Wrestling
Wrestling is a sport of many statures. There are many different ways to par take in this sport, all of which make the sport highly addictive. As said before wrestling is an addictive sport. It has been played many different ways, from times that date back to the Egyptians. The variety just makes the sport more addictive. Some of the ways people par take in the sport would be “Freestyle or Greco-Roman”, “Olympic Wrestling”, and “Professional Wrestling.” Wrestling has been popular throughout recorded history. Origins of the sport can be traced back 15,000 years through depictions in cave drawings in France. Early Egyptian and Babylonian relieves depict wrestlers using most of the holds known to the present-day sport. In ancient Greece, wrestling occupied a prominent place in legend and literature; wrestling competition, brutal in many aspects, was the supreme contest of the Olympic Games. The ancient Romans borrowed heavily from Greek wrestling, but eliminated much of its brutality. During the Middle Ages (5th century to 15th century), wrestling remained popular and enjoyed the patronage of many royal houses, including those of France, Japan, and England.