During an injury time out the coach of the injured wrestler informs the official that his wrestler is unable to continue.  At that point, the wrestler that is injured goes to the center cirlce and says "I'm ready to continue".  What happens next? The match is over by injury default. The match continues because the wrestler is ready to continue. The wrestler and coach must agree together before anything can happen.

	Wrestler A is on top and in control of wrestler B.  Wrestler B stands up and wrestler A lifts him off the mat.  In an effort to escape, wrestler B breaks free in mid-air and wrestler A loses control and wrestler B falls straight to the mat on his back.  Wrestler A is ready to go for the pin, and wrestler B starts to fight off his back.  What  does the official do first? Look for the fall and count nearfall points. Make sure wreslter B is not injured, then look for nearfall and possible fall. Stop the match.

	Wrestler A has a 13 point lead and brings his opponent to his back and meets near-fall criteria.  As he is attempting to pin his opponent, Wrestler A allows his own shoulders to come in contact with the mat for two seconds, meeting the criteria for a fall.  The referee was holding 2 nearfall points at the time, but they were not awarded.  Who wins the match? Wrestler A wins the match by technical fall. Wrestler B wins the match by fall.

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