Wrestling was first sport.

Let's wrestle the facts

Amateur Wrestling Works of Art Photo Gallery by Tom Fortunato, Rochester, NY
Footage of the first WWE episode
Humankind has been wrestling since John Wreslteton got out of his cave and said to his tribe, "I have an idea." Ok, actually it's a bit more complicated. Wrestling had its roots in Ancient Greece, where it debuted in the first Omplyics but is believed to have been around since before that. This style of wrestling was very different from today. There were very few rules, which made matches a blood bath sometimes. Wrestling was a very popular sport in Ancient Greece and was a way of life for some men.
A papyrus fragment, which is paper's ancestor, was found that had instructions on how to wrestle, and it's believed that it came from the 100 AD. If my math is correct that's... a lot of years. In France, there are famous cave paintings that show cavemen wrestling. Meaning that wrestling has existed since the stone age. We have no way to tell if they kept score or what happened when someone won. 

Wrestling most likely originated from the hand to hand combat needed to survive against predators or because the guy in the next hut over stole your berries. This was might have been done to avoid killing the person, after all, he can live if he promises to give you back your berries. From this wrestling spread around the world to Asia, Africa, and the Americas. A few even went and created belt wrestling, which is when wrestling some while trying to take their belt off, instead of fighting someone for a belt suspended in the air like what usually happens on TV. 

So why is wrestling still around today? There can be several reasons for it. Some men like showing off their strength and that's a good way to show off. There's very little equipment needed, all you need is a lot of free space and some below grease. But I think there's a big reason, this sport is easy to watch. Unlike other sports. where it can feel like you need research the exact ways the ball moves for the team to score a goal unit, with wrestling all you got to know if the one guy doesn't get up then the other guy wins.

History of wrestling. Rockstar, Sport'sEngine. 2020, 
    https://www.rockstarwrestling.com/page/show/1658056-history-of-wrestling 
Simone. The 5 Oldest Sports in the World. Catawiki, Stories. Aug 
    13 https://www.catawiki.com/stories/4865-the-5-oldest-sports-in-the-world
Wrestling. Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. August 13, 
    2020, https://www.britannica.com/sports/wrestling

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