Sports Report: 12 Reasons to Love Wrestling

Sports Report: 12 Reasons to Love Wrestling — page 3
The Sport Is Always Changing The rules of wrestling are not the same as they were thousands of years ago In ancient times wrestlers could do pretty much whatever they wanted to wrestle an opponent to the ground During the early 1800s the French developed a different kind of wrestling It became known as Greco-Roman In this style no holds with the legs were allowed and all holds had to be above the waist An 1892 illustration of wrestlers in Germany 2 6