wrestling
form of combat sport involving grappling type techniques
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Summary
wrestling is a type of sport[1]. wrestling draws 10,362 Wikipedia views per month (type of sport category, ranking #45 of 435).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: strength sport[3], combat sport[4], close combat[5], Olympic sport[6]
- Commons category: Wrestling[7]
- Authority: United World Wrestling[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Wrestling[9]
- OpenStreetMap tag: sport=wrestling[10]
- Described by source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[11], Otto's encyclopedia[12], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[13], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14]
- Topic has template: Template:Folk wrestling[15]
- Different from: professional wrestling[16], amateur wrestling[17], inventory[18]
- Practiced by: wrestling coach[19], wrestler[20], amateur wrestler[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22]
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Influence
Things named for wrestling include thumb war[23], a hand game[24].
Why It Matters
wrestling has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] wrestling is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]
Entities named for wrestling include thumb war[23], a hand game[24].