HBO'S Surviving Ohio State, its landmark documentary, has finally unveiled the shameful legacy of the great Buckeye Nation. Its June 18 release finally broke through the walls of muzzled silence and denial surrounding the sexual abuse scandal at Ohio State University. The film aired in the court of public opinion where its premiere received its long-overdue national attention, its day of reckoning for decades of egregious violations committed under the watch of one of America’s most prestigious educational institutions. The documentary film served our wrestling community with a hot sobering dish of truth-tellers, delivered on a testimonial plate for courageous wrestlers to speak out as survivors.

With the weight of testimonial power behind it, Surviving Ohio State —o r S.O.S., with its

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