad, but none that involved a wrestler getting hurt needlessly. Good job stripers! (by the way, Prant, hit that edit button, "is ludicrous" only needs to appear once-- I think this is the first time error for you , so I will try to be gentle, since you were the one that instructed me on the use of the finest poster's pal, the edit button.)
