I'm sick and tired of everyone thinking being distracted is a bad thing. I personally don't want to spend 24 hrs a day thinking about other guys in spandex. Sure, you need to concentrait on your matches, but you can psyce yourself out. I've been wrestling sense I was 7 yrs old, I have drilled a double, single, standup, sit out, fireman's, mary poppins, fish hook, ect. so many times that I found I do them the best when I'm not even thinking about them (which is why drilling is so **** important). Seriously, how many people during a match think "OK, Shoot a double NOW!". NO ONE, you train and drill and train and shadow wrestle and drill and drill untill you get to the point where you see an opening, and you hit your shot. You get to that point, and then you drill some more.

And as far as distractions go, nothing is more distracting than your opponent. You're out there trying to wrestle YOUR match, and here's this jerk out there trying to steal your thunder. You're trying to show off your single leg and then this guy SHOOTS ON YOU. How am I supposed to concentrate on my single leg if I'm busy sprawling?(this paragraph was written in a sarcastic tone untill now) The whole point of wrestling, hell ANY compition is to distract your opponent more than he or she can distaract you. Why else would we have set-up's for our shots, hand fighting, wrist control?

oh yeah ,and I vote a definate yes for cheerleaders (even the fat ones).