#145 Assembly Fall: Tannenbaum vs Kucala (Audio Documentary)

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🗓️ 30 June 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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ABOUT THIS AUDIO DOC Dubbed as the biggest upset in Illinois history, Matt Kucala defied the odds and pinned the previously unbeaten Eric Tannenbaum at the 2001 IHSA state finals. Assembly Fall takes an in-depth look at that match and answers the question: is it the biggest upset in state history? DIRECTORS’S TAKE If you were a wrestling fan in 2001, you'll never forget where you were when you heard about the Tannenbaum-Kucala match. But most know almost nothing about the Tannenbaum and Kucala stories, as well as what happened in the hours and minutes leading up to that fateful match. Our mission with ‘Assembly Fall’ was to bring Eric and Matt’s stories to life. Most important, we wanted to show just what it takes to achieve something incredible, and how to respond after your lifelong goal is ripped from your hands - as it was for Tannenbaum. We also set out to answer the age-old question - is this the biggest upset in finals history? Assembly Fall, I hope, answers these questions and shows a behind-the-curtain look at this incredible match. This episode was produced by Ryan Warner and the Wrestling Changed My Life Podcast. For more information, please visit WrestlingChangedMyLife.com. SPONSOR This episode is brought to you by the Wrestling Changed My Life online store, where you can buy podcast T’s, hoodies, stickers and more. To shop, go to Store.WrestlingChangedMyLife.com.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show ladies and gentlemen. The wrestling change my life
0:08.0	podcast proudly presents our latest audio documentary Assembly Fall.
0:12.0	If you enjoy this show and want to support the this We have podcast t-shirts, hoodies, and stickers.
0:22.7	Again, that store, that wrestling change by life.com.
0:26.5	That's it. Let's get to the show.
0:29.8	Is this the biggest upside on my history to you? Um, probably, I mean that I can think of yeah.
0:43.0	So this would be the upset of the tournament.
0:45.0	I think you could certainly say...
0:46.0	To me what an upset is, is somebody that beats somebody that not only are the odds against them,
0:52.0	but probably shouldn't beat them. You know, somebody that if me is not only are the odds against them but probably shouldn't beat them.
0:54.0	You know somebody that if you wrestle 10, 15, 20, 100 times they would win 99 or you know if that to me
1:01.0	is what defines an upset is somebody that probably should never win should never have one
1:05.8	Well Matt Kukula has the attention of all those assembled at Assembly Hall because he's trying to do something nobody's ever done in high school and that's beat Eric Tannenbaum.
1:14.8	I mean it was so loud probably I've never heard it louder than that moment.
1:19.2	Oh he's in trouble again he's in trouble.
1:21.2	He's in trouble.
1:22.2	You can feel the adrenaline go up.
1:23.0	It was one of those iconic moments.
1:25.0	Is it the biggest upset of Illinois history?
1:27.0	No.
1:28.0	In our minds, it's not an upset.
1:31.0	This is Assembly Fall.
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