History of Wrestling

Championships

Salary Ranges

Governing Body

• United World Wrestling

• NCAA Governs Collegiate Teams

John Cena: $2.75 Million

Nenad Lalovic

Damien Mizdow: $100,000

• High Schools have State Regulations

Nikki Bella: $112,500

Summer Rae:

$65,000

Highest Paid

Ticket Prices

List of Teams

• WWE
• $15 - $105

#1

The Rock

3.5 Million

Important Dates In Wrestling History

1948

1953

#5

The Undertaker

$1.25 Million

#3

Triple H

$2.12 Million

#2

John Cena

2.75 Million

#4

Brock Lensar

$2 Million

1963

1985

1988

2002

2008

Dan Gable

• Born October 25 1948

Kurt Angle

• Winner of 3 Iowa State Championships in High School

David Leslie Schultz

• Born December 9, 1969

• Born June 9, 1959

• Started Wrestling in Middle School, and was California State Champion his Senior Year.

• Most Successful Coach in NCAA History with the University of Iowa

The Murder of David Schultz

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Positions and Equipment

• Wrestled at the Collegiate Level at Oklahoma State University and University of Oklahoma

• Pennsylvania State Champion 1987

• 2 NCAA Titles with Iowa State University

Top Wrestling Coaches in the NCAA

• 1996 Olympic Gold Medal

• 2012 Olympic Hopeful

Positions and Equipment

• 2 Time NCAA Division 1 Champion with the University of Pennsylvania

• Very Accomplished Wrestler

• Not Positions Necessarily, but there are Weight Classes

Crookston High School Wrestling

John Smith

Cael Norman Sanderson

Origins

Tom Brands

• 2015 Graduate Cody Weiland (left) has the most career wins at 203
• 2011 Grad Anthony Caputo has 201

• Wrestling roots have been traced back to the Sumerians
• 5,000 Years Ago

Rules and Objectives

• Current Record:
• 5 wins, 7 losses in Duals
• Best ranking in Tournaments so far is 4th Place out of 13 teams

• Also found in Ancient Egypt's History

• Wrestling was held in very high regards by the Greeks

Wrestling Evolves

Top Players

Current Varsity Roster

Name

• The objective is to get your opponent in a position with their back and any part of both shoulders in contact with the mat for 2 seconds.
• If no one is pinned, the winner is determined by the most points.
• Ways to score points:
• Takedown
• Reversal
• Near Fall
• Penalty Points

• The Roman Times changed Wrestling

Weight Class

Shawn Michaels

Zach Brown

Nolan Dans

Wyatt Weiland

Cade Coauette

Cameron Weiland

Cameron Hulst

Damian Narvaez

Cole Tiedmann

Colton Weiland

Noah Barlow

Preston Desrosier

Luke Trandem

Lukas Meier

Luis Argueta

Damian Hodgson

Collin Lecke

Jacob Davidson

Jake Wagner

• Professional Wrestling Started in France in 1830

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138

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145

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Levels of Competition

• Jean Exbrayat creates the first rule in 1848

"The Undertaker"

• Folk Style Wrestling
• Little Kid and Middle School
• High School
• College
• At the National Level in the U.S. there are many associations
• National Wrestling Alliance
• National Wrestling Association
• Greco-Roman, Freestyle, and Female Wrestling
• Olympic Level
• Dramatic Wrestling
• WWE

Hulk Hogan

Wrestling and the Olympics

• Wrestling had been apart of the Olympics off and on ever since the earliest competitions.
• It finally stuck as a permanent event in 1928

Popularity

• In 2015, 15% of Iowans considered Wrestling their favorite sport.

• The Four Greatest Olympic Wrestlers of All Time:
• Carl Westergren
• Ivar Johnasson
• Alexandre Medved
• Alexander Karelin

Westergren

• WWE was more popular in the 80's and 90's
• Ratings and Viewers have fallen due to shows like the Kardashians taking the best time Slots.

Karelin

Medvid

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History of Wrestling