Wrestler on SI Cover?

[ideamark]

April 1 will be the 50th anniversary of Dan Hodge appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine...*

In the half-century since 1957, no wrestler has appeared on the SI cover as a wrestler. Not Gable... not John Smith... not Pat Smith... not Karelin... not Gardner... not Cael... not Baskren.

(I'm not including covers that featured once-wrestlers who are involved in other sports (such as Tom Brady), or are now politicians, or are pro rasslers.)

Do you think we'll ever see a wrestler as a wrestler on the cover of SI? Weigh in now!

Thanks
Mark
Moderator, Fans of Dan Hodge
sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Fans_of_Dan_Hodge/

* To see an actual-size image of that April 1, 1957 cover:
f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/YGkORsf4xlCX6J8S_tZ9R4PCHSIMZOcCfCkNbV5RF5SsLTBhHZazyocjATiezKn3OXP6fce_1NXjVXEq9DbLNQ/1957%20Sports%20Illustrated%20Cover

[odh]

I am a fan of SI and a long time subscriber.
However, many stars would have to align to get a wrestler on the cover. There would have to be an extraordinary event / personality and a slow week for other sports.

This is going to happen during the NCAA championships, becasue basketball tournament and not during the Olympics becasue there are always to many othe stories. And honestly the world championships are not big news even to most of the US wrestling fans

Anyways, it is supposedly bad luck to be on the cover, the "SI Cover Curse"

[tpay]

'Next Year' never arrives

[maroonandgold]

I'll have to go with NOT IN MY LIFETIME regretably

[contini]

I have no idear