The thing that gets to me most about Starocci is his two-sided behavior. He talks about being religious and wrestling for God and all this, and I’m not a religious person in general, but to say all of that and turn around and pull these stunts - it just make him look fake. I’ve had that impression for a while. Whereas Brooks seems more authentic and true.
I view it as a different type of the same religious person. Think back on history, how many religious men were like brooks? A lot. But a lot were like Carter. A lot had big egos. A lot wanted notoriety. A lot started a lot to wars just for land and money. Religious people are not by default some great people. They just believe in God...
religion doesn't make good people lmao. Non religion doesn't make crap people. Your point is literally trying to define christians and non christians. It is ridiculous.
@@jf8138Being religious does not make you a good person, but if you do not act in the same manner as your beliefs espouse, you are either incompetent or a hypocrite.
I’m 00:42 seconds into this and am starting to really think that AJ is the Antonio Brown of wrestling. Talented beyond comprehension but damn just can’t keep from sabotaging himself. 🙏🏼
Antonio Brown suffered some really serious hits to the head. He changed a lot after those hits. Maybe lost some impulse control? Dunno, but he ain’t the same Antonio Brown
Despite this match never going to happen, you have to love this for the sport. The added drama gives storylines and intrigue to college wrestling. We need more beef, everyone loves a good rivalry.
Neither of them deep down want this match: AJ only started talking crap after he knew that Carter was not likely going 197. Prior, on the FRL with Chael it was all respect when he thought maybe he would wrestle him. Meanwhile Carter knows for damn sure that AJ is not making no 190 lbs. Match will be a snooze fest with at most one takedown and I imagine that we will very much be entertain, but it won’t be from the wrestling sorts. It instead be the fight that breaks out because someone’s hand fighting too hard or someone gets that one takedown and starts chirping and the other ear. Odds, I got that this match doesn’t last seven minutes and it’s not because someone pins or text the other person .
Man I love Starocci. For everything people hate about him, he’s the only person who is truly doing what it takes to grow the sports. Look at the UFC and boxing blueprint. Look at ADCC which is another grappling organization. Trash talk sells, and no matter how much people dislike it. The reality is uncomfortably true. People tune in for stuff like this. For years we’ve had these honorable people in the sport, and simultaneously watch our sport hit all-time lows. This is the way to get the outside and casual fans to give a damn about the sport we love. Controversy sells and that has always been the reality. Pay to see him lose or pay to see him win. Don’t mater because you still paid.
Exactly. If you can only beat someone at a lower weight it means you have to change some aspect of their wrestling to beat them. AJ won his natty at 197, if Carter is truly the better wrestler he has to beat him at 197 as well. If I had to put my money on it I would take Brooks at 197 over Carter Starocci. Could Starocci beat Brooks a former teammate? If he can beat Brooks than he could definitely beat AJ, but if he can't then he is evenly matched against Ferrari at 197. Great point
AJ: Please don't come up to 197, I can't beat you and I know it so I would never cut to face you. Carter: I'm a natural 174, I'm giving up over 20 lbs already. Let's meet at 190, I'll come up 16 lbs you just have to drop 7.
@@daytonasayswhat9333 Yeah, ask David Taylor about Kerkvliet. He'd destroy Starocci...and that's not talking shit, he's a fucking refrigerator and a freak athlete...and 80 pounds heavier, so he should. I also think O'Toole could potentially beat Star. Lee lost, Gable lost(both, but Dan). Don't tell me a guy coming back for his 5th title for a gimmick and money can't get upset...
In a world where growing one's brand can get you something that is, depending on who you ask, either a slice of the American dream, or a corrupted version thereof, take the values of an already alpha-enhanced demographic and pump it full of NIL dough and it's only a matter of time 'til someone proffers half their cash to enhance their brand and nothing else.
Don't kid yourself. AJ loves to play the antagonist role. He would suck energy from a ruckus PSU crowd. I agree I don't think 190 is reasonable for AJ. If he did he would be severely depleted...just what Carter wants.
Aj is gonna have to stop the cycle at the right time to dream of 190. Hell, hes already threading needles as is to get back into ncaa competition and not get caught.
The money part of this will 100% NOT be the reason this doesn't happen. The money will be there on both sides. People on here who are also my friend on social media watch me shoot huge money matches all the time. And almost $0 of the money at risk is my own. People will back this guys financially to see the match. Money will not be the issue.
Nah Starocci has to go to 197 to prove his point. This 190 thing is just saying Carter can't muscle up to AJ's size. If you're better you should be able to beat someone at any weight. If a heavier weight is more beneficial to wrestling than wrestling a lower weight doesn't show AJ's full potential. If AJ was challenging a heavyweight, I would think AJ should have to become heavyweight as well.
Not a fan. Going to these incredibly distasteful, disrespectful (even to a “villain” within the sport) lengths just to gain traction and interest, is really bad. How much are we going to sacrifice, how many virtues and good qualities are we willing to discard, to garner attention, earn money, and “grow the sport”?
@@Yuhhearddd”How much are we going to sacrifice, how many good qualities are we willing to discard, to garner attention, earn money, and ‘grow the sport’?”
@@wrestle4life234 so you’d rather see all the top wrestlers go somewhere else to make there money did you not see how USA placed in the Olympics this year we need the top wrestlers to stay in wrestling not a commenter virtue signalling
I agree. This is college wrestling, not WWE. We shouldn’t be encouraging this garbage. I hope coaches and AD’s intervene. I.come to watch skilled athletes - some of the best in the world, not street thugs.
Starocci made this post so that he could talk shit and sound like a badass just to duck Ferrari. He only said all that shit because he knows Ferrari can't make 190 lbs
I personally hope he turns it around. He has a chance to go to college, get an education, and get in the good habits that wrestling provides. I'm pulling for him to turn it around - it might be his last go.
9:38 I really disagree, that was a excellent response from a heel. This mf not worried about wrestling he probably wants to wrestle but he’s shown he doesn’t care. That type of behavior is excellent for mma lol which seems to be what his long term goal is
@@lexingtonconcord8751 Who's crying? Expecting better wrestling coverage that is more substantive is not crying. This is just a junk story to get simpletons excited about something that doesn't mean a thing. Ferarri and Starocci are not even in the same weight class, nor would ever be. It's stories like this that help encourage buffoonery in College wrestling and beyond.
Lmao there is money in college sports so I’m sure the athletes are gonna get much crazier than this. College wrestling will end up having crap talk like pro MMA
Thought these guys were college wrestlers (athletes) ? Where do they get 300k to toss around like nothing ? Or is he just talking s**t. Betting money he doesn't even have ? Or are college athletics that different from when i went to school?
This CP guy is a snowflake as far as I'm concerned. He praises AJ for his trash talk, and finds it completely acceptable, but when Carter does it back, he is like the moral police. That isn't his place. Freedom of speech is exactly that, if AJ doesn't like it, then AJ should learn to keep his mouth shut. He talks a lot, and it gets him into trouble. Carter is not someone who is going to back down to a bully, which is exactly who AJ is.
There was quite a bit of difference between the good natured jab from AJ. CS doesn't have an ounce of humor in his body to know how to respond appropriately so he talks like a Jr High boy.
Christian Pyles, you are not the authority on what is acceptable and what is not. You’ve done a great job becoming a company man, but don’t push it on us.
If everybody is going to suddenly stop saying the word “god,” okay, that’s fine… but can we all please agree that grown men shouldn’t be using the expression, “OH MY GOSH!” Might as well say fudge too instead of fuck… or “homosexual” instead of, well, you get it.
AJ Ferrari is a complete dumpster fire and he’s embarrassed himself, his Family and any University that he’s been associated with. Every University should run, don’t walk away from him. This is beneath all of us.
Except for the fact that AJ is already cutting from 220-230 to make 197, and it's assumed that he's somewhere around 7-8% body fat when at 197. On the contrary, Starocci is bulking to make 184 as it is. There's almost no way that AJ can make 190, and if he could, he would be incredibly depleted when competing.
Craziest wrestling instagram beef since...?
Since Burger King introduced their Angus Beef Sandwich🍖
And you saying be careful Carter. Come on. Put some respect on a 4xers name. Loudmouth hasn't competed in a couple years
@@DZan_true
Since PD3 vs women's wrestling
@@lsteele81ify That was the last really controversial thing I could remember too.
That comment underneath saying Ferrari would be pissed if he could read had me dying.
i died seeing that!
The Nelson Brands comment was hilarious
Was perfect 😂
what???
Nelson "The Gambler" Brands...he is embracing the "brand".
@@danrose3233 Lol, not bad.
@@danrose3233 What did he say???
The thing that gets to me most about Starocci is his two-sided behavior. He talks about being religious and wrestling for God and all this, and I’m not a religious person in general, but to say all of that and turn around and pull these stunts - it just make him look fake. I’ve had that impression for a while. Whereas Brooks seems more authentic and true.
Literally said he would’ve spit in Burroughs’ face lmaooo
I view it as a different type of the same religious person. Think back on history, how many religious men were like brooks? A lot. But a lot were like Carter. A lot had big egos. A lot wanted notoriety. A lot started a lot to wars just for land and money. Religious people are not by default some great people. They just believe in God...
Don’t confuse him with Aaron brooks. Brooks is the big Jesus guy not Carter
religion doesn't make good people lmao. Non religion doesn't make crap people. Your point is literally trying to define christians and non christians. It is ridiculous.
@@jf8138Being religious does not make you a good person, but if you do not act in the same manner as your beliefs espouse, you are either incompetent or a hypocrite.
I always feel when I see ridiculous demands from one participant in a combat sport, it just screams to me that they don't really want the match.
Agreed. Only wants him that low so he’s sucked out.
Yeah the 190 request is laughable.
I’m 00:42 seconds into this and am starting to really think that AJ is the Antonio Brown of wrestling. Talented beyond comprehension but damn just can’t keep from sabotaging himself. 🙏🏼
AB was great for about 7 years before losing his head though
Antonio Brown suffered some really serious hits to the head. He changed a lot after those hits. Maybe lost some impulse control? Dunno, but he ain’t the same Antonio Brown
Great comparison
ab was good before cte from football. aj was born with cte
You have it so wrong. AJ is not sabotaging anything. This is planned marketing. This only adds to his NIL potential etc. He is a showman.
I wish Brooks was back. Love to see Ferrari vs. Aaron Brooks. That would shut him up.
AJ would figure a way of ducking Brooks
Brooks wouldn't take the bait of a social media squabble.
Brooks wouldn’t feed into the BS, he’s just go in there and bonus him lol
AJ told Carter not to come up to 197 and it looks like he isn’t. So why should AJ cut down to 90, he never claimed that weight?
Exactly. Starocci doesn't actually want to wrestle AJ or else he would've agreed to go at 97
@@notalot22 Two different frames. 190 ish makes the most sense
Despite this match never going to happen, you have to love this for the sport. The added drama gives storylines and intrigue to college wrestling. We need more beef, everyone loves a good rivalry.
Flo has to make this match happen, would be massive for the sport.
Neither of them deep down want this match: AJ only started talking crap after he knew that Carter was not likely going 197. Prior, on the FRL with Chael it was all respect when he thought maybe he would wrestle him. Meanwhile Carter knows for damn sure that AJ is not making no 190 lbs.
Match will be a snooze fest with at most one takedown and I imagine that we will very much be entertain, but it won’t be from the wrestling sorts. It instead be the fight that breaks out because someone’s hand fighting too hard or someone gets that one takedown and starts chirping and the other ear. Odds, I got that this match doesn’t last seven minutes and it’s not because someone pins or text the other person .
This is the best take. You are exactly right
they are meant for each other. Both act like children
4:40 😂the most liked comment!
I bet 190 is where Carter is strongest, no cut....he'd be strong. AJ would be silly to cut weight just to get beat.
And he would get beat down
@@PinFall89 100% big time.
Man I love Starocci. For everything people hate about him, he’s the only person who is truly doing what it takes to grow the sports. Look at the UFC and boxing blueprint. Look at ADCC which is another grappling organization. Trash talk sells, and no matter how much people dislike it. The reality is uncomfortably true. People tune in for stuff like this. For years we’ve had these honorable people in the sport, and simultaneously watch our sport hit all-time lows. This is the way to get the outside and casual fans to give a damn about the sport we love. Controversy sells and that has always been the reality. Pay to see him lose or pay to see him win. Don’t mater because you still paid.
Carter said he would go up to 197. AJ should not have to come down to 190. AJ told Carter to begin with, that he can’t handle 197.
Exactly. If you can only beat someone at a lower weight it means you have to change some aspect of their wrestling to beat them. AJ won his natty at 197, if Carter is truly the better wrestler he has to beat him at 197 as well. If I had to put my money on it I would take Brooks at 197 over Carter Starocci. Could Starocci beat Brooks a former teammate? If he can beat Brooks than he could definitely beat AJ, but if he can't then he is evenly matched against Ferrari at 197. Great point
Just shows Carter's true colors. His two-faced ways and immature comments on social media aren't anything Cael will be proud of. Grow up, kid.
His comments on DB AJ are right on
When you got 4 nattys to your name you can talk all the shit you want. This spices up college wrestling, I love it
AJ: Don't come up to 197, too much horsepower.
Carter: I'll beat you at 190...
😅
Did Starocci just admit 197 is too much horsepower? Lol
AJ: Please don't come up to 197, I can't beat you and I know it so I would never cut to face you.
Carter: I'm a natural 174, I'm giving up over 20 lbs already. Let's meet at 190, I'll come up 16 lbs you just have to drop 7.
@JM-wf2to Lol you're so scared for your boy! You should go hide together
No one is beating Carter Starocci at any weight in college wrestling this year.
At some point, size and strength beats the lighter weight skill. This could be that.
Not even heavyweight? Don’t be foolish. I’m pretty sure if he bumped up to 97 AJ would win just because of weight
glaze
@@daytonasayswhat9333 Yeah, ask David Taylor about Kerkvliet. He'd destroy Starocci...and that's not talking shit, he's a fucking refrigerator and a freak athlete...and 80 pounds heavier, so he should.
I also think O'Toole could potentially beat Star. Lee lost, Gable lost(both, but Dan). Don't tell me a guy coming back for his 5th title for a gimmick and money can't get upset...
He's got a bad problem to deal with in Parker kekeisen. Big bad problem
In a world where growing one's brand can get you something that is, depending on who you ask, either a slice of the American dream, or a corrupted version thereof, take the values of an already alpha-enhanced demographic and pump it full of NIL dough and it's only a matter of time 'til someone proffers half their cash to enhance their brand and nothing else.
Cael and the NLWC should try to reel CS in.
He’s gone off the deep end with this reaction.
Nope. It was spot on
@@PinFall89 Dude, that’s not the PSU thing to do. Ferrari is just desperate for attention and is a dumpster fire that everyone needs to get away from.
Don't kid yourself. AJ loves to play the antagonist role. He would suck energy from a ruckus PSU crowd. I agree I don't think 190 is reasonable for AJ. If he did he would be severely depleted...just what Carter wants.
Just let ‘em fight eachother as hard as they want. A situation with only positive outcomes.
Is this challenge for a fight or match?
It's not a typo?
Staracci will get $moked by Ferarri. Bet on it.
Oh absolutely not. A 4 time NCAA champion getting smoked? I don’t think so. Ferrari is gonna get majored. This is definitely your bot account Ferrari.
He won’t make it through a season so it doesn’t matter. Will get kicked out of another school
CP is so smooth
Huge state fan but ill be the first to say whatever Carter says hes doing the opposite
Aj is gonna have to stop the cycle at the right time to dream of 190. Hell, hes already threading needles as is to get back into ncaa competition and not get caught.
What’s that mean?
@@wr9733 steroids
@@wr9733Steroid references. Unsubstantiated, thus far
aside from their wrestling, both are embarrassments to humanity.
You are mispronouncing “Storrrrochi”. Uncle Chael knows.
Does starocci have a 668 pound deadlift?
Who’s Kale Sunderson?
Chael Sonnen
AJ would rather post on Instagram than competition against anyone
The money part of this will 100% NOT be the reason this doesn't happen. The money will be there on both sides. People on here who are also my friend on social media watch me shoot huge money matches all the time. And almost $0 of the money at risk is my own. People will back this guys financially to see the match. Money will not be the issue.
Ferraris are all of bunch of crybabies.
Ferrari is just a true alpha. Guys like him are destined to lead the world and usher in a new era of excellence.
Stop changing the offer! 197 or silence
If the media hadn’t dipped their silly little toe in this pool of nonsense, the nonsense wouldn’t have crossed anyone’s minds.
Nah Starocci has to go to 197 to prove his point. This 190 thing is just saying Carter can't muscle up to AJ's size. If you're better you should be able to beat someone at any weight. If a heavier weight is more beneficial to wrestling than wrestling a lower weight doesn't show AJ's full potential. If AJ was challenging a heavyweight, I would think AJ should have to become heavyweight as well.
Carter doesn’t really want to do it, that is why all the crazy terms
This is Colby vs Porier
Starocci is so competitive, took the mojo right back….still maybe a little fearful too, I didn’t get the whole bet 300k thing.
if he was competitive he would've agreed to wrestle him at 97 like AJ challenged him to do
I don't know. Maybe a little too mush hype.
Starocci is way, way, WAY better than Ferrari.
These guys are fooling around. Make the match NWCA. I assure they will both show.
Who does AJ Ferrari train with?
Ferrari needs to go back to the Jersey Shore!
Not a fan. Going to these incredibly distasteful, disrespectful (even to a “villain” within the sport) lengths just to gain traction and interest, is really bad. How much are we going to sacrifice, how many virtues and good qualities are we willing to discard, to garner attention, earn money, and “grow the sport”?
Jiu jitsu just had a tournament for a million dollars wrestling needs that kind of money too
majority of people wrestling right now are doing it for MMA. part of the new era of growing wrestling is going to be the trend of personas.
@@Yuhhearddd”How much are we going to sacrifice, how many good qualities are we willing to discard, to garner attention, earn money, and ‘grow the sport’?”
@@wrestle4life234 so you’d rather see all the top wrestlers go somewhere else to make there money did you not see how USA placed in the Olympics this year we need the top wrestlers to stay in wrestling not a commenter virtue signalling
I agree. This is college wrestling, not WWE. We shouldn’t be encouraging this garbage. I hope coaches and AD’s intervene. I.come to watch skilled athletes - some of the best in the world, not street thugs.
Super foul….penn st gonna have something to say about this
I would hate to be in the room when Cael sits him down. Maybe Cael doesn't do any talking and just walks in with a singlet on!
Piles, i ment your bro one time. He said he was way cooler than you😂
AJ’s used to being the bad guy!! Jordan is used to being the good guy
Starocci made this post so that he could talk shit and sound like a badass just to duck Ferrari. He only said all that shit because he knows Ferrari can't make 190 lbs
No calling Carter SOME PUNK KID ISNT OK. THIS IS A 4X national Champ
Lots of juice causes extended stomach
AJ just needs to sit down and leave the wrestling scene. He is going nowhere, and he does nothing good for us.
I personally hope he turns it around. He has a chance to go to college, get an education, and get in the good habits that wrestling provides. I'm pulling for him to turn it around - it might be his last go.
9:38 I really disagree, that was a excellent response from a heel. This mf not worried about wrestling he probably wants to wrestle but he’s shown he doesn’t care. That type of behavior is excellent for mma lol which seems to be what his long term goal is
Can you please post more substantive content? I take the sport of wrestling seriously.
Stop your crying. This is just a fun side story. They do plenty of good coverage of the sport.
@@lexingtonconcord8751 It's not a fun side story. It's a BS story to manufacture excitement where no actual substantial wrestling information exists.
@@lexingtonconcord8751 Who's crying? Expecting better wrestling coverage that is more substantive is not crying. This is just a junk story to get simpletons excited about something that doesn't mean a thing. Ferarri and Starocci are not even in the same weight class, nor would ever be. It's stories like this that help encourage buffoonery in College wrestling and beyond.
Lmao there is money in college sports so I’m sure the athletes are gonna get much crazier than this. College wrestling will end up having crap talk like pro MMA
psu chant
We are. Douche bags
We are. Douche bags
Jealous... And it's not ending any time soon
@@PinFall89just wait till Ferrari and Downey debunk this psu clowns
300k???
Carter got something like $ 1.7 million NIL to come back this year.
Lame brag.
I love it, keep it up aj and carter 🙌
Aj can’t get down to 190 and it wouldn’t be fair anyways
Thought these guys were college wrestlers (athletes) ? Where do they get 300k to toss around like nothing ? Or is he just talking s**t. Betting money he doesn't even have ? Or are college athletics that different from when i went to school?
Young, supercompetitive sticking fingers in each other's chest. So new.. yawn...
CP is being crazy soft towards AJ
AJ no class!
just put em in a cage cause the wrestling match is gonna be boring
This CP guy is a snowflake as far as I'm concerned. He praises AJ for his trash talk, and finds it completely acceptable, but when Carter does it back, he is like the moral police. That isn't his place. Freedom of speech is exactly that, if AJ doesn't like it, then AJ should learn to keep his mouth shut. He talks a lot, and it gets him into trouble. Carter is not someone who is going to back down to a bully, which is exactly who AJ is.
💯
😂😂😂
There was quite a bit of difference between the good natured jab from AJ. CS doesn't have an ounce of humor in his body to know how to respond appropriately so he talks like a Jr High boy.
Guaranteed this guy is a trump voter who cries about freedom of speech too
Incoming Christina pyles tweet
I absolutely love this haha
Wow, who cares?
there is no 190 pound wt anymore......if you have the stones to challenge, make it at a legit college wt.....
AJ called Starocci out. It's up to him to drop. It's not up to Carter to jump up in weight
How you figure? His taunt was to stay away from 197. You sound like a Carter homer that is worried he would get beaten at 197.
🏎️💨 🔜
Christian Pyles, you are not the authority on what is acceptable and what is not. You’ve done a great job becoming a company man, but don’t push it on us.
It’s called an opinion. Relax.
@@christianpyles1820 easy Christina
Stop your crying. He covers the sport and is entitled to his opinion.
This is not good for the sport, it’s a distraction and is very negative in my opinion.
AJ’s too big for Starocci. Hidlay beat him and Hidlay is no Ferrari. It’s easy to talk trash when you know you won’t have to back it up. No class.
Hidlay would kill Ferrari
"...took the beef to an insane place"??? Please 🤦🏼♀️. Cut out the snowflakery. Maybe tasteless, but not insane. Let's get it on👏👏🙌!!!
Carter is way out of line here. It doesn’t matter who you’re a fan of. What he posted is vile and classless. Not cool.
@@steveellis8980calm down Grandpa
Chael Sonnen looks like a 50 yr old Lesbian bro
Easy to say anonymously in a comment section.
@@danrose3233 True shitpost
@@RapYouCanUnderstand So easily offended only confirms the truth in my first post.
Chael Sonnen is your uncle and elder.
Have more respect.
Now it’s time for AJ to call him out on a being a fake 4x champ and probably the first 5x because of the Covid year. A bs 5x champ
Fake?
@@toddwilliams4493 absolutely. How many other 4x champs would be a 5th given an extra year. As I said FAKE
@@Jg_nation ok lol
Anyone who wrestled during covid and won four. Oh wait.
What’s fake about winning 4 ncaa tournaments?
If everybody is going to suddenly stop saying the word “god,” okay, that’s fine… but can we all please agree that grown men shouldn’t be using the expression, “OH MY GOSH!”
Might as well say fudge too instead of fuck… or “homosexual” instead of, well, you get it.
AJ Ferrari is a complete dumpster fire and he’s embarrassed himself, his Family and any University that he’s been associated with.
Every University should run, don’t walk away from him.
This is beneath all of us.
Aj has yet to attend a class
Saw CS at the Olympic Trials. He’s got a long body and short legs. It looks strange
190 pounds seems fair as Ferrari would cut 7 pounds (from 197) to get there while Carter would go up 6 pounds (from 184).
Seems reasonable to me. 🫤
Except for the fact that AJ is already cutting from 220-230 to make 197, and it's assumed that he's somewhere around 7-8% body fat when at 197. On the contrary, Starocci is bulking to make 184 as it is. There's almost no way that AJ can make 190, and if he could, he would be incredibly depleted when competing.
I agree that mathematically it’s fair. I think it’s just no way AJ can make that weight, is what Christian was saying.