This analysis is based on the three the most important wrestling competitions in Greco-Roman Style in 2017 and 2018, the Senior World Championship (2017), the Senior European Championship (2018) and Senior World Championship (2018). Beginning on January 1st, 2018, new wrestling rules were applied. The first significant change was related to the change in the number of weight categories. There was an increase in non-Olympic categories from 2 to 4. Because of the different number of weight categories in the two world championships, the complete analysis could not be based on absolute numbers, so the analysis was based on percentages (%). A second big change in the wrestling rules was the return of the rule where the wrestlers could choose to continue the match in parterre or in the standing position after they have received a first and second warning for being passive. In 99% of cases, the continuation of the match after passivity is in a parterre position. This change in the wrestling rules significantly has changed the structure of the points scored for the performed wrestling techniques. Changes in the wrestling rules were necessary because, according to the old rules, the winners in the wrestling matches were wrestlers who were physically conditioned and came to win with the least risk. Because of the change in the wrestling rules, points of passivity were no longer so prominent in the wrestlers who won the match, but more and more points for the techniques were decided by the winner. However, if you look at the structure of the technical points, it is evident that this increase in technical points came mostly due to the implementation of a wrestling technique, the gut wrench (a technique in parterre), which has become the dominant technique in wrestling, which is not very attractive to the audience. By introducing a new rule that the continuation of the match after passivity can continue in the parterre position, the number of points in the parterre position has been significantly increased. At the WC 2017, the number of points from the standing position was 12.31%, EC 2018 - 31.38%, and at WC 2019 - 41.90%. This was a big changing in the past year. The prognosis is that if this trend remains in the future, there will be equal points in the standing and parterre position.
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