Wrestling is a combat sport involving grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two (occasionally more) competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position. There are a wide range of styles with varying rules with both traditional historic and modern styles. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into other martial arts as well as military hand-to-hand combat systems.
The term wrestling is attested in late Old English, as wræstlunge (glossing palestram).
Wrestling represents one of the oldest forms of combat. Literary references to it occur as early as in the Iliad, in which Homer recounts the Trojan War of the 13th or 12th century BC. The origins of wrestling go back 15,000 years through cave drawings in France. Babylonian and Egyptian reliefs show wrestlers using most of the holds known in the present-day sport.
Wrestling is a 2008 romantic drama about teenagers growing up in Wilmington, Delaware.
Wrestling (Original French title: La lutte) is a 1961 documentary film about professional wrestling in Montreal, co-directed by Michel Brault, Marcel Carrière, Claude Fournier and Claude Jutra.
Wrestling was shot in the Montreal Forum, where major bouts were staged, as well as wrestling parlors where would be wrestlers learned and practiced their craft.
The filmmakers had intended to make a film exposing, in slow motion, the fakery of professional wrestling, until a chance encounter with French philosopher Roland Barthes changed their minds. Barthes was appalled by what they were planning to do, and spoke urgently about the beauty and social role of pro wrestling in the lives of ordinary people. Persuaded by Barthes, the filmmakers set out to make a film that captured the spectacle of the sport, without judging it.
The film shows the wrestling arena to be a sort of modern day shrine, with wrestling and its rituals taking the place of religion in the then-recently secularized Quebec.
Ground zero, bow down to the countdown,
Bringin the ruckus to points around the compass
From the depths of outer space to the center of the Earth,
We€™re getting down for what it€™s worth, we€™re getting down for now,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here
The clock is tickin and we€™re in the clear,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out, we€™re out
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here
The clock is tickin and we€™re in the clear,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out, we€™re out
Is this thing on? (yea) are ya hearin it?
We€™ll turn it up so we can get the whole wide world feelin it,
Ayo a penny for my thoughts, a million for my album,
Mine my mind for rhymes and then sell them,
Apocalypse now and then, but in the meantime between,
I€™m tourin down the coast playin host to a gang of flirts,
In a gang of cities, in a gang of states,
We blow rhymes like 10 vets with metal plates,
And the dream is to step up be leanest,
With less than 20 feet and a microphone between us
Well what I mean is, we drop a hammer like Val Venis,
Believe us, we rock blocks, so persevere us,
The adamant aberrant associate antecedent,
Preceding to your view, increasing your impedance
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here
The clock is tickin and we€™re in the clear,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out, we€™re out
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here
The clock is tickin and we€™re in the clear,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out, we€™re out
Turn up your amplifier, I am a loud speaker,
Wandering like Jews, itinerant like preacher,
Move from town to town to convert the non-believer,
Speaking to the kids in the stands and in the bleachers,
My destiny€™s got the best of me,
Searching for the spot, where the pot heaven€™s pennies be,
So we parody a pair of achievers, parading imaginary J€™s you make believers
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here
The clock is tickin and we€™re in the clear,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out, we€™re out
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here
The clock is tickin and we€™re in the clear,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out, we€™re out
I return with the yes, yes, y€™all to bring it back to the future,
3 out of 15 minutes outta suit ya,
I rip at the pit stop, hold back the flip,
Hip hop to rock and roll, I bomb like ya Nora,
Spread like ya baller, its an epidemic,
Peacefully about it so you better call a medic,
I said it before so you know we get frenetic,
Rhymes abandoned from the microphone partners
We got short time to agitate,
We gotta light the fuse, before it gets too late,
Time is of the essence, so you should hold it dear,
Give us our 3 minutes and we€™re outta here,
Cause we got three minutes til we€™re outta here,
The clock keeps tickin and we€™re in the clear, just
3 minutes and we€™re outta here, we got
3 minutes and we€™re out, we€™re out
we got 3 minutes and we€™re outta here,
the clock is tickin and we€™re in the clear, we got
3 minutes and we€™re outta here, we got
3 minutes and we€™re out, we€™re out