Wie das IOC (International Olympic Committee) offiziell verkündete, wird "Ringen" beginnend ab dem Jahr 2020 kein Teil der Olympischen Spiele mehr sein, wodurch dieser traditionsreichen Sportart der Absturz in die Bedeutungslosigkeit droht.
Nicht nur Ringer aus aller Welt, sondern auch TNA Wrestler Kurt Angle, der selbst im Jahr 1996 eine Goldmedaille im Ringen gewann, reagierten geschockt und verärgert auf diese Entscheidung. Kurt Angle schrieb via Twitter:
ZitatAlles anzeigen"I'm Shocked."
“We’re going to fight this. They can’t just drop it. They’re keeping badminton and that sport where you jump on a trampoline, and they’re dropping wrestling. It’s just crazy. I don’t know what this world is coming to. Things are changing.”
"#SaveOlympicWrestling winning a gold medal with a broken neck!"
"#saveolympicwrestling. Show Your Love for the Sport. IOC Must Reverse Decision. Trend It Worldwide. #USAWrestling #TNAWrestling."
"so you can still earn a gold medal for making a horse dance but you can't earn one for wrestling suchBS #saveolympicwrestling
Mittlerweile hat auch TNA Wrestling selbst auf dieses Thema reagiert und mittels einer Pressemitteilung die WWE und andere Wrestlingligen in aller Welt dazu aufgerufen, die traditionelle Sportart "Ringen" zu retten und die Entscheidung anzufechten:
ZitatAlles anzeigenTNA IMPACT WRESTLING Raises Voice To Save Olympic Wrestling | #SaveOlympicWrestling
On Tuesday the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced “25 Core Sports” for the 2020 Olympic Games dropping one of the original Olympic sports: wrestling. Wrestling will now have to fight to remain a part of the 2020 games. TNA IMPACT WRESTLING is home to 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle and is dedicated to change this decision.
The IOC stated reasoning for the decision, according to the report, was an analysis of "more than three dozen criteria, including television ratings, ticket sales, anti-doping policy and global participation and popularity.” The IOC has decided to keep recreational sports such as badminton, handball and table tennis in the “25 Core Sports” category and to delete one of the oldest Olympic sport that premiered in the first modern Olympics in Athens in 1896.
Kurt Angle is considered the best wrestler of all time to be in both amateur and professional wrestling and is gearing up to fight this decision and organize a battalion of like minds to save this Olympic sport.
“Wrestling is one of the most competitive sports in the world today,” stated TNA Superstar and 1996 Gold Medalist Kurt Angle. “Winning the gold for my country in one of the original Olympic sports was one of the greatest moments in my life.
“The wrestling community is in a state of shock with this decision– we can not sit back and allow this to happen. I will do whatever it takes and work with my company TNA WRESTLING and the competitive wrestling community to determine what we need to do to reverse this decision.”
“The news from the IOC is very disheartening to all of us at TNA as well as the tens of millions around the world who either participate in amateur wrestling or enjoy watching it in its entertainment form,” stated TNA President Dixie Carter. “We need to join together right now. We encourage our own IMPACT WRESTLING community, WWE and wrestling organizations worldwide as well as competitive amateur coaches and athletes to have a unified voice to make sure wrestling will be an Olympic sport in 2020.”
TNA encourages fans to take to social media to let your voices be heard. Speak out using #SaveOlympicWrestling and @Olympics.
(Quelle: IMPACTWRESTLING.com)
Es gibt 8 oder 9 Sportarten die zur Ersetzung vom Ringen diskutiert werden und Baseball hat da die besten Karten 
