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Cultaholic Wrestling

The First EVER Wrestling Match | Wrestling Curiosities Episode 1

Cultaholic Wrestling

Cultaholic

Sports, Wrestling, Sports & Recreation, Wwe Podcast, Wrestling Podcast, Wwe, Aew

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Mythology gives us the first wrestling contest in recorded history. Exploring the weird and wonderful of professional wrestling history every week with Cultaholic.

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0:00.0

Where were you when Daniel Bryan became undisputed

0:03.0

W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. F.

0:06.8

Actually, where were you when the attitude era was born as Stone Cold Steve Austin won his first

0:11.6

W. W. first WWF Championship.

0:14.0

No, no, let's go back further.

0:15.8

Where were you when Hogan slammed Andre?

0:19.3

Further than that.

0:20.3

Where were you when a young fresh-faced luthares beat Orville Brown for the NWA World's Heavyweight Championship?

0:28.0

Let's go further back. Where were you when Gilgamesh battled Enkidu?

0:34.0

I mean, that last what is mythology, so chances are you weren't there.

0:38.0

I'm about to tell you the story of what is believed to be the first ever wrestling match.

0:44.4

Introducing first, the dazzling and sublime,

0:47.4

King of Europe Gilgamesh.

0:50.3

His opponents, wilderness warrior known as Ankydu the fighter.

0:57.0

We're going to get into the nitty gritty of the first ever wrestling match in a bit

1:06.1

so presume spoilers ahead okay but first I want to tell you about the ancient

1:11.0

Sumerians situated in the ancient region of Mesopotamia,

1:15.0

which is modern-day Iraq and Kuwait,

1:17.0

the Sumerians are considered the earliest sophisticated civilization.

1:21.0

It's written that through the help of the gods they were the first people to develop ideas like farming and carpentry.

1:29.2

They were also, so we're told, the first people to enjoy beer.

1:33.1

So next time you're on a night out after a hard day

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