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How Wrestling Became a Part Of American culture Although wrestling started in Greco-roman, times now a days Americans adapted their own version from the native americans that was a combination of the native americans, and the greco-roman style of wrestling. The Greco-Romans used wrestling as a way to train warriors hand on hand combat among one another. They later changed it into a sport and put it the olympics. As for the native americans they had there own form developed that was like the greco-roman style but a little tweaked. This is when the early americans came over and adapted to their culture. The native americans were the earliest form that developed the way Folkstyle is the most classic form of wrestling today it is on a school and an olympic level. It was the style the greeks and the native americans used. …show more content…

Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic games. American high school and college wrestling is conducted under different rules and is termed scholastic and collegiate wrestling. Freestyle wrestling, like collegiate wrestling, has its greatest origins in catch-as-catch-can wrestling and, in both styles, the ultimate goal is to throw and pin your opponent to the mat, which results in an immediate win. Freestyle and collegiate wrestling, unlike Greco-Roman, allow the use of the wrestler's or his opponent's legs in offense and defense. Freestyle wrestling brings together traditional wrestling, judo, and sambo techniques. According to the wrestling's governing body, freestyle wrestling is one of the four main forms of amateur wrestling that are practiced today. The other main forms of wrestling are Greco-Roman and grappling. The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee recommended dropping wrestling as a sport from the 2020 Olympic Games, but this decision was later reversed by the

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