Outside of the USA, do people wrestle?

[doodledee]

As a sport I mean, not a drunken brawl!

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

It's very popular here in Japan as a sport along with grappling martial arts in general. Also sumo wrestling. My favorite sumo wrestler (Chiyonofuji):

https://www.youtube.com/embed/B1W1kK6ww_E

Sumo wrestlers are very fat but incredibly strong! I tried arm-wrestling even a very lowly-ranked one I met at a bar and he nearly snapped my arm in half.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

Oops, I had a senile moment and posted the wrong clip from my bookmarks! That's an entire documentary! My bad. I wanted to show this short clip:
https://youtu.be/07VIlKmmaak

[Phoenix98]

Wrestling is pretty popular in Japan with Sumo and I'm sure there are a few other countries out there that have their own cultural version of wrestling. I'm pretty sure wrestling used to be pretty popular in the UK I mean didn't they make a movie about a female UK wrestler's story a few years back?

[argot]

Real wrestling (i. e. Freestyle/Greco-Roman) is very common throughout the world... Pretend WWF crap isn't as common, but Mexicans do have their lucha libre...

[RebelinSteel]

I think it used to popular in the UK but never see it on tv or even in the press. There is probably some underground stuff going on.

[slatyb]

Of course -- there's Sumo in Japan, and Greco-Roman wrestling along with freestyle wrestling.

[Iron_Man]

Yes they have Olympic wrestling teams all over

[OtterMan68]

The Turks and other SW Asian countries love olympic wrestling

[AngryCarl]

UK here. Wrestling exists here but it's a very niche interest.

[riverrat3]

They do, mostly freestyle, watch the olympics this summer

[riverrat3]

Also grecco roman

[legalboxers]

sumo wrestling - Japan

[doodledee]

Of course! That completely slipped my mind.

[laly520]

everywhere literally

[standardguy]

Sure. Even in Turkey!

[NathanDavis]

Lucha Libre...

[ab2shifty]

Pretty sure it’s popular in Japan

[LemiaOfThunder]

Yes The UK has an active wrestling scene

[RelentlessWitch]

Yes thats everywhere

[darkforcebooty]

why wouldn't they?