In the illustrious history of California wrestling's one class system, only one wrestler has ever won four High School State Championships. His name is Darrell Vasquez. Darrell sits down with Sudden History and describes his path to those history making seasons, as well as his time at Cal Poly where he became a two time All-American. He is also very candid about his collegiate career and the setbacks he encountered during those years. We also get to hear about his current profession as an animator for Reel FX. Join Darrell and Sudden History for an animated trip through his love for wrestling, animation and faith.

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We briefly mentioned Jon Trenge on Episode 1 of Sudden History when discussing the Best Non-NCAA Champions of the 2000's. Now an in-depth conversation with the 3x All-American and 2x NCAA Runner-Up from Lehigh. Jon goes into great detail reliving his great, yet occasionally heartbreaking career, while wrestling at Lehigh. Go inside his mind as he is very open about the concerns and obstacles he faced during his Senior year in Bethlehem. Currently Jon has found a passion for coaching at the youth and high school level. He shares his thoughts with us on the youth wrestling landscape and his goal to be a mentor for young wrestlers in the District XI area.

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A final post NCAA Tournament wrap up full of Earl's usual theme of facts/stats/trends from the 2016 season. Also, commentary on the tournament itself and a way to tinker with the NCAA Finals to make the event even more exciting. A crazy nugget of information courtesy of Virginia Tech Associate Head Coach Tony Robie is shared. Finally, Earl explains the term "Freshman All-Star" and who has earned that title from the 2015-16 season.

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It's the biggest wrestling week of the year, NCAA Time! Earl has a preview with his typical brand of stats/facts/trends from past tournaments. Need help filling out your brackets? Earl lets know in on who has won in recent history, where the wrestlers came from, what seeds they were and who they wrestled for. Also, he goes out on a limb and walks you through his brackets, picking the 2016 All-American's and forecasts the team race. A must-listen prior to the start of the tournament in New York on Thursday!

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Instead of looking back years and years at a time, Earl goes through the weekend Conference Championship results. Not your normal recap though. Earl has found trends, stats and facts about the wrestlers and their teams, some of which go back decades. He also offers opinion on some wrestlers who will be seeking At-Large berths to qualify for the NCAA Championships. Before you turn all of your attention to Nationals find some good nuggets of information about your favorite conference or conferences. 

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You remember it, you loved watching them, you still root for a few of them. Of course we are talking about the best weight class in recent memory, possibly ever. The 149 LB class at the 2008 NCAA Championships featured 6 wrestlers who were or would go on to be NCAA Champions and another 7 All-Americans. Earl breaks down the collegiate, high school and post collegiate careers of some of its participants. Not only the legendary wrestlers, but the other guys at the weight class, who were very good wrestlers in their own right and had the misfortune of being in the wrong weight class at the right (wrong) time. 

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Former 2x All-American wrestler Conrad Polz joins Sudden History to talk about his wrestling career, as well as his current career, lead vocalist for The Band Avon Dale. Polz talks about battling injuries and his own confidence during his first few seasons in Champaign, before finding his way onto the NCAA podium his final two years. He has transformed a passion for wrestling into a passion for making music. Find out how his if preparing for a wrestling tournament compares to taking the stage with a mic in hand.

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Legendary 3x NCAA Champion Greg Jones sits down with Sudden History to discuss his wrestling career and his current position, wrestling coach of the Blackzilians, one of the top MMA teams in the world. 126-4 as a colleigate, one of the four wrestlers who beat Greg actually reached out and recommended him for his current position with the Blackzilians. Surprisingly enough, after graduation his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers came calling on this 184lber to get an NFL tryout. Greg talks about his short-lived NFL "career" and also give his opinion about a fantasy matchup between some all-time greats from Pennsylvania.

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Rollie Peterkin, a 3x NCAA Qualifier and Round of 12 finisher for Penn, joins Sudden History and shares his experiences traveling the world. Once a bond trader on Wall Street, Peterkin left his dream job to dive head first into the world of a professional MMA fighter in Lima, Peru. Rollie actually speaks to us from Madrid, Spain, where he currently resides and teaches English to school children. On top of that, he has documented his trials and tribulations in the MMA world for a soon-to-be released book. 

In the first of Sudden History's interview series, we sit down with Purdue's three-time NCAA All-American Chris Fleeger. Topics of discussion include his wrestling career, as well as his current position, Head Coach of the University of the Cumberlands. Fleeger goes deep into his academic struggles at Purdue, the controversial NCAA Quarter Final match with Mack Reiter and his departure from Purdue. These are subjects which he had rarely addressed publicly until now. 

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