2017 Who's #1Oct 10, 2017 by Wrestling Nomad
A Historic Night At Who's #1
A Historic Night At Who's #1
The fifth Who's #1 was a weekend of historic firsts.
The greatest card in Who's #1 history was about as action packed as anything we could have ever asked for. Now that everyone is back home with time to digest, let's go through some of the history made on Sunday afternoon in the Snakepit.
Figueroa cemented her spot as the No. 1 pound-for-pound girl in the country with some of the cleanest leg attacks we saw all day. Kilty fought till the end, with all four of her points coming in the final minute of either period. The match also sets the tone for the rest of the month, which features a girls match at Night of Conflict 3, two girls matches at Agony in Ames, and girls divisions at both the Conflict at Carver and Super 32 tournaments.
It started off with Malik Heinselman falling to Kurt McHenry in what was quite possibly the best WNO match of all-time. Patrick McKee followed that up with a ridiculous neck whip to defeat Cadet world teamer Robbie Howard. Joey Silva took down Roman Bravo-Young in overtime, and Kilty lost as mentioned above.
Complete WNO Results
The night finished off very dramatically, with Gavin Hoffman toppling Michael Beard as what looked like the entire Malvern kids club was matside to cheer on Beard. Finally, just minutes from his home, Sammy Sasso sent the crowd and his Dark Knights teammates into a frenzy by avenging his Fargo loss to Anthony Artalona with a pin.
First Women's Match
The godfather of District XI, our own Willie Saylor, has repeatedly mentioned his desire to to get a girls match on the card. After Macey Kilty knocked off Ronna Heaton in the Fargo finals, her match with Gracie Figueroa fell into place.Figueroa cemented her spot as the No. 1 pound-for-pound girl in the country with some of the cleanest leg attacks we saw all day. Kilty fought till the end, with all four of her points coming in the final minute of either period. The match also sets the tone for the rest of the month, which features a girls match at Night of Conflict 3, two girls matches at Agony in Ames, and girls divisions at both the Conflict at Carver and Super 32 tournaments.
Six No. 1s Go Down
Are you kidding me? Even for an event that is supposed to be for the first and second ranked athletes in their weight classes, six No. 1s going down is unprecedented. That's over half the card.It started off with Malik Heinselman falling to Kurt McHenry in what was quite possibly the best WNO match of all-time. Patrick McKee followed that up with a ridiculous neck whip to defeat Cadet world teamer Robbie Howard. Joey Silva took down Roman Bravo-Young in overtime, and Kilty lost as mentioned above.
Complete WNO Results
The night finished off very dramatically, with Gavin Hoffman toppling Michael Beard as what looked like the entire Malvern kids club was matside to cheer on Beard. Finally, just minutes from his home, Sammy Sasso sent the crowd and his Dark Knights teammates into a frenzy by avenging his Fargo loss to Anthony Artalona with a pin.