Wrestling
one of the oldest sports
Wrestling and its history
Wrestling is one of the oldest sports in the world. It was played about 15000 years ago by ancient Egyptians, Greeks and the Roman empire. It is a sport where two competitors fight until one of them is pinned. There are three different styles of wrestling (Freestyle, Greco-Roman, Folkstyle). Freestyle and GrecoRoman are the two styles played a Olympics. In Freestyle, wrestlers are allowed to use legs to hold and lift opponents. In GrecoRoman style, wrestlers are not allowed to use legs to hold and there shouldn't be any holds below waist. Wrestling is very popular in Scandinavia and Europe.
How it works
How does wrestling work. Simple, the objective of wresting is to pin your opponent's shoulders to the mat. The only way you can escape is by lifting your shoulders up. In wrestling it will take a long time to pin your opponent , so the wrestling federation has come up with a scoring system. Basically there are three periods in a wrestling match and the wrestler with the most points at the end of the third period wins. However, sometimes the match will end up as a tie and the match will go in to overtime. Anyway a takedown is worth two points. A reversal also when you escape from the takedown and put your opponent down, is worth two points. Also, when you just escape from the takedown it is worth one point. Finally, when you pin your opponent you automatically win the match regardless of what period it is.
Professional Wrestling
The wrestling commonly seen on television resemble sport wrestling. While modern traditional wrestling is professional in some parts of the world, it is not as dangerous as it is seen in television. In all traditional styles, wrestlers compete in age and weight categories, so each boy has an equal chance regardless of size. Sport wrestling is safer than football. Scholastic wrestling currently ranked as the third most popular sport among high school boys in U.S.
WWE Wrestling
This style of wrestling is mostly acting and is not recognized as sport. This is very popular among television viewers as it involves crowd pleasing moves like brutality, fake pain, anger and injury display
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