Greatest Throw Ever
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Wilfried Dietrich vs Chris Taylor @ the 1972 Greco-Roman Olympics
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The hug
"The most famous and talked about part of this story is when Dietrich supposedly came up to give Taylor a hug to check if he could lock his hands around him to see if the throw was conceivable. "
After both of their neck surgeries, they had a rematch in the Paralympics
Think the guy in blue was fine... Maybe down the road he may had some but he didn’t hurt his neck there. I know you’re trying to be funny but I think you don’t know what you’re looking at
@@narcodium It's just a joke.
You are a master of words
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This is a legendary video
You forgot one:
- potato video quality
The detectives ruled this a murder suicide
hahahahah
Kamikaze
homisuicide
Dead by covid-19
Justin's gonna gitchoo.
I watched this on TV when I was a kid. No one could believe that anyone would dare attempt that throw against Chris Taylor !
He weighed about 400 lbs.
@Jefferson Orellana
This reply deserves all the likes on the internets.
@Jefferson Orellana yeah you win the comment of the day!
That’s why it worked! No one, including Taylor, believed anyone would dare.......
was there any talk about the validity of the ref call on that pin? what kind of pin was that not a standard shoulder pin. from what i know one shoulder must be on the mat i didn't see him pin the guy. what happened?
@@truescotsman4103
It may have been a technical fall? 5pt throw and 3pts near fall would give him 8pts to zero very quickly.
My man just involuntarily earned some frequent flyer miles🤣😂
what's that
The crazy part is, he really didn’t have much of an advantageous position. His center of mass was not much lower than his opponents, So the force he had to generate from extension of his hips and back had to be just inhuman.
Ig
Deadset! You see his mutant ninja turtle back
Good to see that I'm not the only guy that took a decade to find this on UA-cam.
And yet somehow, ten years later, here we are.
Dang, that guy probably rocks himself back to sleep - just trying to get out of bed in the morning.
Those hooks were SOOOOOO deep.... imagine the torque needed.....he didn't even get a grip with the other hand.....that's INSANE
In junior high school we had a pic of this amazing moment on our wall!! And this is the first footage I've ever seen of it! Totally bad ass!!
We had one in my highschool wrestling room
In my head "Ave Maria" slowly begins to play at 00:16 as they *head* towards their fates
he was also slammed with 400 lbs, very risky
That’s a suicide throw not a sacrifice throw! How he didn’t break his neck is beyond me....
Someone said that he fractured his vertebrae
@@thecaveman6946 : Even then he was lucky even if that’s what happened... Olympic wrestlers are truly super human!
dont think he had a neck
@@yomammy7964 : I agree... He must have been born without one..
He’s a wrestler they’re built stronger than you. You would have died
Bruh when I wrestled, I couldnt even throw the dummy properly
same here
Still can't, even with a light dummy..
This is really iconic. Unbelievable picture.
When they first hit the ground I thought it was over for the guy
which guy
Taylor acknowledged the move with a quick head nod to Dietrich immediately after the match.
Appears to be footage from the original NES wrestling game.
We had this large black and white poster of this throw in our high school wrestling room back in the 80's. Was hard to imagine.
You have to be crazy to do a Souflee throw with a 400 lb man. It was because of this throw that they banned it in college and high schools.
You're allowed in freestyle wrestling
We did these throws in high school and it's still allowed lol. You talking about Greco?
i like how you called it a souflee
100% banned in Greco. I dont think its banned in free. Most probably banned in high schools and colleges for both disciplines as it is a very dangerous throw for both fighters and requires many years or training and most importantly neck and back conditioning.
@@arcaneursa9022 wrestling's not fighting imo
"What we his last words?"
"No one can throw me"
my neck broke watching him land on his head
sorry
I heard you can still hear his spine breaking to this day
Won the match, but I hope hes ok. That landing was BRUTAL!
Ja, das Landen war brutal..🙂👍
Absolutely legendary
Its funny seeing the exact moment gravity says "Nope".
The man in the red singlet being thrown is Chris Taylor who later became a professional wrestler for the AWA, trained by the legendary Verne Gagne. He wrestled Ric Flair before he became a major star. RIP
Yes the man was a beast, one of the best NCAA Heavyweights ever
No wonder that Wilfried Dietrich had the nickname "The Crane". Guys like Chris Taylor are not eligible anymore in wrestling. Maximum weight was set at 139 kg soon after.
This morning 20 years later they both cry daily at the horrible arthritis pain in their necks!!
They don't. They are both dead, Dietrich since 1992 ( aged 58 ) and Taylor since 1979 ( aged 29 )
Wilfried Dietrich was selected as the Olympic flag bearer for West Germany at its first appearance at summer Olympics; he won a bronze medal at those games. He failed to score at his last Olympics in 1972, yet he produced the most spectacular victory of his career by throwing over his back the 198 kg American Chris Taylor in the Greco-Roman contest. Dietrich lost to Taylor in their freestyle bout.
you're not supposed to land on your head but you can still complete the throw if you do especially if you have his arms caught in overhooks...as soon as you feel them tilt you can turn over (hopefully before you land)
It's a great throw, but I would have also preferred watching it at normal speed with the audio of the impact.
lolll
My dad said there was a singlet ad back in the 70s that stated he weighted 440
Your Dad was right, I wrestled heavyweight for Nebraska when Chris was wrestling for Iowa State. I wrestled against Chis 3 times, two of those were in tournament finals, one was in a dual meet. I got to know Chris as a friend, he was a really nice guy.
His weight fluctuated, up to 450.
In those days, the weight class went 190, over that was heavyweight. I was 235 in good shape- a small quick heavyweight. The first time I wrestled him, in Lincoln Nebraska, I realized he was just as quick as I was. He turned to Pro Wrestling after the Olympics. I saw his debut in Omaha. Went went out for beers afterwards. We drank from glasses, Chris drank from the pitcher! By the way, he won all three of our matches. And yes, he died way too young.
@@jeffclass1112Thanks Jeff, enjoyed reading that.
Remember watching this on TV. What a throw! What year did they outlaw this move? I think I watched it on the original WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS? It was the talk of the day at wrestling practice.
Every now and then a floor gymnast gets lost where the impact left a hole in the ground.
In the words of the Great Buzz Lightyear: .... that's falling, with style!
absolutely brutal
My battle against weight gain during the covid lockdown period .
Got a herniated C5 only by watching this. Unmeasurable power.
Plot twist: they were filming a commercial for slimfast
In my recommended, video made 10 years ago....
Yes, yes it was. 1972 I believe, Greco Roman heavy weight final.
Wilfried Dietrich went on to do a similar throw vs Mount Everest.
u never see i throw my money? i broke myself
My neck hurts watching this
that was a great throw, never had seen this before.
The ref was out of position and had no way to make that call.
This move is called the Rollie pollie
I for sure thought the little guy was not going to be getting up. Wow!
For those (Americans) who think, that Dietrich lost:
Wikipedia
A shoulder victory is achieved when a wrestler turns his opponent on his back and holds him securely on both shoulders. In this case, a visible standstill must occur. The position on both shoulders must be determined by the referee by a detailed examination.
From my view, therefore, the correct decision of the umpire and no shoulder vitory against Dietirch by his own move.
Just watching that throw hurts my lower back.
That did not go the way I think any of us were expecting it to go...
Bigger they are the harder they fall
Before the match you went up to Taylor to give him as friends, what Taylor didn't know was he was sizing him up before the match
That was nuts!
When flap jack flips flapjack
I agree.
A dense object meets brute force amazing.
I wonder, who was hurt more of these two...
OH no, Oh no, oh no no no no no.
That had to hurt
Insane how they both got up...
marilyns employee says: of course the guys I threw weren't 400 lbs.
why do you have to talk through Marilyn's account, be your own person man
Here after seeing Chad Gable vs The Viking Raiders
Wow that's crazy
if the goal is to break your neck and your opponent yes
It was called wrong by refs. If you are playing by the touch pin rule (which I hate), then the wrestler who threw the 400 pounder was touch pinned during his throw, as he did not arch his neck (so his back was pinned). The call was wrong. Watch again closely. Many good refs call it correctly. But I hate touch pins, so I hate the ending when he won win a one sec pin of the big guy. Lame.
"If you are playing by the touch pin rule ..."
But that was an Olympic competion with clear rules:
"In Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling, the two shoulders of the defensive wrestler must be held long enough for the referee to "observe the total control of the fall" (usually ranging from one half-second to about one or two seconds)."
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_(amateur_wrestling)
So: "... two shoulders ... defensive wrestler ... held long enough ... total control of the fall ... ranging from one half-second to about one or two seconds."
@@klio9611I don't think Taylor was pinned either then.
Chris Taylor forever a legend in my small city of Dowagiac 🧡🖤
Dowagiac, Michigan? Was he from there?
@@drewmassingill7862 yes look him up that’s my city
@@nostalgicrip7715 Awesome! I’m from the area(ish), Otsego. Small world!
@@drewmassingill7862 damn bro what a Small small world 😂 what weight are u?
@@nostalgicrip7715 Back in my day, I was 119, 119, 125, 130 (late 90s)
I know the videos about the throw, but if Taylor saw the throw coming, he could’ve easily put his weight down and pinned the other guy. The other went almost straight to his back when he attempted the throw, it was how he turned on his back that made it work, if Taylor put his weight down, the other guy would’ve been pinned. Great throw tho
I see this & remember Ray Murphy.
The day the world stopped turning.
That's one tough sum of a itch
0:27 is where you see that -30 years buff on Wilfried..
He was only using 0.003% of his power
Randleman throw vs Emelianenko is the best I ever seen
Respect 👍
Sehr gut.
You're supposed to pivot near the end of that throw so you don't knock yourself the fuck out. That guy got a concussion for sure. Probably couldn't think straight for a week.
And almost got his melon squashed...like a melon.
I'm fine with having the Worst Throw Ever if it means not slamming my head on the ground like that.
These guys were in same weight class?!
Yes, back in the day there was no upper limit to the heavyweight class...so people as small as 230ish would go up against monsters like Taylor who weighed about 400 lbs.
That's the sexiest thing i've seen in the last couple of years and this big boy in red must be the most beautiful heavyweight Olympic wrestler,ever ! Thanks for the upload,i feel blessed to see this !
should have shown it in regular time, not just slo mo.
Chris Taylor was over 400 pounds. I read that he almost quit after accidentally paralyzing an opponent in college.
This ref was banned for the duration of the 1972 Olympics after this match.
My son: Dad, what is courage?
Me: Shows him this video
Poor floor.
How did he get the win? Did that count as a pin?
Yeah I don’t really see how this love is t considered “mutual destruction”. Throwing oneself backwards head first while carrying a large man on top of you seems, inefficient.
To say the least....
perfectly said: "inefficient" to say the least
A true German suplex right there.
0:27 Dietrich PINNED! Taylor won this match.
No. You can't pin someone it YOU ARE BEING thrown. No change of control thru the lift and turn. Big dudes arms were tied on first impact.
@@bomgodd Yes you can pin someone if you are being thrown. If you're shoulders touch simultaneously ANYTIME during a match and you have contact with another wrestler you are PINNED. Why do ALL wrestlers go into a bridge during an upper body throw/ souffle? So their shoulders don't touch the mat. Why does Spencer Lee bridge sometimes when he is performing a tilt? Let's say Dietrich layed on his back mid throw for one more second, would that be a pin? Two more seconds? You only need one second in Freestyle for it to be a pin. Dietrich tried to bridge, but 400 plus pounds crushed his bridge and his shoulders to the mat. PIN by Taylor.
@@reggieglubber5420 even in slow motion he couldn’t even hold that “pin” for 1 second. Lol. What a goof.
@@hexkwondo What an immature comment. The slow motion framing "BEAUTIFULLY" and non arguably showed a simultaneous double shoulder pin. PIN! Taylor won.
@@hexkwondo Just remember our "pin professor" that slow motion vids can skip frames. It depends on who is manipulating the video. Pants down eh?
Those two are both in the same weight class?
Arashiyama jurota
yeah awesome moves, def just crush your head with the opponents body textbook
😂😂
Should let him go ...
Suplex
If that were sumu wrestling, they both would have died
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I mean even if they didn't die physically, they'd still 'die' because losing is regarded as dying. Not sure tho.
Who was that ref waving at in the crowd right after the throw? Not a very professional thing to do!
I’m going with “he got lucky”
I believe that he fully intended to perform the “throw” but after getting big boy in the air he ran out of “ability” and at that point he was just along for the ride.
I attended a wrestling camp of Jim Peckham, the assistant coach on the US team. He relayed the story about how a couple days before the tournament, Dietrich saw Taylor and other US guys. He gave Taylor a big bear hug. Peckham got there too late to stop it but Dietrich’s objective was to see if he could actually get a full lock on Taylor.
I tried moving heavy 400lb objects with "Luck" before, never works out. Didn't move an inch.
How in the absolute hell did he not get knocked out from that?