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Luiz Campos and Tasneem Sarjoo (pictured above)
Screenwriter and administrative assistant, East Village and Rockville Centre<\/p>\n
How did you get paired to wrestle each other?<\/p>\n
Luiz: I actually saw Taz in the corner, and I thought she just looked really pretty and her outfit was fun. She kind of looked like Wonder Woman. I just went up to her and then started talking and asked her to wrestle.<\/p>\n
Tasneem: I thought he had nice hair. He had a decent enough fit on.<\/p>\n
Who won?
Tasneem: Luiz has been saying that I won, but I think he beat me.<\/p>\n
Luiz: It was a draw.<\/p>\n
Tasneem: It was a draw.<\/p>\n
Luiz: Yeah, no one pinned anybody.<\/p>\n
Do you think you\u2019ll see each other again?
Tasneem: We\u2019re planning to get dinner next week!<\/p>\n
Alec Tiffou and Zoe Tredez<\/p>\n
Student and lawyer, East Village and Bedford-Stuyvesant<\/p>\n
Eve May and Isabelle Gartner<\/p>\n
Student and sales associate, Chelsea and Bedford-Stuyvesant\u00a0<\/p>\n
Got any special moves?<\/p>\n
Isabelle: The Gartner leg hook. Something my dad taught me is you put your leg behind their knees and then you make them fall over. <\/p>\n
Eve: Our safe word was rutabaga. But we didn\u2019t have to use it.<\/p>\n
Kayla Suarez<\/p>\n
Co-founder of Grownkid, Bushwick<\/p>\n
Xuan Lopes Pillay<\/p>\n
Au pair, Chatham, New Jersey<\/p>\n
Rae Baer and Fardowsa Fasa<\/p>\n
Sales associate and film student, Bedford-Stuyvesant<\/p>\n
How is it meeting people in person rather than online?<\/p>\n
Rae: I just think Hinge is evil. It\u2019s like online shopping. It\u2019s like Amazon. They\u2019re from the same evil planet. TikTok Shop. Labubu and Dubai chocolate.<\/p>\n
Jett Marlowe and Norman Godinez<\/p>\n
Model and antiques specialist, Bushwick and Flatbush<\/p>\n
Nora Kinney and Andrew Dominguez<\/p>\n
Students, Hell\u2019s Kitchen and Midtown East<\/p>\n
Quincy May Cavanagh and Bree Hemingson<\/p>\n
Animation student and animator, Lower East Side<\/p>\n
Tell me about your match.<\/p>\n
Quincy May: I told my friends I came here to suplex a twink. But at the end of the day, I ended up being the twink that got suplexed.<\/p>\n
Rylie Severino<\/p>\n
Artist, Rutherford, New Jersey<\/p>\n
Brian Noel Villarreal<\/p>\n
High-school teacher, Harlem\u00a0<\/p>\n
August Pointer Mace and Roman Bickson<\/p>\n
Theatrical costumer and student, Poughkeepsie and Fordham<\/p>\n
What\u2019s it like wrestling a stranger?<\/p>\n
Roman: I played tackle football for eight years, and I go to the gym a lot. So I was a little worried I might appear scary. But I appreciated having Gus as my partner because they had experience being thrown and throwing other people.<\/p>\n
August: I play rugby at my college, and I dance. I guess I\u2019ve got a baseline flexibility and physicality that made me think I wouldn\u2019t get injured.<\/p>\n
Mara Hiney and Ken Griffith<\/p>\n
Student and illustrator, Throggs Neck and Bushwick<\/p>\n
Farrah Klusewitz<\/p>\n
Student, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n
Parker Colestock and Henry Jennings<\/p>\n
Students, Bronxville\u00a0<\/p>\n
Henry, you said you wrestled in high school. Tips?<\/p>\n
Henry: Keep your hips low. When you\u2019re trying to get a shot on their legs, don\u2019t lead with your head; lead with your hips.<\/p>\n
Justin Lau and Joshua Wade<\/p>\n
After-school counselor and physical-education teacher, Bensonhurst and Flatlands\u00a0<\/p>\n
Conlan Cesar and Lucy Mauries<\/p>\n
Software engineer and student, Turtle Bay and East Williamsburg\u00a0<\/p>\n
Have any plans to hang out again?<\/p>\n
Lucy: No, but I think we should, though.<\/p>\n
Conlan: I\u2019m down!<\/p>\n
Vaute X Dreamer<\/p>\n
Sales manager, Syosset<\/p>\n
Lily Walter and Jiselle Leyson<\/p>\n
Actress and student, Upper East Side and Brooklyn Heights<\/p>\n
\n Photographs by Frankie Alduino\n <\/p>\n
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