1988 Olympic Trials Dave Schultz v/s Kenny Monday Bout 1

[@stephenoni2019]

Also, for those who didn't know this already, Kenny went on to win olympic gold this year.

[@ronalddepesa6221]

And Dave was in his corner

[@Serjohn]

the first takedown is insane, never seen anyone snap an over under in the air like that

[@williambethea8095]

Awesome match, I got to watch. I was in the trails for the junior olympics that year.

[@blumpkinspicelatte4580]

What are the junior Olympic trails?

[@champyelcaballo1530]

Kenny Monday is certainly underrated!! I'm sure it has to do with what John Smith was doing back then. Kenny was a specimen!! Dude was incredible. Baseball players are judged on how many of the "5 tools" they have mastered. If that were the case in wrestling you'd have to invent another "tools" list because he had abilities that were much more difficult to assess!! Certainly John Smith, Bruce Baumgartner and Kenny Monday were the main 3 I looked up to coming up back in the day!!!

[@bogilmore152]

The man who would eventually murder Dave is sitting front row, 3rd person to the right of the steps in his Foxcatcher jacket. Biggest mistake USA wrestling ever made was letting John DuPont become involved with our sport.

[@52000rightwing]

Bo Gilmore can you point to a time in the video when he is most visible? I am trying to find him.

[@bogilmore152]

@@52000rightwing ok, if you pause the video at 1:10 you should see 3 men between Dave and Kennys bodies. The man in the middle and the man to the right are both wearing the Blue and Yellow Foxcatcher jackets. The man on the right, the smaller older man, is John DuPont. Hope that helps

[@jeffdarnell7942]

Wrestling actually got better, he was just a fucking psycho. He paid the athletes, and then they could focus on wrestling, and not have to work jobs to support their families. But you're correct, that's him with his hands together..

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

I hate to say it, but overall, he improved the sport tremendously.

[@stillsmokntrees]

@@daytonasayswhat9333 are you crazy or stupid killing Dave set USA wrestling back he would still be our Olympic coach and was primed for gold for a 2x time in 96' he would of went on to coach usa wrestling and have many students to also win gold not just a few such as Kurt Angle for example 🙄

[@markcummings6856]

Incredible.

[@stephenoni2019]

I've never seen anyone grab legs that fast - referring to Kenny Monday here - that has gotta be on the same level as John Smith!

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

One of the best athletes that we’ve ever had on the team.

[@PariahKamikaze]

Total domination. You could see Schultz's spirt wither away. After every takedown.

[@nickcurley6065]

beautiful wrestling

[@josefabio5796]

very nice!

[@us-Bahn]

Schultz’s only hope, and a very slim one, was to weather the early match Kenny Monday storm, try to tire him out, and chip away with a point here and a point there to the end of the match.

[@burnerphonenobot]

so HD video was used to record digitally

[@fenrir2616]

New to this and don't know rules yet but what happened at 0.20, was this not a pin?

[@masonlillard3398]

It was a four point move but I believe he was thrown out of bounce.

[@carljacobson7156]

Kenny Monday is at his Peak and Dave Schultz is either past it OR he's injured - he was a machine in 1984. This was Kenny's Time.

[@kennymonday3044]

Neither was the case. Dave had just got 2nd in world championships the year before 1987 and he had won Tbilisi in 1987, plus he pinned every opponent in 1987 US Open. And he definitely wasn’t injured. I was just the better wrestler

[@carljacobson7156]

@@kennymonday3044 Like I wrote - It was your time. I'm not slamming Dave Shultz - he's legendary, but he just looks 'flat' during this match.

[@kennymonday3044]

@@carljacobson7156 made him look that way

[@hotmojo1]

Some chiropractic shenanigans by Dave

[@michaeld9682]

Dave is more dirty than skillful

[@charlesdowthomson]

Hmm. Did they test for performance inhamcement substances? Kenny was done by the end of this...

[@jeffdarnell7942]

Something's wrong with Shultz in this match..I've seen him beat Monday several times.

[@timarnold5510]

when was that Jeff, while Kenny was still in high school?

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

“This match?” He swept him 2/3.

[@kennymonday3044]

Nah just got better. Shultz did beat me the first 3 times 2 in 86 2 in 87 never beat me again after 87. 88-92 all me 10 str8.

[@jeffdarnell7942]

@@kennymonday3044 Sucks to get old, doesn't it my friend?? I was 21 in 88, now I'm 54!! Do you remember a Brad Jackson that wrestled for the Marines in 86-89 in Quantico? We grew up together, and he used to tell me back then he knew you, or worked out with you... something. He was a real nut..and still is.

[@timarnold5510]

@@kennymonday3044 i remember reading about you as a high school wrestler in sports illustrated and then watched you live at the 1984 NCAAs in new jersey. i was not an oklahoma fan but it was great seeing you and mike sheets wrestling

[@reddogconst]

I always thought Schultz was a dirty wrestler.

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

Awful. Never saw the appeal of him. Always choking and trying illegal ark locks and such. What an asshole.

[@benlykins4388]

Schultz wasn’t a dirty wrestler. Once he stepped on the mat he became an ASSHOLE till the match was over. Would just punish people.