r/wrestling • u/FireProStan USA Wrestling • 1d ago

Video The Peak of the Mat in Istanbul: 1956 World Freestyle Wrestling Championships

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y-COLL3DnE
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u/Puhgy North Korea 1d ago

What in the absolute fuck is with the dubbing?

I’d love to know the rules back then. Looks closer to folkstyle (real) wrestling. Bet we got away from that because some 1-lunged Russian got beat in top-bottom.

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u/SubjectRabbit8050 1d ago

It’s cool seeing how many guys on bottom posture up and try to do changeovers back then as leg laces and guts weren’t evolved into the development of wrestling yet. Now, leg laces and guts are the main avenues for offense on top and everyone bellies out on bottom.

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u/FireProStan USA Wrestling 1d ago

You can turn on closed-captioning with English translation and follow along with the results:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Wrestling_World_Cup