They know what professional wrestling is today, but they also related to my cauliflower ear. Coaches have a hell of a time getting the wrestlers to wear their head gear. When you realize these young men have no stars in their eyes about a professional contract to wrestle in their future and not nearly the attention from the student body that the football or basketball players would get, it lets you know how much the sport itself means to them. On the up side, I have always noticed the young women give the amateur wrestlers lots of attention. I don't think it is only because the bodies are well developed.
Wrestling gives a young person self confidence and can do that to any weight class competitor.
Some of the lightweight guys are the toughest. Sometime when you need a jump start to your senses, try attending a high school or college wrestling tournament in your area. Since I am being sentimental I might as well take the opportunity to thank all of you who keep my past alive. Lou Thesz is arguably the greatest professional wrestler of all time. He held the World heavyweight championship six times in four different decades.