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Friday July 1 2016 - Sammy and Vinny

Ok.. I was really lying now when I said that I wrestle on average about once per month. I got 2 matches today and one more coming this Sunday. Can't complain.

My knee recovery is going very well. I still feel something when I walk, but mostly when I go up stairs... I've however healed enough for a few light fights... I did tell my opponents to go easy on my left knee and my left shoulder.

This is my 2nd time wrestling SammyNoviceWrestler (id 7721)... last time being about a year ago. Sammy has some very good BJJ and judo wrestling experience. He told me he competes and goes all out regularly in his training classes, so he wanted to go easier with a nice light promission fight. Regardless, I cheated a couple of times by applying my body scissors harder than usual, but that's nothing that will prevent the great Sammy from elbowing out. I did notice that my knee wasn't ready for that leg scissors, so it's a good thing we went easy.

Sammy wanted me to lock on him Abdominal Stretch. This is a hold I have so much trouble applying! It's like Origami. I can't figure out what body part to fold or cross over first. Even after consulting YouTube. Here's a sample:

I think I'm still missing something... it's not quite there yet.

Here's Sammy with a revenge on the Camel Clutch:

That's not all... there's also this

Clip ID 289 which has one more of those Torture Rack with a slower Airplane Spin. It's a slower rack because wrestling on the mattress is much less stable than wrestling on a ring. If I lose my balance, chances are that I will hit a furniture instead of ring ropes.

Ugh.. I already miss the Clash.

Later in the afternoon, VinnyDevine (id 3382) and I met up for a match. We didn't take any pictures this time around, but I ended up digging in my archives for an old shot. It seems that we meet every 2 years... this been our 3rd wrestling encounter. We had one match in 2012, one in 2014 ... and now, this one in 2016.

This bearhug is from July 2012:

Hummm...... Vinny grew some more chest hair and you guys know how I go crazy for those.

Our fight was light pro wrestling and we applied a lot of sleepers, reverse sleepers and Cobra Clutches! Yeah, that's Ted Dibiase's finisher: The Million Dollar Dream. It looks like a half nelson with a half sleeper with one of your arms in between... I'm not sure how wrestlers actually submit to this.. it's such a comfortable and nice move to be put in. Why would anyone even submit to this?

Vinny told me that the last time he wrestled was exactly 2 years ago with me. *blush* We spoke about his travels... he's this hardcore wrestling fan that goes in cities where the WWE hosts events. He takes pictures with wrestling celebrities and goes to those wrestling conferences.

I told him that a couple of years back, I went to the Bell Center in Montreal for one of those weekly TV show recording from the WWE and I was bored to death. There was 3 minutes of action and 10 minutes of silence, rinse and repeat. Since then, I haver never ever returned to any of those. Vinny told me though that big events are very different from TV show recordings. There's usually non-stop action and a lot more entertainment to keep the crowd on edge. That's ok.. if I go see some wrestling, I think I'll go support the several indies we have up here in Montreal. Plus, the tickets are much cheaper.

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