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Uploaded by Flo Wrestling | April 28, 2011

Wade Schalles wasn't a starter his sophomore year of High School. He failed to make a commitment at a higher level. His mother, pushed Wade Schalles along to new heights by simply opening the door to possibilities and having him plant new goals and dreams for himself.

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 Rob Tancer 3 months ago

this video is awesome.

Rick Eger 10 months ago

Virginia Schalles was a wonderful woman, Wade made the 76 Team But President Carter boycotted the games!

Anonymous Coward 2 years ago

The Precious made him pin all those people.

Anonymous Coward 2 years ago

is he a 2x NCAA champ or how many? please reply

1st grader 2 years ago

One of my favorite stories on this site!

Bud Gordon 2 years ago

Great story, Mrs. Schalles must have been one heck of a mom. So many parents today are afraid to ask their kids to achieve. We are cheating the next generation out of success.

focus 2 years ago

Awesome!

Rocco Dottoli 2 years ago

POWERFUL!!!

joker? 2 years ago

Heather ledger? "My father came back one day, drunker than usual."

Anonymous Coward 2 years ago

Best Flo video ever.

Anonymous Coward 2 years ago

I wonder if Sauron knows Wade has the one ring to rule them all.

PAGrap 2 years ago

I wouldn't want to wrestle his mother

CAwrestler 2 years ago

Wade Schalles is one of my favorite wrestlers ever. I attended a small camp that he had in So Cal a few years back and it was probably the most fun i've ever had on a wrestling mat. he makes wrestling fun which is important to do. and all the while he pushes you to work hard. i learned a lot at that camp and its all really simple stuff that people overlook a lot. He was a great wrestler and probably the best pinner ever. and IMO would've pinned his way to Olympic title if he did not break his neck at the trials. he can still hack it today!

Anonymous Coward 2 years ago

ps. thank you flo for these flashbacks! :D

Anonymous Coward 2 years ago

this is awesome.
wrestling is as much mental as it is physical.

todd slatter 2 years ago

ecentelo vina

2 years ago

Tbisili Champion! That right there proves that he was one of the best in the WORLD. You go into Russia's toughest event, which it was at the time, and win it while being named the OW then you are a legend.

Dimitri 2 years ago

I was on the Clarion wrestlling team (no varisty) when Wade was there at his peak. I witnessed him go down and up a weight class to defeat national champs. Saw him lay down on his back because the opponent was running away. The opponent jumped on Wade, where he did a leg elevator to reverse and pin, and also when he dragged the opponent onto to an x made of tape on the mat and pin him on the x. Nothing about wade is urban legend, he was the most creative wreslter ever.

Randy 2 years ago

im going to go see him today for his weekly clinics

el negro perro 3 years ago

the 1976 olympic trials were held in cleveland ohio. after lee kemp beat dan gable he faced wade schalles. wade schalles gave kemp (1980 olympian boycotted by jimmy carter) his leg not once but twice and tossed him both times (air america). i think mr. schalles hurt his back or neck in that match but i don't rememberl if schalles finished the trials with his injury. this was backintheday when, if joe the plumber felt like he had a couple good ones left in him, he could go try out for the olympic team. what i saw that day was one of the most amazing wrestling matches i've ever seen. don't take my word on it, ask kemp, who was a great wrestler himself. and by the way, you sound skeptical about schalles's credentials which tells me that you don't know much about wrestling.
Wade actually broke his neck wrestling Stan Dziedzic in the Olympic finals trials. The story is in a book called "THE TRIALS" by James V. Moffatt. Excellent book. Schalles went on to win the university world games, two silvers in the world cup. Wade also made the world Sambo team and earned a silver in the world championships. Wade beat Kemp 4-2 in the olympic trials. This story is also in "The Trials" Don't know if he ever wrestled in the world championships or not?

3 years ago

the 1976 olympic trials were held in cleveland ohio. after lee kemp beat dan gable he faced wade schalles. wade schalles gave kemp (1980 olympian boycotted by jimmy carter) his leg not once but twice and tossed him both times (air america). i think mr. schalles hurt his back or neck in that match but i don't rememberl if schalles finished the trials with his injury. this was backintheday when, if joe the plumber felt like he had a couple good ones left in him, he could go try out for the olympic team. what i saw that day was one of the most amazing wrestling matches i've ever seen. don't take my word on it, ask kemp, who was a great wrestler himself. and by the way, you sound skeptical about schalles's credentials which tells me that you don't know much about wrestling.

clarencelong4 4 years ago

He is coaching in Maryland now.

DJ 4 years ago

this guy is great. he ran a free clinic for my club team last night and i have to say he has more knowledge in wrestling then anyone ive ever seen

4 years ago

4 years AFTER 1st grade is 5th grade not 4th....that is unless he was held back a year.
Wrong. Say your in first grade in September of 2010. In September of 2011 is 2nd, Sept. 2012 is 3rd, Sept. 2013 4th... but May 2014 is also 4th. Still four years though.

4 years ago

his son is a beast

E J 4 years ago

Actually Wade is a four-time NCAA national champ. He was a champ in Div. 1 and Div. II competition. He also holds the Guinness World Records for most wrestling wins-831 and most wrestling pins 530. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

Mac Retto 4 years ago

Ive seen this video atleast 6 times already i even booked markedit..wade schalles is an amazing personidlove to meet him one day im left speechless right now..just no thisto whom ever sees this post..my names mac bryan retto fromcentral islip ny..and am gunna be a NEW YORK STATE CHAMPION!!..remember the name.

cmon now 4 years ago

well she probably didnt say montreal. but i bet she told that story about walkin out in the olympic stadium.

Ronald Collinelle 4 years ago

It's now been 40 years since he won that PIAA title with the pin over John "Bimbo" Chatman. Wade was down, then elevated, and before we had a chance to blink Chatman was flattened. John had never been beaten (120-0, including bouts since 7th grade). There will never be anything to equal this feat.

Saw Wade win his first NCAA title at Maryland-1972.

tyler whitfield 4 years ago

He came to my highschool wrestling team and put on a 4 hour clinic and at the end he gave this speech and it was THE MOST REMARKABLE SPEECHES I have ever heard in my life!!!