{"id":15411,"date":"2018-03-19T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/03\/random_wrestler_wins_national_championship_after_entering_to_the_pokemon_theme_song"},"modified":"2018-03-19T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T15:45:00","slug":"random-wrestler-wins-national-championship-after-entering-to-the-pokemon-theme-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/03\/19\/random-wrestler-wins-national-championship-after-entering-to-the-pokemon-theme-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Wrestler Wins National Championship After Entering To The Pok\u00e9mon Theme Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"pokemon.png\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/03\/random_wrestler_wins_national_championship_after_entering_to_the_pokemon_theme_song\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/03\/random_wrestler_wins_national_championship_after_entering_to_the_pokemon_theme_song\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"pokemon.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If, for some reason, you don&#8217;t already believe that the original <strong>Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong>\u00a0theme song was made out of pure magic and dreams, then maybe this story will change your mind.<\/p>\n<p>University of Iowa freshman\u00a0Spencer Lee\u00a0defeated Rutgers&#8217; Nick Suriano on Saturday night, winning the 125-pound title at the 2018 NCAA Wrestling Championships in the process. While his achievement is one to be celebrated for &#8211; <em>you know<\/em> &#8211; talent-related reasons, we couldn&#8217;t help but love the fact that he chose the Pok\u00e9mon theme to give himself a boost before the match.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A few minutes late to the Twitter party but how about that Hawkeye fans. SPENCER LEE &#8211; TRUE FRESHMAN NCAA CHAMP! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoHawks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoHawks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CZlkwRKd1x\">pic.twitter.com\/CZlkwRKd1x<\/a><\/span>\u2014 JoshSchamberger (@JoshSchamberger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshSchamberger\/status\/975167840591536129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As it turns out, Lee actually follows the competitive Pok\u00e9mon scene and has entered into competitive play in the past. If he wasn&#8217;t busy being a full time student and athlete, he might actually still be competing.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have not been to any big Vgc tournaments mostly because of being a full time student-athlete. But I have had a pretty warm welcome so far so I don\u2019t think the community is a hopeless one. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3VX4ofuBRS\">https:\/\/t.co\/3VX4ofuBRS<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Spencer Lee (@LeeSpencerlee36) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeeSpencerlee36\/status\/945792709826146304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Not wanting to take anything away from Lee&#8217;s hard work and success, we hope that the track somehow had some sort of mystical influence over proceedings and, with that in mind, we now plan to blast the song out on repeat for the rest of the week in hopes that all of our dreams come true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If, for some reason, you don&#8217;t already believe that the original Pok\u00e9mon\u00a0theme song was made out of pure magic and dreams, then maybe this story will change your mind. University of Iowa freshman\u00a0Spencer Lee\u00a0defeated Rutgers&#8217; Nick Suriano on Saturday night, winning the 125-pound title at the 2018 NCAA Wrestling Championships in the process. 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