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Post by lemonyellowson on Sept 8, 2013 10:40:18 GMT -5
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Sept 8, 2013 10:44:48 GMT -5
A single tear goes down the face of Kurt Angle.
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Sept 8, 2013 10:46:19 GMT -5
It seemed pretty stupid to me to cut something that's been around since the original Olympics, anyways.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2013 10:49:35 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2013 11:15:45 GMT -5
Some sports should be immune from being removed, wrestling is one of those sports.
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Post by lemonyellowson on Sept 8, 2013 11:41:49 GMT -5
Some sports should be immune from being removed, wrestling is one of those sports. absolutely. it was crazy to even suggest taking it out. there was a thing on sky sports news there and a bald dude was celebrating but i don't think it was kurt angle. |
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Post by mattperiolat on Sept 8, 2013 11:54:13 GMT -5
Happy that wrestling is back, but let's call a spade a spade - wrestling was never going anywhere. The only reason it got dropped was to keep squash or base/softball from coming in. Purely political and really insulting.
If the IOC wanted a serious debate on the merits and problems in a sport and if it should be in or out, boxing or modern pentathlon would have been the cut.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Sept 8, 2013 12:15:02 GMT -5
So after this, will pro wrestlers and MMA vs now apologise to every sport they crapped all over whilst this campaign was going down?
Because as much as the cause was just, they treated other sports like shit which doesn't help your cause in any way.
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Post by FinalGwen on Sept 8, 2013 12:18:35 GMT -5
The spirit of Tony Schiavone lives on.
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Post by jimmyjames on Sept 8, 2013 16:02:14 GMT -5
This was never about dropping wrestling, but specifically about keeping baseball/softball out of the Olympics. The IOC is a European dominated organization and baseball and softball are non-European sports. They want nothing to do with them. There's a reason the president of the baseball federatin is from that hotbed of baseball, Italy.
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Post by jimmyjames on Sept 8, 2013 16:04:08 GMT -5
Happy that wrestling is back, but let's call a spade a spade - wrestling was never going anywhere. The only reason it got dropped was to keep squash or base/softball from coming in. Purely political and really insulting. If the IOC wanted a serious debate on the merits and problems in a sport and if it should be in or out, boxing or modern pentathlon would have been the cut. Don't forget dressage. Have to have something for the titled nobility to compete and dominate. |
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Post by TGM on Sept 8, 2013 16:52:02 GMT -5
Great news.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2013 16:52:32 GMT -5
And just like that olympic wrestling falls back into irrelevance until next time something like this happens.
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on Sept 8, 2013 19:58:58 GMT -5
Happy that wrestling is back, but let's call a spade a spade - wrestling was never going anywhere. The only reason it got dropped was to keep squash or base/softball from coming in. Purely political and really insulting. If the IOC wanted a serious debate on the merits and problems in a sport and if it should be in or out, boxing or modern pentathlon would have been the cut. Don't forget dressage. Have to have something for the titled nobility to compete and dominate. If rich people can teach (or pay people to teach) their horses to prance around, then why can't they teach (or pay others to teach) their horses to wrestle Greco-Roman style? |
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Post by rybackrulez on Sept 8, 2013 20:54:14 GMT -5
Olympic boxing is the most corrupt olympic sport
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Post by Wolf Hurricane on Sept 8, 2013 21:09:30 GMT -5
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Post by Chainsaw on Sept 9, 2013 0:00:52 GMT -5
Great news. But now Kurt has no purpose anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2013 10:26:41 GMT -5
yay!!! .....umm is anyone going to watch wrestling at the olympics??
I say we do a whole thread about it! Who's with me!?
*crickets*
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Post by Gus Richlen: Ruffian on Sept 9, 2013 10:54:12 GMT -5
Among the MANY reactions on Twiiter:
Brian Stann @brianstann
“@usawrestling: IOC VOTES TO KEEP WRESTLING IN THE OLYMPICS!!!!!" yes!!!!!!
Mark Muñoz @ mark_munoz (had to space it because otherwise I accidentally get someone's username)
#KeptOlympicWrestling #SavedOlympicWrestling I can tweet about this all day!!! @olympics @usawrestling @cowboywrestling
Kenny Florian @kennyflorian
#OlympicGames puts #wrestling back in for 2020/2024! If you make enough noise, people WILL listen. A win for wrestling & a win for humanity.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2013 10:56:00 GMT -5
A single tear goes down the face of Kurt Angle. He probably went around singing: IT'S BACK! IT'S BACK! WRESTLING'S BACK! IT'S BACK! and then started to spin in a circle |
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