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Welcome to WrestlingShoes.Com

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

We relaunched WrestlingShoes.Com as a blog in late 2009. The purpose is to let you know what is going on with Nike, adidas, Matman, Asics, and DoubleSport wrestling shoes that you can buy at WrestlingGear.Com

WrestlingGear.Com has been in business since 1998 and has grown to one of the largest wrestling shoe stores in the USA. They only can ship within the USA sorry to all our non USA residents out there. They do ship to U.S. Military APO’s.

Here are some other websites to check out:

WrestlingGear.Com’s Facebook Fan Page – over 3,900 fans can’t be wrong.

Twitter Fan Page – follow Jeff Pape, the owner of WrestlingGear.Com. He posts updates on what is going at the company and his business and personal life.

WrestlingGear.Net – think social network for wrestlers. Over 100 wrestlers and fans here.

WrestlingGear.Com’s Blog - articles and videos on improving your performance on the mat.

WrestlingGear.Com’s Youtube Channel – lots of technique videos and shows on wrestling gear.

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Wrestling Shoes Gossip for 2010

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

My, my, my if what I have been hearing about the 2010 wrestling season is true. It will be interesting.

On the Asics front, the Rulon’s will be going away and not known as Rulon’s next season. Will Rulon make the switch from Asics to adidas like Cejudo did?

On the adidas front, they have already released this photo below. Now the question is will this be an early release like they did with other shoes in the past? Not likely though as all of our vendors are delaying inventory investments as long as they can. Trust us, if they bring in only a few hundred pair, we will ask for them. The other question is, will they release a teal version of this shoe? Now if they could only bring back a version of the White adistar.

wrestling-shoes-adidas-combat_speed_III

On the Nike front, just got the catalog. Guess what new color of the Takedown and the Inflicts are in the catalog in three colors. Wow! Let’s hope they come back this year. They will be on our wish list for next year.

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Hot Shoe Update on Rulon Wrestling Shoes

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

They are gone for next year, the Rulon wrestling shoes will not have Rulon’s name on it and of course won’t have his signature either. So if you want these shoes do not screw around and wait until next year, best to buy them now. We will have them in January in Black and Red and Black and Gold. And of course everyone will want them in the two colors we have now (and we will likely be out of those right?).

Start looking at next year if you want these Rulon’s for next season – Asics Wrestling Shoes.

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Vegan Wrestling Shoes

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Is the wrestling world ready for a Vegan wrestling shoe? Or even an environmentally friendly wrestling shoe?

Is that important to you? Is it important to others?

adidas launched a shoe that is made of synthetic leather and recycled material. The GT Response is also a wide shoe. So I think adidas was trying to cover all the areas with this vegan, recycled, wide wrestling shoe all in one shoe.

So far this shoe has not knocked it out of the park. Would it sell better if it was a crazy color combination? Ala the Combat Speeds?

What are your thoughts on this shoe? Here is a photo, the link and the technical information on the shoe.

Link to the site – GT Response Vegan Earth Friendly Wrestling Shoes

Earth Friendly Vegan Wrestling Shoes - GT Response - this is a wide wrestling shoe available from adidas wrestling

Earth Friendly Vegan Wrestling Shoes - GT Response - this is a wide wrestling shoe available from adidas wrestling

This elite wrestling shoe provides a sturdy, wider base for match-winning support and a glove-like fit. A product built in a sustainable way to make the world a Better Place.

* Built on a new, wide wrestling last
* Environmentally responsible high performance engineered leather, cutting down weight and wastage
* Encapsulated idsole construction for enhanced fit and support
* 100% recycle PET mesh lining
* Molded heel counter for ultimate support and hold

Remember to add a 1/2 size to your normal gym shoe size. Do not use your current wrestling shoe size to order adidas Shoes

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Combat Speed Wrestling Shoes

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Trying to figure out the best way to present these old school wrestling shoes. Keep in mind if you are looking for new wrestling shoes – visit our brand pages at adidas, Asics, Nike or Matman to buy the currently available shoes.

Here are some blasts from the past. Let us know what you think of this shoe. Also, post ideas on how you’d like to see these photos. Do you like this format? Would you prefer a gallery?

Combat Speed II Wrestling Shoes

Combat Speed II Wrestling Shoes
Notice the Yellow stripes. This is how you can tell them apart from an earlier version of the Combat Speeds. Man do I wish I had a few thousand pairs of these shoes.

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Hot Shoes for 2009 – 2010 Wrestling Season

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Just wanted to put an update of the top wrestling shoes blog post that I did on our other blog. Since it’s wrestling shoe related we will keep it over here from now on.

Shoes that are basically gone include The Inflicts (except in a few sizes outside of 9 to 12), The Black and Red Rulons, and The Black and Yellow Rulons. Now the Inflicts they are gone for good (or at least we don’t think they are coming back). The Rulon wrestling shoes we will get some more in stock in December and should have most sizes in late December or early January. I suspect The Rulons will likely be updated to a version 2.0 or at the very least be changing colors significantly for the 2010 – 2011 season. So if you love these Rulon wrestling shoes – you better get an extra pair this season.

The battle of the ultra high end market – e.g. wrestling shoes that exceed say $125 is being won by the White adidas adistar. The sad thing is this shoe is gone and likely selling well because we are one of the only places in the country with it. If you take out of the mix this White adistar, the Dan Gable is beating the Black adistar. True there are 3 Dan Gables to only one Black adistar, but last year the White adistar smoked all challengers even with just one color.

Now if you add John Smiths shoe into the mix, it’s being out sold by the Gable too. This year the Gable shoe is much hotter of a shoe than it has been in the past. Is it because Iowa won two recent NCAA Championships? Is it because of better design? I suspect it’s a little bit of both. I think once more people take a look at the shoe, the Gable will sell even more. It’s a cool looking shoe up close.

Cael vs Cejudo (battle of the $80 shoes), right now Cael is winning this battle. Although, the Cael V3.0’s are still selling very well against even the V4.0’s. This is likely because the designs are pretty different between the V3.0’s and V4.0’s and the color options of these two shoes. When we talk to customers on the phone, some like the V3.0’s and some like the V4.0’s. We still have pretty good availability on the Cael V3.0’s at least for now. If all goes well, much of this inventory will be gone by the first of the year.

Here are the shoes that we talked about in this blog posting:


adiSTAR White Wrestling Shoes
SKU: 561256
Sizes: 6.5-13, 15
Price:$141.98


adiSTAR Black Wrestling Shoes
SKU: G00135
Sizes: 5.5-13, 14, 15
Price:$141.98


Mat Wizard III Wrestling Shoes
SKU: G03702
Sizes: 5-13, 14, 15
Price:$119.98

Mat Wizard III Wrestling Shoes
SKU: G03703
Sizes: 5-13, 14, 15
Price:$119.98


Mat Wizard III Wrestling Shoes
SKU: G02652
Sizes: 5-13, 14, 15
Price:$119.98


Cejudo Signature Wrestling Shoes
SKU: G02496
Sizes: 5, 5.5, 6.5-13, 14, 15
Price:$77.98
Cejudo Signature Wrestling Shoes
SKU: G03698
Sizes: 5-13, 14, 15
Price:$77.98
Cejudo Signature Wrestling Shoes
SKU: G03699
Sizes: 5-13, 14, 15
Price:$77.98

Dan Gable Ultimate 2 Wrestling Shoes
SKU: J900Y-4790
Sizes: 6-13, 14, 15
Price:$124.98
Dan Gable Ultimate 2 Wrestling Shoes
SKU: J900Y-9093
Sizes: 6,7-8.5,10,11.5-13, 14, 15
Price:$124.98
Dan Gable Ultimate 2 Wrestling Shoes
SKU: J900Y-9094
Sizes: 6-10,11-13, 14, 15
Price:$124.98


Rulon Wrestling Shoes
SKU: JY500-9094
Sizes: 7,10.5-11,12-12.5,14,15
Price:$99.98

Rulon Wrestling Shoes
SKU: JY500-9024
Sizes: 6-6.5,8.5,9, 10-11.5,14,15
Price:$99.98


Nike Inflict Wrestling Shoes
SKU: 325256-013
Sizes: 6-7,12-12.5
Price: $69.98

Nike Inflict Wrestling Shoes
SKU: 325256-001
Sizes: 6-7.5,12-14, 15
Price: $69.98

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How to Size Youth and Kids Wide Wrestling Shoes

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Received a question at WrestlingGear.Com yesterday. It was from a parent looking to help size her child in a wide wrestling shoe.

Generally we find a person can get away with a smaller normal gym shoe if they are in wide. For example, I have a wide foot and I can usually go down about a half size or even a full size if it’s a dress shoe.

Our sizing recommendations on our site generally call for either normal gym shoe size, add a 1/2 size to normal gym shoe size or add a full size to your normal gym shoe size.

If your child is in a wide gym shoe, he or she is likely down a half size. So just add an extra 1/2 size to what our sizing recommendations would say.

So let’s use a size 4.0 in a wide shoe. The shoes you are looking at say add a half size. So just add another 1/2 size to our sizing recommendation.

For example, if we say add a half size add another 1/2 size so you’d be at a full size. So you should be looking at size 5.0 wrestling shoes.

If we say add a full size (generally this is Nike only), take the full size and add another 1/2 size so you would be at a size and 1/2 added to your son’s normal gym shoe size. So if your son is a size 4.0 and you are looking at a Nike shoe, look at a size 5.5.

Keep in mind too, that WrestlingGear.Com has a sizing exchange insurance program. We will pay for the shipping back and forth – if you listen to our sizing recommendations. We stress, your child must have purchased shoes recently. We get children that come in here all the time to our store that the parents have no idea what their gym shoe size is. Kids are wearing size 9.0 or 9.5 shoes that really should be size 10.5 or 11.0. They walk out of our store with a size 11.5 shoe and the parents are amazed.

If your kids gym shoes don’t fit properly, size them up first make sure their feet are not jammed into their shoes. Then come to our site and read the sizing recommendations.

Here are a few links to wider cut wrestling shoes we recommend.

Vapor Speed Blue Wrestling Shoes Adidas Response GT Wrestling Shoes
This elite wrestling shoe provides a sturdy, wider base for match-winning support and a glove-like fit.
Price: $108.98 BuyNow
ASICS Split Second VI Wrestling Shoes Asics Wide Split Second VI Wrestling Shoes
This shoe is a Wide version of the ever popular Split Second VI wrestling shoe.
Price: $64.98 BuyNow
adidas Tyrint IV Black Wrestling Shoes Adidas VaporSpeed Black Orange Wrestling Shoes
Lace guard systems on this wrestling shoe accomate wider feet.
Price: $71.98 BuyNow
Matman SO25 Black Wrestling Shoes Adidas VaporSpeed Blue White Wrestling Shoes
Lace guard systems on this wrestling shoe accomodate wider feet.
Price: $71.98 BuyNow
Matman SO25 Black Wrestling Shoes Adidas VaporSpeed Red White Wrestling Shoes
Lace guard systems on this wrestling shoe accomodate wider feet.
Price: $71.98 BuyNow

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Wide Wrestling Shoes

Monday, October 19th, 2009

I have about a 2E foot so most wrestling shoes will work for me. A 2E foot is not really that wide that it prevents you from buying most shoes off the rack at a wrestling store. All you have to do is stay away from a shoe with a velcro lace cover that covers all the shoe laces and stay away from anything with a zipper. Or at least go into your purchase knowing that those parts will have to stretch most likely to fit a wider foot.

So what shoes make sense for a wide foot maybe in the 2E size or less? It’s probably easier to identify which ones don’t make sense. Don’t look at an adidas adistar, don’t look at a Response I or II or an adistrike. All of these have zippers or lace guard mechanisms that cover all the laces. With that said you can make these shoes work (in fact I have a pair of Sydney 2000’s that don’t follow my advice). I just had to deal with the extra stretching and wearing them a little looser to begin with and keep tightening them. For example, we had a customer come in the store that said he could not get the white adistar to work. I told him to just tighten up the laces and he was able to get the zipper to work.

No if you are in the 3E 4E and larger zone. You want to look at really only our wide shoes. Response GT and Split Second VI are the two options you want to work with. Understand if you are 4E or 5E or 6E even those shoes are going to require some breaking in period. You will have to wear the laces loose and allow the material to stretch. The Response GT is made of more stretchable leather so that might be the better option for wrestlers with really wide feet.

Here are some of the wide wrestling shoes that we recommend taking a look at.

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Extero Jr. Wrestling Shoes Sizing Recommendation

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Just a quick note, for the Extero Jr’s you may have to go up a full size on these little guys shoes. I have a son with a wide foot and we brought them home for my kids that measure a 11.0 k and 11.5k – normally you may try to get into an 11.0 and a 12.0k for these two guys. My son that has an 11.0k foot had to go up to the 12.0k because of the width in his shoe. And my son who is an 11.5k had to go up to a 12.0 k (which is as expected).

The reason you have to size up a full size maybe even a size and half is the velcroe straps on the shoes are not wide enough to work with a wider foot or a foot with a higher instep. You may want to go with a tied wrestling shoe if your son or daughter has a wide foot.

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Welcome to WrestlingShoes.Com

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Welcome to the new WrestlingShoes.Com blog. This blog will be dedicated 100% to wrestling shoes. Our goal is to keep you up to date on all the new wrestling shoes and to give you some of the history of the earlier years wrestling shoes.

We will focus on the brands of wrestling shoes we carry at WrestlingGear.Com for the current and exisiting wrestling shoes but will go back as far as we can and share with you shoes from the past.

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