D3UC157 163 Report post Posted March 13 What are some of the T-shirts you held on to from your wrestling days or a favorite you picked up at an event as a fan? Also, is there any better way to soften a t-shirt than countless hours of wrestling practice? HS- a bunch of obscure local tourneys, love them. The more obscure the better. I’m talking about you Lackawanna Trail or Line Mountain Holiday Tourney c. 2003 College, we got these generic, gray, practice shirts, with “Wrestling” on them. Perfectly worn in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ionel 2,554 Report post Posted March 13 13 minutes ago, D3UC157 said: What are some of the T-shirts you held on to from your wrestling days or a favorite you picked up at an event as a fan? Also, is there any better way to soften a t-shirt than countless hours of wrestling practice? HS- a bunch of obscure local tourneys, love them. The more obscure the better. I’m talking about you Lackawanna Trail or Line Mountain Holiday Tourney c. 2003 College, we got these generic, gray, practice shirts, with “Wrestling” on them. Perfectly worn in. Why not just ask us how old we are? :( Fred Fozzard Wrestling Camp - really hated when lost that t-shirt. :( 2 D3UC157 and Mphillips reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mphillips 1,735 Report post Posted March 13 Bobby Douglas Wrestling Camp West Liberty State College 1 D3UC157 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadMardigain 1,605 Report post Posted March 13 Well currently Alex T-Shirts is coaching at Mt. Carmel in IL while Jason T-Shirts is an assistant coach at IU. I’m guessing they have gotten a little softer with age though I still wouldn’t mess with them. 2 Ping72 and D3UC157 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Billyhoyle 2,480 Report post Posted March 13 Who throws T shirts away? 1 D3UC157 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RichB 227 Report post Posted March 14 I had a fire and lost a lot of my T-Shirts.But I think my favorite was preceding the 1984 Olympics in L A. It showed our mascot, Sam the American having just pinned Misha the Soviet Bear(their mascot for the 1980 Olympics.). I think Sam had a foot on Misha's chest. (in NCAA, even PaSU or Iowa would have gotten a penalty for that) 1 D3UC157 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyingcement 825 Report post Posted March 14 I had one that wasn't part of a tournament brand but just a generic wrestling shirt. It said: Toughest six minutes in sports: No food No water No timeouts No one to blame There is no comparison. Lol 1 D3UC157 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D3 for LU 58 Report post Posted March 14 (edited) Granby School of Wrestling... Russ Houk's Wrestling Camp... Jackson Valley Wrestling Champ, Champ Champions t-shirt T-shirts of mine that worn out a long-long time ago. D3 Edited March 14 by D3 for LU 1 D3UC157 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
denger 363 Report post Posted March 14 Before the days of "fun/play", when the "grind" was still cool: "That which does not kill me only makes me stronger" "Pain is only weakness leaving the body" I wore the heck out of those shirts through my early 20s - wish I had retired them before they became rags! Now I teach undergraduates, and they're uniting against "hustle culture"... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nhs67 2,060 Report post Posted March 14 I had a nephew who ended up passing away in a car crash the year after he graduated high school. He had made a tie-dye shirt from a white MHSAA States Finals shirt he had gotten his junior year at states and he wore that to every meet his senior season. He had made it his mission to get every champ to sign it at states, including himself. I lived in Northern Michigan at the time and we had a luncheon at my property in his memory and his dad gave it to me there. I had it framed and it is up in my mancave. Has been ever since. My second favorite that I currently own and still wear is my Bloodround RTC shirt. Super comfortable and easily my favorite podcast. 1 TexRef reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Konquest 155 Report post Posted March 14 (edited) My alltime favorites are/were a DSWC shirt with the samurai logo, a navy NYAC shirt, and an Arizona State "wrestling with the Devil" shirt that I tie-dyed. I also like my baby blue "Funky" shirt with Ben Askren's face, and another tie-dye that I have that shows a skeleton suping another skeleton (Bootleg Grateful Dead-esque). Edited March 14 by Konquest 2 Mphillips and nhs67 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadMardigain 1,605 Report post Posted March 14 (edited) 6 hours ago, D3 for LU said: Granby School of Wrestling... I had a great ringer Granby Camp shirt that had a nice checker pattern logo background on it. Unfortunately wearing it out on too many college excursions took its toll on the shirt. It did somehow make it through a wild night of the 1999 Family Values Tour mosh pit though. I do miss that shirt. Edited March 14 by MadMardigain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mphillips 1,735 Report post Posted March 14 6 hours ago, Konquest said: (Bootleg Grateful Dead-esque). +1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanGerMan 152 Report post Posted March 15 I have seen T-shirt collections turned into quilts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadMardigain 1,605 Report post Posted March 15 6 minutes ago, DanGerMan said: I have seen T-shirt collections turned into quilts. I have two full size blankets of old HS shirts I had from just coaching. And still have a small closet at home full of more. 1 DanGerMan reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrestle81 82 Report post Posted March 15 1981 Orange t shirt from the NCAA tournament @ Princeton Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gimpeltf 2,074 Report post Posted March 15 1 hour ago, DanGerMan said: I have seen T-shirt collections turned into quilts. They used to do that with the state shirts at Fargo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hufarted 31 Report post Posted March 15 On 3/13/2022 at 8:14 PM, MadMardigain said: Well currently Alex T-Shirts is coaching at Mt. Carmel in IL while Jason T-Shirts is an assistant coach at IU. I’m guessing they have gotten a little softer with age though I still wouldn’t mess with them. No doubt, Jason could stall you to death. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piper 17 Report post Posted March 15 16 hours ago, DanGerMan said: I have seen T-shirt collections turned into quilts. Wish I had done that with mine. Had two garbage bags full. Took pictures of front and back and finally let them go. 1 flyingcement reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toss4Five34 0 Report post Posted March 15 Does anyone remember those "Top 10 Reasons to Date a Wrestler" shirts? Totally agree with the Dave Schultz WC Samurai logo shirt!!! Also had an old Terry Brands "Wrestle the World" shirt that basically faded away like Thanos snapping his fingers at it..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
