DAKE: The Return (Episode 1)

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What's a kid to do after winning 4x NCAA titles at 4 different weight classes? In episode one of Dake: The Return, we trace back Kid Dynamite's roots from his historic college career up to the 2013 World Team Trials the place where hype started to build around Kyle Dake being the future of 74kg. Trials '13 is where in a series of a few hours, we saw the Kid beat Andrew Howe, then beat David Taylor before threatening Jordan Burroughs with what could've been his first freestyle loss on the Senior scene. And then...a "series of unfortunate events": a broken hand, a torn ligament in the food, a busted scapula. Less than a year after nearly making a 1st World Team, Dake started to slip into obscurity. Dake would miss the 2014 World Team Trials and fans would begin to sleep on him. Interest around a budding Taylor/Burroughs rivalry would arise in Dake's absence as questions around the Kid's return became one of the most discussed topics in wrestling. Little did they know that during the layoff, Kyle Dake had gotten better. A whole lot better. Take an inside look at Kid Dynamite as he prepared for what turned out to be a stunning return to Senior freestyle competition.