[Rodney King]

As an apparent long-time wrestling fan, maybe you can answer me something:

What happened to the 20 seconds out of the ring rule? When I was a kid and Hogan was still big along with Jimmy Superfly Snuka, Kamala the Ugandan Giant, and my personal favorite - Rowdy Roddy Piper, if a wrestler was out of the ring for twenty seconds, that was a disqualification.

Even my nintendo games had the twenty second rule.

Today, the whole match is fought out of the ring. Was the rule officialy changed, or is it just widely ignored?

At least they still have steel turnbuckles.

[AppyPappy]

The 20 second rule was designed to enable prima donna's to save face by losing a match without really losing it. In the old days, bookers had to negotiate with stars to get them on the card. One of the "carrots" was that the star could not lose to the local guy. The 20 second rule kept many a star happy while technically "losing" the match.