Most Exciting Match of the Tournament?

[tekken801 1]

Tax season and wrestling season make it tough for me to enjoy the full tournament.  I was wondering if some people would nominate some of the matches they considered to be the most exciting of the tournament.

And I'd like to note that exciting doesn't always have to equal the score being close, or even mean high scoring. 

I thought Demas Vs Lee at 141 was awfully exciting and didn't seem to get that much talk. 

[DrStrange 89]

Hidlay/Nolf was awesome.

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Dean Martin

[DrStrange 89]

4 minutes ago, scribe said:

Dean Martin

That was a top 5 for me. 

[Frank_Rizzo 336]

Gotta go with Nolf and Hidlay, with Lewis and Marinelli or Lewis and Joseph as contenders.  

[steamboat_charlie v2 1,157]

1 minute ago, tekken801 said:

Tax season and wrestling season make it tough for me to enjoy the full tournament.  I was wondering if some people would nominate some of the matches they considered to be the most exciting of the tournament.

And I'd like to note that exciting doesn't always have to equal the score being close, or even mean high scoring. 

I thought Demas Vs Lee at 141 was awfully exciting and didn't seem to get that much talk. 

I assume you watched the finals, so won't point out any of those matches.  Some others that stick out off the top of my head...

Pletcher / DeSanto was both exciting and controversial

Hidlay / Nolf similarly exciting and controversial

Rivera / Glory consol. semi was exciting, a little extracurricular at the end too

Lewis / Marinelli

Ness / Rasheed

and for the masochists out there, Elam / Jennings, last match of the Friday morning session, arena was basically empty and the match lasted like 25 minutes. If ever there was a match you wanted to show someone to make them never watch wrestling again, this'd be it. 

 

[russelscout 1,573]

Desanto and Gomez was the most action packed. It ended up pretty one sided, but a few of those throws were close and could have easily went Gomez's way. 

[Michigan wrestling 43]

Myles Amine vs. Jordan Kutler great match!

[wrestlingnerd 3,003]

Some of the best ones have already been mentioned. A few others:

 

Vito/Piccinini and Vito/Rivera (their second match for 3rd)

Mueller/Rivera (not even remotely a close match but nevertheless exciting)

Desanto/RBY

Demas/Lee

Yianni/Eierman (basically, every time these two wrestle, it's awesome)

Young/Deakin

Lewis/Marinelli

Marsteller/Marinelli

Ness/Rasheed

Stoll/Jennings

[FAU 9]

Not many probably watched but Moran/Morris in the consis was a barn burner.  Morris was up 10-0 and Moran stormed back to win 16-10.

[DrStrange 89]

Im a sicko - I liked the Jennings/Elam match. That was some old school stuff right there. 

[DuckFor2 216]

never thought i'd see a most exciting match thread with Sam Stoll mentioned. lol

Lewis/Joseph was awesome. as well as Fix/Suriano

[Stl 83]

Erneste Wilson match was intense

[KTG119 820]

Shoop v Brock 14-10 score sounds exciting but I didn't see it....anyone have recall?

[LHU125 113]

29 minutes ago, Stl said:

Erneste Wilson match was intense

I second this. Absolutly wild match.

[steamboat_charlie v2 1,157]

2 hours ago, DrStrange said:

Im a sicko - I liked the Jennings/Elam match. That was some old school stuff right there. 

I know... I'm sick too.  Straight out of the JV gym and on to the big stage.  Instant classic. 

[wrestlingnerd 3,003]

1 hour ago, DuckFor2 said:

never thought i'd see a most exciting match thread with Sam Stoll mentioned. lol

My mention of him was sarcastic, although all the other matches were legitimately awesome.

[stonerd7 53]

Miklus pinning Trazler to guarantee another AA for himself....It was probably my favorite moment of the tournament, because it was right in front of Missouri's section.....He probably got 15-20 hugs from everyone there before heading back the tunnel....very emotional.

[mlbruem 141]

4 hours ago, steamboat_charlie v2 said:

I assume you watched the finals, so won't point out any of those matches.  Some others that stick out off the top of my head...

Pletcher / DeSanto was both exciting and controversial

Hidlay / Nolf similarly exciting and controversial

Rivera / Glory consol. semi was exciting, a little extracurricular at the end too

Lewis / Marinelli

Ness / Rasheed

and for the masochists out there, Elam / Jennings, last match of the Friday morning session, arena was basically empty and the match lasted like 25 minutes. If ever there was a match you wanted to show someone to make them never watch wrestling again, this'd be it. 

 

Fix vs Suriano equally bad because it was a final in prime time

[mlbruem 141]

5 minutes ago, stonerd7 said:

Miklus pinning Trazler to guarantee another AA for himself....It was probably my favorite moment of the tournament, because it was right in front of Missouri's section.....He probably got 15-20 hugs from everyone there before heading back the tunnel....very emotional.

The Erneste match to AA was my cofavorite with this one.

[vitocampania 0]

Desanto/RBY and Demas/Lee were exciting matches and we get to see them the next couple of years.

[ugarte 515]

4 hours ago, DrStrange said:

Im a sicko - I liked the Jennings/Elam match. That was some old school stuff right there. 

That match was hilarious. Jennings did in the third set of rideouts what Elam should have done in the second - after riding for 30 seconds, win on cumulative-time RT instead of trying for an escape when you're too tired to stand up with a side of beef flopped on your back. No idea how Jennings couldn't keep away from an also-exhausted Elam with a free stall in his back pocket.

I loved how competitive most of the finals were. Even the less-close 165 was great for how shocking it was when Lewis locked up the cradle.

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6 minutes ago, ugarte said:

That match was hilarious. Jennings did in the third set of rideouts what Elam should have done in the second - after riding for 30 seconds, win on cumulative-time RT instead of trying for an escape when you're too tired to stand up with a side of beef flopped on your back. No idea how Jennings couldn't keep away from an also-exhausted Elam with a free stall in his back pocket.

I loved how competitive most of the finals were. Even the less-close 165 was great for how shocking it was when Lewis locked up the cradle.

I was wondering why Mizzou didn't do the same also but I think Smith forgot he could.

[Griff the BullRam 38]

Demas vs Yianni in the quarters was a pretty dang exciting match. On the contrary, Demas vs Eierman in the third place match was probably the most boring match either of them have wrestled, when I was expecting there to be about 30 points on the board.

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The beating put on Seabass by Mueller.