I was wondering much the same. Since the match didn't go all 6 minutes- couldn't the call be 1 match point and since it's now a 14 pt spread (I think- forget what the actual score was) do you keep going?
Not to seem too naive but money always changed hands during protests. I worked in '96 and '03. FILA charged 400 Swiss francs to listen to a protest. We all know there were bribes but I would suggest that if you saw money being put down that what you saw wasn't the bribe. Bribes were likely done out of site and in addition to what you would have seen.
Close calls either way but keep one thing in mind. When you are counting for a danger takedown, you don't start counting the instant the other guy goes to his back. You give it 2-3 seconds to be sure he's being held there.
Slightly different side of this. How many beat more than 1 previous champ on the way to winning one himself?
Ed Hamer (Lehigh- '59) beat Alberts of Pitt and Murty Ok State in winning.
If we're talking people who became champs or were at the time
Frick-
Dan Sherman (IA), Milkovich, Breece (OK), Bennett, Churella, Yagla
Close behind Mike Brown-
Bohna UCLA, Mann Ia St, Loban Clemson, Harris Ore St, L Banach Ia,