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Enzown t1_iwym1zo wrote

Reply to comment by hiricinee in Chris Jericho: "I literally want to go in front of the IOC, the International Olympic Community, and pitch pro wrestling as an Olympic sport. Gymnastics, pairs gymnastics, figure skating, pairs figure skating, what is that? It's two people working together to put on the best performance possible." by SgtThund3r

Would the gold medal go to the wrestlers who put on the best match?

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hiricinee t1_iwymxv3 wrote

Right but now it gets INCREDIBLY subjective. Not that the aesthetic events aren't subjective at all, but usually its a series of moves that are scored based on execution and landing. You're going to score a guy based on how nuts he can make the crowd go?

Itd be pointless anyways. They already have the subjective scoring system, its the ratings for their programming. Is the IOC going to have a panel for scoring pro wrestling promos?

By the way, I'm a MASSIVE pro wrestling fan, but olympic pro would have to be so watered down it would be boring as hell. How long can the matches be? What moves are legal? Whats the degree of difficulty on the moves? Often the most technically difficult wrestling moves aren't the most impressive. Is every match going to boil down to a 110 lb guy doing a shooting star press?

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ArrestDeathSantis t1_iwz6r05 wrote

>but usually its a series of moves that are scored based on execution and landing. You're going to score a guy based on how nuts he can make the crowd go?

I'm not even a fan of wrestling but it seems to me that you could just rate the wrestlers on their moves in very much the same way figure skaters are, with some relatively minor adaptations.

I could see wrestlers coming with a choreography, pen it down for the judges then execute it in front of them while the judges note things like air time, form on landings and the credibility of the hits.

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hiricinee t1_iwzvz4f wrote

Right that's the plan it'd be SUPER boring.

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Bikrdude t1_iwz2etu wrote

All Olympic sports that are based on judges scores are incredibly subjective. So no difference from that perspective.

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typewriter6986 t1_ix29g3k wrote

" Is the IOC going to have a panel for scoring pro wrestling promos?"
Are you suggesting, sir, that the cream does NOT rise to the top?

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hiricinee t1_ix2a9t4 wrote

Perhaps that the IOC is incapable of scoring an event so great as the cream rising to the top.

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