World Team members Richie Figueroa and Aaron Brooks go On The Mat

A pair of World Team members in freestyle will go ON THE MAT this week as they prepare for the UWW Cadet and Junior World Championships later this summer. Cadet Richie Figueroa and Junior Aaron Brooks are on the show. Join Andy Hamilton and Kyle Klingman as they talk to our guest and topics related to the recent happenings in and around wrestling.

Show Segments

0:38 - Jewel Junction - the worst segue in the history of the show

1:44 - Cadet & Junior World Team featured today

4:00 - Watching Aaron Brooks in 2017

5:34 - Andy recaps the age-group World Team Trials and some of the individual stories

8:55 - Mailbag from Scott Beck

10:40 - Wrestling isn't all in the past. Kyle loves this stuff

13:30 - Where does Kyle come up with this weird historical stuff

15:50 - Watching the kids because of technology now

17:20 - Great competitions coming up

17:40 - More topics from Andy's perspective

22:10 - Andy was such a bonehead at 22-23

23:30 - Richie Figueroa Interview

33:59 - Recapping Richie's comments and looking at Cadet Worlds

36:00 - Retaining wrestlers vs. MMA

37:00 - Aaron Brooks Interview

1:00:00 - Post show thoughts

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