This week on wrestling curiosities, I'm going to tell you the story of the most tragic

wrestling match in history. I'm not talking about the Undertaker Goldberg at Super Showdown.

No, no, no, we're going back many, many, many more years before that.

I'm about to tell you the story of Rostam and Sorab.

Two men that wrestle to defend their respective kingdoms.

Two men alike in strength, pride and dignity.

Two men more alike than they could have ever imagined.

Our story is taken from the Shannama or the Book of Kings. This was an

epic poem written by Persian poet for Dalzy around 1000 CE and holds the record for longest epic poem by a single poet.

This isn't until somebody cracks the next 20 parts of

There was an old man from China.

Fidalzi documented his life,, and the notables around him.

One of the most notable of said notables was the son of Sal and Rudaba, a mighty

warrior by the name of Rostam.

There's a lot of adventures of Rostam that we could dive into,

like the one about him slaying the mad and white elephant of King Manicaya

or the one where he saved the sovereign K K-K-K-avas from the demons of

Masa-Daran. I feel like that one needs a Netflix series of its own to be honest though.

Now the story we're diving into today is a defining story in the life of Rostan, one that would change him for the rest of his days.

Also, the one that features wrestling because, you know, this is wrestling curiositiesities so there has to be some wrestling

involved. We join our hero hunting donkeys. It's a quiet Tuesday

nothing good on TV and the new series of Real Housewives of historical Persia hasn't started yet.

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