Too true. Although, when I was a younger man, and watched that trash, I did see Tony Garrea execute a sit-out/turn-in while on all fours in an old WWF match back in the '70's. It was very sloppy and he failed to reverse his opponent, but the move was unmistakable.
Another big beef I have is that no matter who covers the Olympics, televised coverage of the best athletes in the world is comprised of approximately 15 minutes of one or two matches spread over 2 weeks of sport. I mean, if it wasn't for wrestling...there would be no Olympics!
The irony is wrestling is a much more accesable and easier sport to understand than most others. Virtually every young boy at one time or another has tried wrestling his friends for fun, and understands the basics of trying to pin your opponent.
You're right about beign the best athletes. You don't realize how demanding wrestling is until you try it. I can remember when I first started, I had just finished football season. I thought "I'm in good shape from football so I should be ready for wrestling." I thought I was going to die the first few weeks. I practicly crawled back to the locker room. When spring football came (which was right after wrestling season in our school), I noticed that the guys that had been on the wrestling team were in significantly better shape than the guys that had participated in other winter sports.