Coleman Scott

And then, you know, Tyler ended up being a Big 12 champ.

He beats Coleman Scott in Big 12 finals with a hurt ankle.

He hardly wrestled that whole year, and he won Big 12s when he was a two-time All-American and then didn't place at Nationals when Coleman Scott and his guy in the finals.

And that's, man, you know, Tyler did that, right? But, man, that's Chris's leadership.

I mean, he was busting his ass for years.

Um, I, I talked to Shawn the other day and he, and he mentioned that you were on the trip to China where he did, uh, that qualified the spot for the, for the US team.

That whole era, that, you know, it was the ball draw era, it was, uh, you know, how they selected Humphries and him to do the, the last chance qualifiers, and Coleman Scott, you know, comes through.

And just what was that whole time period like and, and what, uh, kinda what's your biggest takeaway, uh, as you reflect on it so many years, um, since?

Well, the whole ball grab thing was, I thought, insane.

So-

Yeah

... um, so then, um, it was kind of a strange situation, but y- uh, so they come down to Reece Humphries, Coleman Scott, and you, and they, and you sat out because you're the one that qualified the weight.

And then in the middle of Times Square, they, they-

Uh, [laughs] uh, I think that was the year.

That had to be the year that Sean Bunch and Frayer and Coleman Scott, no, Coleman Scott and Sean Bunch, I think, wrestled off at the Beat the Streets event in Times Square.

Uh, yeah, w- I, that was the year.

Um, it was interesting too, 'cause I, Martin didn't really know who I was [laughs] but I was seeing Joe and Bader on the, um, I was seeing Joe and Bader on the road all the time.

[laughs] I don't wanna do it anymore.

[laughs] Oh, Adam Rush, Coleman Scott.

Pinned Joey Slayton.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

That's why that one really hit home.

Coleman Scott, "Isn't there a heavyweight named Scott Coleman?" You were never-

Uh, [laughs] he also said-