I am a wrestling fan & always love to watch smackdown on friday nights, among other events. The WWE, short for World Wrestling Entertainment is the brain child of Vincent "Vince" K. McMahon. It has become the monopoly for most wrestling events, especially since forcing its rivals to fold. The two other powerhouses, Time Warner's WCW (World Championship Wrestling & Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), both of which i used to watch in addition to then WWF (World Wrestling Federation) could not compete against the WWE empire. It seems that if you want to compete with any chance for success you must go through the WWE. Sure, there are other organizations, but few knows of them & those organizations don't have the capital to compete well enough to draw the public's attention.
It's well known that, "anything can happen in the WWE". I always get a kick at how the outcome of a match can change at a moments notice. Sometimes this is determined by the WWE chairman himself. He takes pride in how he can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants because he IS the boss.
Over the last few years, Multirace.com, brainchild of Rob & Mercedes Childers, has become a monopoly much like the WWE, only in the world of multisport (duathlon & triathlon). Many organizations folded or transferred their races to this organization, especially since multirace uses the AMB-IT timing system. They time their own events as well as for others. I know because I have done many an event & they usually time well. If you look at the multisport calendar for south florida, their name appears for about 90 percent of all the events.
As of April 23, 2006, they (Multirace.com), also took on the entertainment characteristics of the WWE. My co-ed relay team discovered the hard way that anything can happen in multirace.com's triathlon series. When we signed up for the season, there were three relay categories: male, female & co-ed (a team consisting of at least one female). The outcome of the race on this day, like a wrestling match, changed (categories eliminated upon conclusion of event). When results were first posted, we won our category (co-ed) & the team we beat had the name of the title sponsor. When I went back to show friends, all of a sudden no relay teams were posted until after the awards ceremony began. We were wondering what happened until team names were called. A mysterious all male team that may not have even started with all the relays (the last wave was reserved for all women & relays; only one man was present (acknowledged verbally) at roll call & we beat that team) was announced the winner. We had to settle for second. The team we beat changed their name to disguise the fact that they were the title sponsor team & the all female team fell from first (female relay) to worst (last relay team). You know, its a lot more fun to watch the WWE matches than to become a victim yourself.
Oh, I almost forgot-their website had been edited within minutes on April 23, 2006 to reflect this change immediately after implementing this new modification so don't bother looking for the categories. Note that all female teams don't stand chance & co-ed's (mixed) will not likely take first since it is widely known that in just about any given sport, the best woman cannot beat the best man. Just look at their results to confirm this.
While I stand by what I said based on the premise that the world's fastest man will always beat the world's fastest woman (olympics), there is that small percentage of chance that that could just happen. I conclude that it's improbable but not impossible for a co-ed team to finish first, especially if there are 2 men.
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