Tommy B

This year has been a weird one. When it comes to my health and competing, it’s been up and down. It has tested me in ways I didn’t expect. But at the same time, it has also been one of the most fruitful years of my life. I’ve gotten to pour into young wrestlers. I’ve gotten to watch my son grow. And soon, we’ll be bringing a baby girl into the world. So even though this season has been frustrating, it hasn’t been wasted. This will be only the second time since 2017 that I won’t be competing at the World Team Trials. I sustained an injury at the Open and will be off the mat for the next 1–2 months. For almost a decade, I’ve been chasing the opportunity to represent our country. I’ve had years where I can honestly say I didn’t do everything I needed to do. I’ve had years where I gave everything I had and still came up short. But this year has probably been the hardest one to process. Not because I wasn’t motivated. I was. Not because I didn’t want it. I did. I just couldn’t get momentum rolling. Every time I felt like I was starting to build, something set me back. Most of it was injury-related. And honestly, I think some of the little nagging things I ignored or pushed through for years finally caught up with me. That’s hard to admit, but it’s the truth. But I also believe God doesn’t waste anything. This year has taught me patience. It has taught me to stop trying to control what isn’t mine to control. It has reminded me that my identity can’t be built only on whether I’m winning, competing, or standing on top of a podium. Wrestling is a huge part of my life, but it’s not my god. I still believe I have more in me. I still believe the best is ahead. But right now, my job is simple: get healthy, be present for my family, be there for my wife as we bring our baby girl into this world, keep pouring into the kids I coach, and trust that God is still working even when things don’t look the way I planned. I know a lot of people are dealing with their own version of this. Injuries. Setbacks. Disappointment. Feeling like you were close and then life just punched you in the mouth. I get it. But I also believe this: a setback doesn’t mean God is done with you. Sometimes it’s just part of the work He’s doing in you. I’m bummed. I’m frustrated. But I’m also thankful. I’ll heal up. I’ll keep showing up. I’ll keep trusting God’s plan. The best is yet to come.

Rocking the @Bloodround wrestling shirt today!!! Great times and content and interviews and friendship! #WrestlingShirtaDayInMay @TommyBloodround

Brothers high fiving finishing first and second after the finish line was crazy

As someone with zero tattoos, it would be funny to just get 1 that says "I'm not going to fill out your survey."

Forever Go Blue. 🎓

Lilledahl is a U17, U20, U23 World Champion, and NCAA Champion. He is now on the inside track to make his first Senior World Championship appearance. He is not 21 till August. So if you're listing current phenoms not 21 yet, I still want to list Forrest first but damn.

Six members of the 2026 U.S. World Team are locked in after the Senior Greco-Roman Group A best-of-three championship series concluded on Friday night in Las Vegas. #usawrestling #USOpen2026 go.themat.com/uoitq

@BulldogTCOB Well as someone who was an Army Firefighter working crash rescue in Southern Georgia and Alabama, I believe you to say the least

@TommyBloodround No fucking shit. He’s a Georgia boy I know that. Once you get past the neon lights of the burbs there are some genuinely impoverished areas where dental isn’t even a notion let alone a reality. That’s wild and exactly the type of shit I usually know by heart.

Bears had a center from Iowa as the anchor during the 80’s and that turned out decent. Just missing the undersized back from Jackson State is all. No biggie

Props to the guy at the draft wearing a Tom Rathman #44 jersey

@BulldogTCOB Yeah it's a crazy story. 8th rd pick because he was only 215 and they actually noticed his teeth bothered him. Bears paid to get them fixed and he became a 275 lb monster

@TommyBloodround I didn’t know thst about Dent but I am aware that is a thing.

Dare Da Bears to draft another Tight End

So.....3 tight ends is weird. #Bears

Was this just legit 19 of the last 20 minutes of all ads?

@EmilyCWaldon So much nicer than the dark days of Mario and Rod who were awful

I’m enjoying this Tigers broadcast booth this season.

That's a hell of a push for Oba Femi

I'm about to call some youth flag football plays like it's the Super Bowl

I don't keep my hair short because I was in the Army almost 20 years ago, I keep it short because it would look like Sinclair's if it grows out

Bad lip syncing is tough

Welp....suppose the tornadoes are done so I can go to bed now.