We’re all on the same page, right? The International Olympic Committee suggesting that wrestling should be removed from the 2020 games due to a lack of ticket sales or whatever is stupid, because it’s wrestling, and more or less the definitive human sport.
All we need now is for the IOC to hear passionate comments from athletes who value amateur wrestling, and are beloved and respected enough in the world of sports to be undeniable. People like … uh, Chael Sonnen, that punchman who preps for fights by calling his opponents super coward dummies.
A transcript of his thoughts:
“How do you get rid of wrestling? It is the oldest sport in existence. In no walk of society can you tell me seniority does not matter. Nothing can date itself back as far as wrestling. They didn’t have bikes, they didn’t have balls and they didn’t have bats — they were pushing and pulling on one another.”
“We have an idiocracy known as FILA that has ruined the sport. We have two knuckleheads that you couldn’t trust to run your local donut shop regulating our sport of wrestling. Wrestling has cannibalized itself from 10 spots on the world and Olympic team to nine, to eight, to seven. This is where they’re at it. It’s basic science, the number one rule in biology, you either evolve or you become extinct.”
That’s … actually pretty astute. If you need stupider comments, TMZ spoke with former WWF Heavyweight Champion The Iron Sheik, a 1968 Olympian for Iran who is most famous in his post-wrestling career for being a sort-of profane Wesley Willis who reacts to every situation with threats of violence and anal sex.
“After 1000 years they take away the best sport in the world? This is the first time the dumb motherf**kers have no balls for they make the walking an Olympic sport.”
He adds, “If I see anybody on the street that work from the IOC I swear to the Jesus I suplex them put them in camel clutch break their back make them humble.”
“The #TEAMSHEIKIE respect the Olympic now they can all go f**k themselves and make the Curling Olympic sport because they all the biggest piece of no good s**t and I never watch the Olympic again. Also buy my t shirt [on my website] or go f**k yourself.”
I’m not a big LOL IRON SHEIK type. They never include the bit about how his daughter was murdered a few years ago, and a combination of that, a history of drug abuse and a viral shoot interview that tricked him into thinking people loved him when they were just laughing at him turned him into a joke. But man, even I’ve got to crack a smile at “I swear to the Jesus I suplex them.”
Does anybody have Jose Canseco’s phone number? I want to know what he thinks about Olympic wrestling.
Actually, nevermind, I know what he thinks about Olympic wrestling. He thinks, “Jose Canseco.”


Another big issue that Chael touched on (And I’ve seen others either parrot his views, or at least come to a similar conclusion) is that the USOC could pull funding for college and high school wrestling programs after 2016 since there’s no point in trying to groom future Olympians since they can’t even compete. If that’s true, that really sucks for the wrestlers.
That would suck. Bad enough what Title IX has done to collegiate wrestling programs.
Up in Canadia, they are already in the process of doing that in British Columbia. Which is a damn shame because BC has an incredible wrestling resume. People here are ready to charge the IOC office with hockey sticks in their hands and joints in their mouth.
Sheik as a sort-of profane Wesley Willis is absolutely perfect.
Rock over London, Rock on Chicago.
I’m surpirsed Sheiky didn’t get interrupted by any phone calls for “legal goods”
Let’s not forget that Modern Pentathalon was on the chopping block, but Juan Samaranch, one of the members of the voting panel is the HEAD OF THE INTERNATIONAL MODERN PENTATHALON SOCIETY! ARRRRGH I HATE YOU IOC >:(
Chael might be a loud mouth but he isn’t dumb. All his pre-fight insults are just promo material. The only reason his is scheduled to fight Jones is because of that. I am not surprised he was able to put together cogent statement about why wrestling needs to stay.
What does Kenny Florian’s hair think about all this tho?
1. Damn I’m smooth
2. Good thing Kenny never learned what a wrestle is, I’d have gotten mussed!
They get rid of wrestling but keep speedwalking. Let that sink in for a while.
race walking is grueling! a competitor almost passed out from exhaustion, man! DO YOU EVEN TRAIN WALKING, BRO?