1989 World Cup, USA v/s Russia dual. John Smith (USA) v/s Stepan Sarkisyan (URS)
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@OmarAbdulMalikDHEdMPASPACPAPro3 жыл бұрын
I REALLY admired John Smith when I was a wrestler (MANY years ago😅👴🏾). He didn't strike me as the most powerful guy. However, his speed, skill and timing seemed unparalleled! Just INCREDIBLE!😊🤼♂️👍🏾
@sharonscoville18642 жыл бұрын
Hmm...I really can't say he seems to be less powerful than the chunky guy. Like a young David Taylor.
@tmt16754 жыл бұрын
I’ve never seen a boring John Smith match. I mean whoever got on the deepest shot here got re attacked and scored on. Insane!
@chuku307311 ай бұрын
It's truth
@naw41974 жыл бұрын
Dave Schultz sitting in the background!
@oMegaEddy134 жыл бұрын
God rest his soul
@tmt16754 жыл бұрын
That elbow pass duck was ferocious Smith had! Lightening quick. Fantastic hips.
@mikeolson2684 жыл бұрын
Love how the ref stops them 1 second before Smith takes him down. BS
@jnewk91004 жыл бұрын
john smith the goat
@АнатолийФедоскин-ю8й4 жыл бұрын
КРАСИВО !
@MrDbaker3603 жыл бұрын
Dude from Russia on the saucey sauce
@AndrewReevesArt6 ай бұрын
Yeah they were always roided up back then
@kobebetty3 ай бұрын
Still are just got caught now ha@AndrewReevesArt
@tmt16754 жыл бұрын
Speed and mechanics and technique vs .... Roids!!!!
@gregoryderosa8045 Жыл бұрын
Know that..great comment
@kolliskollis4 жыл бұрын
How do y'all even have this match? Was FloWrestling a thing back then?
@insidetrip1013 жыл бұрын
@Mike Betancourt rofl my thoughts exactly.
@ianshue28902 жыл бұрын
Hulk vs Flash. I love it
@michaelbradley7621 Жыл бұрын
What high level wrestling
@tmt16754 жыл бұрын
Tree trunk city in the red lmao! Guys like Smith and Cross were so impressive because they didn’t need to be physical they were so slick it put them in position to bully! That’s why Jordan Boroughs is so great too because he’s slick fast athletic and physical!
@jimmythe-gent3 жыл бұрын
Tom Hanks from "Big" was some freakin wrestler, Who knew.
@алексейгузынин6 ай бұрын
Ото в финале Олимпиады - 88 так бороться надо было Стёпе. Единственный раз когда кто то из советских борцов дал ладу Смиту. Во всех остальных был пролёт.
@pjkz Жыл бұрын
why are people booing at the end?
@douglastovey2685 Жыл бұрын
Because the ref stopped an obvious takedown for Smith on the edge of the mat when Stephan stepped out then later on the same scenario was reversed. Smith stepped out and they gave a caution and 1. Take one give one Smith wins.
@blee94803 жыл бұрын
John smith is juiced to the gills cmon!
@gregoryderosa8045 Жыл бұрын
Lmao 🤣🤣
@williamoleary93303 жыл бұрын
World Cup not the World Championship or Olympics
@douglastovey2685 Жыл бұрын
I knew John was in trouble when he unlocked his hands on the high crotch crack down. Can’t handle that kind of power with one hand.
@rawsondenna63293 жыл бұрын
Best in the world
@baccaratfitness23604 ай бұрын
Sarkisyan looks like a 160 pounder compressed into a 136 pounder.
@tmt16754 жыл бұрын
That was my first pair of wrestling shoes at 4 Smith has on. I still have them framed! Pretty sure he invented the volley ball bubble knee pad as well.
@brandenpalcko40104 жыл бұрын
3:00
@tmt16754 жыл бұрын
3:16 the strength and pure chain wrestling there is amazing from red
@abdelhakym82832 жыл бұрын
Stepan is a beast for surviving that crackdown
@CrispimSoares7 ай бұрын
The Soviet looks pretty jacked up compared to Smith. Was he on PED? Oh, of course not....
@anthonymontgomery47853 жыл бұрын
John smith low single is used to practice that every day my junior yr I even had the smith Adidas shoes
@graceandtruthfellowship4347 Жыл бұрын
Same 😂 friend of mine loaned me his John Smith "How Low Can You Go" VHS. Changed my wrestling for sure. That was 2000 before all this stuff was on YT 😂
@fenrir26162 жыл бұрын
Was that Dave Schultz at 02:48?
@Dr_C_Smith Жыл бұрын
In the red top? Yes.
@jacefebo5138 Жыл бұрын
John Smith set the president for the quick twitchy style that you see everywhere in lighter weights today.
@brettmerrick8271 Жыл бұрын
precedent
@Bpd017717 күн бұрын
They had some great matches against each other these two
@tmt16754 жыл бұрын
6:36 text book Smith Single with the low feint to set it up.
@blumpkinspicelatte45803 ай бұрын
That ankle pick by Sarkisyan off of John's shot at 6:20 was phenomenal wresting. Both guys are amazing.
@idavidp2895Ай бұрын
Soviets just juiced to the gills man
@Bpd017717 күн бұрын
I think most people was at the top
@irish13543 жыл бұрын
flat out stud
@slickwilly96844 жыл бұрын
I see where Anuiar Geduev gets his style from. Small tank that knows how to slow down a guy like Smith, much like Geduev slowed down Burroughs in their matches.