No more wrestling?
 

Wrestling might be cut from the olympics, do you care?

No more Kurt Angles can only be a bad thing.

Nah don't watch anyway, don't care.

No more Kurt Angle claiming he's going to be in the olympics next time can only be a good thing.

He's still got the UFC.

I never see it on so my life wont change

I guess in terms of history it's sad, but I never watched it and am not really fussed about it not being there. In saying that if you're a wrestling fan I can see why you'd be upset, I was dark when they dropped some cycling events from the program for London, and if they dropped the sport all together I'd probably flip out.

I care because it seems to me that it is a much more "legit" sport/competition than some other summer events. Not that I ever watched it, or really any of the Summer Games.

Only way getting rid of amateur wrestling is acceptable is if they are planning on making MMA an olympic sport.

they should get rid of artistic gymnastics

Will never happen..

Everyone knows that but Angle, although he hasn't mentioned it in a while.

It's a shame for the sport and its athletes but no, I don't really care

Is the point of College wrestling just to get to the olympics or what? I know guys don't have to have that background to turn pro but it used to be something that was sought after, especially when Briscoe/JR had a hand in developmental, so will it impact the industry that way?

Nah, I'm sure they'll develop some kind of international tournament in lieu of the olympics.

Ronda Rousey, former US Olympic Gold Medalist Judoka, and current UFC Champion has been pretty vocal about the fact that the Olympic committee does nothing to help the athletes once they are done competing.. And it's not even like they are "set" when they are competing.. I mean, I think she said when she won the Gold, they gave her a check for 20 grand and were like "good luck".. Truthfully, I hate that they are scrapping it, but deep down, I know that 50% of those wrestlers who would have trained out of HS or college for the Olympics will now prolly just go straight to MMA.. Some will go the prowrestling route, but like with Lesnar, alot of "real" wrestlers hate going into prowrestling because it's not a "real" competition.. Why Angle has been saying he wants to fight MMA..

Fucking CSL stealing my posts..

Wrestling? Da hell is that? I only know about rasslin

They are replacing it with baseball/softball most likely :nono:

I do not see how it is a smart decision, but I do not care..... alot of people will though

Although I don't feel threatened by the IOC recommendation, I care about it as a sign of respect for the tradition of it (in as much as that tradition has not held back a particular demographic). I care about half as much as if the American flag were to change its colors...wouldn't affect how I live life but wouldn't be a change I'd welcome.

Would rather the usless form of Olympic boxing went away. Its a dying sport anyhow (in favor of MMA, of course), and the Olympics aren't doing it any favors with growing old gracefully.

They should add Slamball to the Olympics

That was a PrettyCool post.

I don't know, unless we plan on naked wrestling, pederasty and homosexuality, I think we can say we've already left Olympic traditions behind.

Probably for the best. The shithead tryhards in Tapout shirts are bad enough. Imagine if they thought molesting kiddies was cool.

Or even better... RRRRRRRRRRRRROLLERJAM!

it's gonna be a tossup between rasslin, squash, and some other thing nobody gives a shit about. pretty sure more people would rather see olympic rasslin than olympic squash

Do you see any GOOD or MORALLY UPRIGHT traditions anywhere in the world, KK?

The founding sports should be untouchable, IMO.

^ THIS

They should add mma to the olympics now!

Kane Knight has added so much to this conversation.. Thanks for adding yr priceless input..

I agree with this, I don't really see the need for another golf tournament which is one sport they are trying to replace wrestling with. The Olympics is pretty much the pinnacle for wrestling. I mean I understand golf will probably draw bigger ratings and mean more money in the US if you can get the big names to participate, but aside from being the first guy to get a medal in golf they aren't likely to care or even show up especially if one of the majors is within a week or two of the Olympics.

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Well, I guess this means amateur wrestling is just as fake as professional wrestling.

How so??

Thought of this for some reason
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeQlmCR_1dU

The Iranians are not gonna be happy!

2700 years of history in the Olympics. Yeah, it matters.

Especially with the Olympics continually adding mainstream or some stupid sport that doesn't require an Olympic event.