Ironman. The name of the tournament alone portrays how tough it is supposed to be. If you've ever watched or wrestled in it, you know that by the time an athlete makes the finals, they likely went through nationally ranked kids, on nationally ranked teams, if not state champs and placers.

Below are some of the matches that were chock full of firepower, wrestlers who went to be All Americans multiple times and win NCAA titles. Below are eight that we could never forget. Make sure you are watching this year's Ironman starting at 1 p.m. eastern time on Friday, December 9th, LIVE on FloWrestling.

David Taylor vs Logan Stieber: 2006 finals 103lbs


Hunter Stieber vs Devin Carter: 2008 finals 112lbs


Bo Jordan vs Isaiah Martinez: 2012 finals 160lbs


Zahid Valencia vs Myles Martin: 2014 finals 182lbs


Joey McKenna vs Michael Kemerer: 2013 finals 138lbs


Zain Retherford vs Mason Manville: 2012 finals 138lbs


Aaron Pico vs Micah Jordan: 2012 finals 132lbs


Nathan Tomasello vs Matthew Kolodzik: 2012 finals 120lbs

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