Ed Ruth Blair Academy vs Matt Mullet, Mnt St Joseph

171 Lbs High School Rankings

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#63
Ed Ruth   October 22 at 11:29am
I just suck at wrestling. if we wrestled again matt would spladel me again. matt mullett is so sexy
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#62
Sam   August 29 at 5:23pm
Matt did'nt post the dumbass comment he has more class than that but he did have him pined and Mullett is a good wrestler he has been wrestling for years and every knows he has that move not good for Ed
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#61
Ed Ruth's Roommate At Blair   August 22 at 8:21pm
That kid got super lucky. Ed would tear him up if they ever wrestled again and all of america knows that even Matt Mullet. Props to him though cause not many people can say they ever beat Ed Ruth.
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#60
Mud Slinger   July 29 at 2:07pm
What makes this such a horrible call????? Looks like he got caught and pinned. Happens, but really too bad. Still, nonetheless it was a fall.
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#59
Matt Mullett   July 21 at 6:47am
Its a spladdle dumbass
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#58
Jc   July 20 at 1:41am
chris philps ed ruth ??
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#57
Anonymous Coward   June 5 at 9:48pm
Well that sure worked, but it is not a spladdle.
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#56
Miller   June 5 at 9:24pm
haha i love the 2 girls
"wait Ed Ruth just got pinned?"
"Oh my god..."

hahah great
to bad for Ruth things like that suck
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#55
Ken   April 15 at 2:36pm
You peeps complaining about the fall call shoul look in the rule book. The shoulders are only part of the pinning area. The bottom of your scapula (thats for you ballsack) Is the lowest pinning surface which is about midway down your back. It is a fall...
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#54
Joe O'Gorman   March 28 at 5:23am
During the first part of this match, Blair Academy’s nationally ranked 171 pounder and Penn State recruit, Ed Jones, steamrolls his hapless opponent, Matt Mullet, from Mount St. Joseph, using the signature moves that Ed has used to overwhelm the best wrestler’s at the nation at his weight class. Ed Ruth calmly and surely dismembers his opponents, usually starting by painfully handcuffing their wrists with his powerful pincher grip and often finishing wrapping their neck and leg up in his vertebrate bruising cradle. Ed, like the great North Carolina State national champion, Darrion Caldwell, has tremendous power, in part due to their long limbs that act as effective levers in the single legs, and in Ed’s case cradles and Darrion’s case a headlock and spladle, that they use to become pinning machines. While Ed waits with a coach by the side of the mat, during an interruption to replace a defective head gear, Ed and the coach smile and look relaxed, but more alive than his near narcoleptic demeanour he usually exhibits during his matches. Ed re-enters the mat and the match with top control and locks up his powerful cradle threatening to pin Matt by the edge of the mat, which Matt rolls out. Ed dominates Matt from on top leaving Matt almost no defence, and Matt receives a stall warning. Ed tilts Matt for more near fall points. Ed appears to execute his moves with little resistance from Matt.
The wrestlers start the next period in neutral, by Matt’s choice, and Ed attempts a standing cradle, and when that doesn’t work he switches to an inside single precipitating a scramble that includes a double leg attempt by Ed. So far the match has been all Ed, Ed scores a takedown, a near fall, another a near fall, and another, while Matt gamely struggles to hold on and hang in the match. Then, Matt converts, from the scramble, a spladle, and pins Ed. Matt has turned his mauling into an inspirational comeback.
I imagine I hear Eye of the Tiger playing and see Rocky Balboa swaying in the ring, giddy from the mauling he has taken, still pull off the big upset. This ending has cinematic appeal, the underdog comes out ahead, better than Vision Quest.

Back to real life, the classy Ed Ruth shakes his opponents hand and calmly walks off the mat, then comes back to place third in this tough tournament. Matt, who does not win the tournament, does an interview and says he has trained this move. Training meets opportunity and when infused with mental toughness becomes an inspirational and much viewed win.
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#53
Mike   March 28 at 2:48am
i think i will watch it again
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#52
Mike   March 28 at 2:46am
HAHAHA
i can watch this over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.
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#51
Ballsack Is A Stupid Redneck   March 17 at 1:31pm
you spelled wrong
and i bet he would whoop you both off and on the mat
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#50
Ballsack   February 24 at 8:10pm
ED RUTH IS A NIGG!!!!AAARRRR
he can suck my white cok
because he sux
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#49
Anonymous Coward   February 21 at 3:08am
Dude giving that kid props for that is about like putting a special olympian on sportscenter. That is the stupidest barnyard, ken chertow camp move that has no place outside the college station holliday inn lobby. You're probably going to say, "well it worked" but that was an anomoly. that kid had the same chances of winning the lottery. makes me mad that he ruined ed ruth's day.
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#48
Yup   February 17 at 4:28pm
He knew it, as did everyone else there. Just stuck, happens to the best of them. Even Metcalf, and I don't think he's human. :)
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#47
Actual Rule   February 17 at 4:04pm
The rule states that a pin is when one's shoulder blades are touching the mat at the same time. Your shoulder blade starts at your upper back, and ends near the middle/lower part of the back. Therefore, this was a rightly called pin. WHAT A MOVE!!
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#46
A.J   February 17 at 3:07pm
WHAT IS WITH REFS CALLING PINS ON SPADDLES. GO ON YOU TUBE AND WATCH CALDWELL PIN METCALF HIS SHOULDERS ARENT EVEN COLSE THIS IS HORRIBLE
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#45
Utah   February 4 at 1:33pm
that was bull not even close
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#44
Anonymous Coward   January 25 at 1:26am
it was a pin dont get spladdled
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#43
Anonymous Coward   January 8 at 4:24pm
unexpected
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#42
Anonymous Coward   January 7 at 7:58pm
Nooooo if you were actually there you would know it was a pin
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#41
Anonymous Coward   December 30, 2008 at 1:04pm
this is blaiten proof that some refs really just love to see a champion fall. ruths left shoulder was not even close to the mat. in fact, it was on top of mullets body. poor refereeing, but it just goes to show you that it doesnt always pay to be #1 in the country.
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#40
Anonymous Coward   December 26, 2008 at 8:19am
Are you kidding? That was clearly a PIN. Ruth is a stud, he just got caught.
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#39
Anonymous Coward   December 26, 2008 at 12:08am
that wasn't a pin at all!!! ruth worked mullet the entire match. this is ridiculous!!
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#38
Anonymous Coward   December 24, 2008 at 11:12pm
son, are u blind.....damn even Stevie Wonder could see that, ruth was not pinned and if you knew anything about the kid, I have never seen the kid even hang his head after loosing so the reaction doesnt mean much. The ref is poop and theres not much else to say.
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#37
Anonymous Coward   December 22, 2008 at 10:31pm
look, he was pinned. even ed knew it. You could tell by his reaction. The win by matt really messed up the rest of the bracket. Ed won 7 straight to come back and take 3rd and if there was a true 2nd, he probably would have made it 8 straight. Great tournament to both wrestlers
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#36
Anonymous Coward   December 22, 2008 at 9:44pm
that was a different form of a spladle but is that legal with the figure 4 he had nevermind the pin ?? but that was pretty awesome
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#35
Anonymous Coward   December 22, 2008 at 1:14pm
ed got owned. not a good wrestler
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#34
Anonymous Coward   December 22, 2008 at 1:06pm
Most refs don't know anatomy, too bad, cause metcalf would be
undefeated for his college career, and Ruth would have won the beast. Perhaps doctors and trainers can review this with refs so they
can differentiate from the scapula, and the rest of the back.
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#33
Anonymous Coward   December 22, 2008 at 1:05pm
ohh mannnn... I feel better now
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#32
Anonymous Coward   December 22, 2008 at 10:42am
If that was a pin then there is no way you can argue that Mullet wasn't pinned at (2:54). Great move and smart wrestling, but that was not a fair call.
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#31
springtom   December 22, 2008 at 9:50am
When you are getting beat pretty good, you might as well go for the pin. Mullet did well to not get pinned by the cradle earlier in the match. What a good lesson for life-----keep fighting, never give up.

Somebody in the crowd was yelling, "you can't beat him, but you can pin him"...
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#30
Anonymous Coward   December 22, 2008 at 8:47am
Ed Ruth is still a beast, and would destroy Mullet if they wrestled again.
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#29
Anonymous Coward   December 22, 2008 at 4:09am
mullet squeezed his way into a 8th place finish i think....don't ask me how
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#28
Anonymous Coward   December 22, 2008 at 3:07am
wow what a joke, Ruth was taking that kid to the shed and they called a pin its a shame that ref is doo doo butter.
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#27
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 11:54pm
horrible call not even close to being pinned the time we was on his back and the fast call of the pin is terrible...his shoulder blade wasn't on the mat and the ref got excited to call an upset...sorry ed that call happend to you
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#26
Mike Krause   December 21, 2008 at 8:23pm
Ruth handled that lose like a champion. It happened...move on. Nice job to Matt never giving up!
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#25
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 7:58pm
he was definitely pinned.
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#24
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 7:32pm
ruth wasn t pinned. Anyway he fought back and got 3rd thats a real champion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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#23
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 7:32pm
Mullett made Ed his
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#22
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 4:25pm
Anonymous Coward said:
whynophillips? wrote:
Ruth gets beat and it is on Flo that day. Phillips gets beat and Flo refuses to put the match on because they cater to Phillips and Stiebers! Huge Ohio bias!
oh shut up. dont try and make flo out to be some propagandising site.
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#21
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 4:23pm
At 4:48 you can clearly see Ruth’s shoulder blades, and he left should is on Mullet’s chest. The shoulder position didn’t change from that time on.
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#20
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 4:12pm
Don't be a baby, I'm sure if he had the Phillips match it would be up.
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#19
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 3:57pm
Ruth gets beat and it is on Flo that day. Phillips gets beat and Flo refuses to put the match on because they cater to Phillips and Stiebers! Huge Ohio bias!
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#18
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 2:41pm
that call was garbage. ruth's left shoulder clearly up; not taking anything away from mullett, but the ref def blew that call
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#17
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 1:07pm
exuse me when mullet threw in the *spladle*
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#16
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 1:06pm
This is for alll of you who said this call was BS......the craddle earlier in the match was a clear view the one shoulder of mulletts was up........when mullet threw in the cradle the reff was the only 1 who can make the call.......and if u look at the expression on ruths face its obvious he knew he was stuck. Mullett has hit this move in a big victory once before aginst Alex Pagnotta from mcdoungh.....its one of mulletts personal best. He won fare and square
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#15
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 1:01pm
Just goes to show you get one chance every match to win it.
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#14
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 12:29pm
yeah, buttluv teally goes out on a limb with that one
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#13
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 12:27pm
hey Buttluv....really?... duhhhh!!!
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#12
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 12:24pm
Ruth was dominating the match before this little hiccup. If Mullet drops down to the wrestle backs I would feel confident betting the farm on Ruth if they faced off for the 3rd place match.
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#11
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 12:11pm
"his shoulder was on his chest"

ur shoulder doesn't have to be flat to the mat, it's any part of ur shoulder blades, that's why ur curl the head up off the mat on most falls. he was stuck. and yea, not sure but he didn't look like he was at the top of his game for that match.
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#10
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 12:06pm
If that was a pin, then so was the cradle Ruth had locked up earlier. Garbage call. Good for the MSJ kid, though. He continued to do well after this.
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#9
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 11:42am
obviously, the Blair coaches fault...they brought him that replacement headgear and it thru off his Mojo.....i also like the reaction of the stat taking the video at the end, "wait?.....what just happened?....oh, my, gawd...."
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#8
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 11:23am
Thats BS his shoulder was on his chest
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#7
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 10:53am
WOW can't believe Ruth was #1 in country.. Wasnt that impressed with his wrestling
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#6
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 10:32am
ed just got put to bed
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#5
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 9:40am
NO ????
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#4
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 9:08am
that was a quick pin, no?
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#3
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 8:41am
thats sorta like what caldwell did to metcalf
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#2
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 8:32am
That spladle was tight.
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#1
Anonymous Coward   December 21, 2008 at 8:05am
That's why we wrestle the matches. That being said I feel bad for the people that have to face him in the wrestlebacks.
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2008 Beast of the East Tournmanet

Ed Ruth Blair Academy vs Matt Mullet, Mnt St Joseph


December 19, 2008
Level:  highschool
Weight Class:  171

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