Wrestling recently beat out Baseball/Softball and Squash to return to the 2020 Olympics. The majority of votes went to wrestling with 49 followed by baseball and softball with 24 and squash with 22.
“Wrestling has shown great passion and resilience in the last few months,” IOC president Jacques Rogge said. “They have taken a number of steps to modernize and improve their sport.”
Prior to the 2016 Games, the makeover of wrestling will include a few tricks borrowed from MMA (perhaps a uniform change, the addition of music, lighting, and visual effects) to make the sport more entertaining.