🤼‍♂️ Wrestling

Wrestling is a grappling sport decided by throws, holds and pins rather than strikes. Freestyle allows attacks on the legs, Greco Roman does not, and both are settled on points if nobody is pinned inside the time.

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• Wrestling Equipment List
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• Best Wrestling Athletes of All Time
• Where Wrestling Is Most Popular
• The Tournaments That Matter

⏳ Wrestling History

• 3000 BCE to 1000 BCE: Origins of wrestling traced back to ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt; inclusion of wrestling in the Ancient Olympic Games.
• 1440s to 1600s: Development of Greco-Roman wrestling in France and the popularity of Sumo wrestling in Japan; emergence of regional styles across the globe.
• 1800s: Global spread of wrestling with distinctive styles such as “Collar and elbow” in Ireland and the US; the inception of professional wrestling for entertainment purposes.
• 1904: Wrestling makes its modern Olympic debut featuring freestyle wrestling.
• 1920s: A boom in professional wrestling combining athleticism and theatrics; Wrestling evolves into a spectator sport.
• 1950s to 1960s: Increase in televised events; emergence of women’s wrestling with stars like The Fabulous Moolah revolutionizing the sport.
• 1970s: Global recognition for international wrestling styles such as Mexico’s Lucha Libre and Japan’s Puroresu; rise of the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA).
• 1980s to 1990s: A golden era for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) with the launch of WrestleMania; emergence of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
• 2000s to present: Domination of WWE in professional wrestling; introduction of the WWE Network influencing fan interaction with the sport.