Olympic Wrestling Removed from 2020 Games

[Minnie]

The IOC must be mainlining heroin. *smh*

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

There won't be any medals - just really gaudy belts with the five rings on 'em. And Triple H will be winning the gold one for about six Olympiads because "nobody else deserves the push". He'll job out the competitors from the threat nations in the early rounds.

I figure that 3MB could be the musical entertainment (along with Double J), while the dance segment would belong to the reunited 3-Count.

Except they couldn't call it the Olympic Championship, they'd have to call it the big gold belt (circa WCW in the 1980's)

And the gold medal match will involve the finger poke of doom where HHH goes over Kurt Angle to reform the NWO which will then interfere in the 100 meter dash and spray pain a NWO logo on Bolt's back.

Then to make it legitimate during the Gold Medal game in men's basketball the NWO will knock out the ref and he'll be replaced by a special guest referee the indomitable Hulk Hogan.

[ricoFlame]

this is just so dumb. Wrestling is a huge sport all over the world.

[CMPunk]

So what are the chances something like MMA takes over for wrestling in a couple Olympics?

[bluejays]

I'm not adding anything to the thread, because everyone posted to this point overwhelmingly understands it's a stupid decision by the IOC, but was there a particular reason they gave for dropping it? The synchronized events are absolutely stupid. Anything that's based on artistic merit has no place in sport IMO.

[GirlySports]

Again it's difficult because Synchonized events isn't a sport

Synchonized Swimming is under Aquatics
Rhythmic Gymnastics is under Gymnastics

It's easy to add and subtract disciplines within a sport like adding BMX, Triathlon or Trampoline but it doesn't solve the problem that the IOC needs to eliminate 'a sport' in order to add another one.

In order to eliminate a sport, you have to eliminate the entire thing.

So for this discussion, there are 26 sports

Aquatics
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Equestrian
Fencing
Field Hockey
Football
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Modern Pentathlon
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Table Tennis
Tennis
Triathlon (I was wrong, Triathlon is a sport)
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling

Maybe Wresting got voted off because it's last on the list!

In 2016 there will be 28 sports with Golf and Rugby added.

[TurnedTheCorner]

Needs more tables, ladders, and chairs.

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Synchonized Swimming is under Aquatics

I think I've been following too much of the Dorner case because I read that as Schizophrenic Swimming and thought to myself I'd watch that.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Again it's difficult because Synchonized events isn't a sport

Synchonized Swimming is under Aquatics
Rhythmic Gymnastics is under Gymnastics

It's easy to add and subtract disciplines within a sport like adding BMX, Triathlon or Trampoline but it doesn't solve the problem that the IOC needs to eliminate 'a sport' in order to add another one.

In order to eliminate a sport, you have to eliminate the entire thing.

So for this discussion, there are 26 sports

Aquatics
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Equestrian
Fencing
Field Hockey
Football
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Modern Pentathlon
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Table Tennis
Tennis
Triathlon (I was wrong, Triathlon is a sport)
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling

Maybe Wresting got voted off because it's last on the list!

In 2016 there will be 28 sports with Golf and Rugby added.

If it was up to me, I would whack 10 of those sports and many "sub-sports".
Archery, Badminton, Boxing, Equestrian, Gymnastics, Handball, pentathlon, sailing, shootinga and table tennis if anyone cares.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by CMPunk

So what are the chances something like MMA takes over for wrestling in a couple Olympics?

I'd say 0 chance, unless they changed the rules significantly.

The whole beat a guy til he can't defend himself, doesn't translate to the Olympics.

MMA is still very much considered an overly violent bloodsport.

The Olympics would demand head gear and lots of ref breaks.

[polak]

Originally Posted by Slava

If it was up to me, I would whack 10 of those sports and many "sub-sports".
Archery, Badminton, Boxing, Equestrian, Gymnastics, Handball, pentathlon, sailing, shootinga and table tennis if anyone cares.

Badminton, Gymnastics and Handball are legitimate sports. Boxing is too corrupt or I'd include it as well.

[puffnstuff]

Pretty poor decision by the IOC in my opinion, coupled with comments from the modern pentathlon guys, it really starts to make a person wonder about corruption.

[trackercowe]

Well North American's are obviously terrible at Modern Pentathlon, but maybe it gets a lot more coverage in European countries which is why it remains in the Olympics even though we all think it should be removed. It's usually the last event run at the games, but of course it's never shown in Canada since we could give two ####s about it.

I do like the fact it was supposed to combine wartime feats (shooting, running, horse riding, fencing, and swimming), even if they are from a bygone era, but it's just so dated it no longer belongs. Is there a single armed force out there these days that uses cavalry or swords? Of course not, so why bother keep the pentathlon around at the expense of a real event like wrestling?

If they want to include something from the bygone age, I suggest incorporating jousting into the games! In fact I am surprised jousting has never made some sort of a comeback with all the random sporting events that are on TV these days. I hate pretty much every sport that involves horses, but I think I'd watch a jousting match.

[Matty81]

Originally Posted by Slava

If it was up to me, I would whack 10 of those sports and many "sub-sports".
Archery, Badminton, Boxing, Equestrian, Gymnastics, Handball, pentathlon, sailing, shootinga and table tennis if anyone cares.

I understand the hard work and training that goes into it all, but on some level I always see equestrian events at the olympics and think, isn't the horse the real athlete here?

[icarus]

Greco-Roman wrestling-meh, but Freestyle Wrestling is quite entertaining. I was fortunate to watch Tonya Verbeek compete for Canada live at the London Olympics last year and it was a great spectacle once you know the rules (which are simple). Also it has a truly global participation. I was sitting near fans from Colombia, Mongolia and North Korea (I was tempted to try to trade my Canada swag for a North Korea jacket but I didn't want the other guy to get incarcerated).

[Slava]

Originally Posted by polak

Badminton, Gymnastics and Handball are legitimate sports. Boxing is too corrupt or I'd include it as well.

Gymnastics and all other judged events should be eliminated. It isn't that these things aren't difficult, its just that they're not really sports or games. That and there is a fairly obvious issue with people being people and using their judgment.

I might be swayed on badminton, but handball? We must be talking about an incredibly small amount of people who care?

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by icarus

Greco-Roman wrestling-meh, but Freestyle Wrestling is quite entertaining. I was fortunate to watch Tonya Verbeek compete for Canada live at the London Olympics last year and it was a great spectacle once you know the rules (which are simple). Also it has a truly global participation. I was sitting near fans from Colombia, Mongolia and North Korea (I was tempted to try to trade my Canada swag for a North Korea jacket but I didn't want the other guy to get incarcerated).

That's the thing I don't understand. The sport is still popular around the world and they just added women to the programme which is not easy, just ask the women ski jumpers.

[polak]

Originally Posted by Slava

Gymnastics and all other judged events should be eliminated. It isn't that these things aren't difficult, its just that they're not really sports or games. That and there is a fairly obvious issue with people being people and using their judgment.

I might be swayed on badminton, but handball? We must be talking about an incredibly small amount of people who care?

Handball is pretty popular outside of North America.

[Senator Clay Davis]

NFL player Roddy White clearly not a fan of this decision

Roddy White‏@roddywhiteTV
Out of all the sports the Olympics could've dropped they dropped wrestling they are ######s

Roddy White‏@roddywhiteTV
IOC come on seriously wrestling is a sport that almost every country does and you drop it I'm pissed #saveolympicwrestling

[Bobblehead]

Here’s how the IOC reports the voting went, as the 14 executive board members were asked which sport they would like to see eliminated from the core of the Olympic program.

Round 1
Wrestling: 5
Modern Pentathlon: 5
Field hockey: 2
Canoeing: 1
Taekwondo: 1

Round 2
Wrestling: 7
Modern Pentathlon: 4
Canoeing: 1
Field hockey: 1
Taekwondo: 1

Round 2 (Tie-break for the three third-place sports, with the lowest vote tally guaranteeing survival)
Field hockey: 6
Taekwondo: 5
Canoeing: 3

Round 3
Wrestling: 6
Modern Pentathlon: 5
Field hockey: 3
Taekwondo: 0

Round 4
Wrestling: 8
Field hockey: 3
Modern Pentathlon: 3

http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2013/0...rn-pentathlon/