What Happened in 2006?

[Wrestleknownothing]

2006 was the Year of the Pinfall.

But I am not sure why. Any theories?

And it happened across the board. Virtually all weights were up.

 

[bnwtwg]

99.9% sure that was the year that the rules changed to allow pins if any part of the body was inbounds. I think that was also the same year that the line was changed from being the boundary to the edge. But that was also almost two decades ago so I should 100% be fact-checked.

[Wrestleknownothing]

Sorry, forgot the color legend. Red is the number of pinfalls, green is the number of wrestlers who won at least one match by pinfall.

Edited November 8, 2023 by Wrestleknownothing

[ThreePointTakedown]

I take it this is from the NCAA tournament? 

Rules would've helped, sure. But Simmons, Esposito, Perry, Herbert, Glenn had a few falls each. Didn't see as many from Askren, Fleeger, Cooperman, Conrad, or Rosholt as you would expect. They would've been able to make quite a dent had they contributed. But do see a bunch more peppered in the bracket. Maybe just a fluke? Year of the cement mixer! Doesn't explain why the trend didn't continue or why it dropped off so much. Or maybe it does.

Curiouser and curiouser!