Ok, so we're speculating.

Every year at Super 32, bona fide studs go down early.

Let's paint the picture:

On day one there are two different arenas. Middle and upperweights wrestle in the main arena. Most of the lightweights go at it in the adjacent hall. There are ranked wrestlers everywhere and compelling match-ups, even early on, that you're able to stumble upon.

But you can't follow everything at once. So what happens is, somewhere among the 60,000 square feet of floor space, a stud will go down. Through word of mouth, the news moves through the arena where each time it's told it's met with big eyes and 'oh my god'.

So, yeah, we're speculating.

But here are the Top 10 matches we hope happen at this year's show.


#10: #1-Nick Reenan, TX vs. #1-Dakota Geer, PA
You know this is going to be a good list when #1 vs. #1 only resonates as the 10th most compelling story line of the tournament. Part of that is just how darn good Reenan is, which makes him a heavy favorite over Geer, who solidfied his #1 moniker at Who's #1. Compounding matters is that 182 is one of the most star-studded brackets of the tournament, so who even knows if this match materializes.


#9: Who will be the next star to emerge at 106?
Cade Olivas, Yianni, Nick Suriano, Michael Kemerer, Darian Cruz, Joey Dance, Alex Cisneros, David Taylor, Eric Grajales.
Every year, the wrestler who wins the opening weight class goes on to super stardom. Every single one of them was ranked #1 at some point, and most of them often even as they moved up in age and weight class. 
Who will it be this year? Cadet World Team Member Dylan D'Emilio leads the pack along with the #1 Junior High wrestler, Josh Saunders and young studs Adam Busiello and Travis Ford-Melton.



#8: How Good is #7-Mikey Labriola, PA?
One of the least-talked-about Juniors in the country is 'Mikey Labs,' who finished as Runner-Up (being pinned in a non-controlled fall) at NHSCA's. I have him tabbed as the #8 Junior in the country. He has wins over household names Josh Maruca and Kaleb Young, But he could vault his status with a title here. Alex Marinelli has scratched, so the hurdles will be the Bullard Brothers, Young, Drew Hughes, and Justin Thomas.


#7: #1-Mason Manville, VA vs. #2-Hayden Hidlay, PA
We've seen this four times in three styles and it never gets old. It's tense and it's chippy. Hidlay leads the series 3 to 1 but Manville has the last one. Hidlay is none to happy about it. Let the games begin.


#6: #2-Jordan Wood, PA vs. #4-Matt Stencel, OH
Gotta love a Top 5 match-up, especially one in the upperweights at a preseason tournament. Wood is Wood, we all know his story. Stencel has less of a following but he's damn good. Ironman Runner-Up at 195 a year ago and 3rd and 4th in Fargo in both styles this summer. Wood teched him in GR there. But Stencel will be a test for Wood. About a month back, Stencel beat a bumped up Dakota Geer. 


#5: #6-Luke Karam, PA  vs. the 126 Studs
Talk about a stud that doesn't get his due - Karam is a 2x state champ (one in AA, one in AAA) and has been in S32 finals before (lost to Yianni) and won a monster Beast of the East bracket last year with Austin Assad, Jose Rodriguez, and Anthony Cefolo. Yet the 'names' at 126 mute Karam's efficacy. Fix, Suriano, Gfeller, Arajau. Karam is right there with him. He's long, rangy, stingy, and can ride. Don't be surprised to see him knock one of the big dogs off.


#4: The Sophomores at 145 - #3-Anthony Artalona, #6-David Carr, #8-Joe Lee
How many sophomores are ranked in the Top 10 in the country? If you take out 106 and 113, the answer is 12. Here's three of them in the same weight. Straight up studs, Carr reached the finals of Cadet World Team Trials (at 69kg/152lbs), and Artalona (at 145) and Lee (at 138) won Fargo. These guys are the next big things, and along with JR's Hong, O'Connor, and Hovis, they make 145 a recruiters dream weight.


#3: #12-Nick Raimo, NJ vs. #13-Alex Thomsen, IA

No comments necessary. Watch. Enjoy. Re-play.

#2: #1-Chad Red, IN vs. #3-Yianni Diakomihalis, NY
Red has proven just about unbeatable. Fargo '14, S32 '14, FloNats '15, and a Who's #1 mini-bracket. Red's come out unscathed. A dream match-up would occur if Yianni, on pace to break all the Super 32 records with two belts already in his trophy case, and Red meet in the finals.



#1: #1-Daton Fix, OK vs. #4-Nick Suriano, NY
Talk about getting ahead of ourselves. 126 is one of the most loaded weight classes here (Read #5 above). But please, oh please, let it happen. I could watch these guys wrestle for days. And I almost did at WNO '14. Let's run it back.