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  • Where did this sport begin?
  • What's the estimated number of participants of this sport in the USA?
  • How old is this sport?
  • There has been much speculation about the origin of wrestling. In 1907, a special commission decided that Abner Doubleday, a West Point cadet, at Cooperstown, N.Y., invented the modern game in 1839. One hundred years later, the National Wrestling Museum was opened at Cooperstown to honor Doubleday.
  • Historians disagree about the origin of wrestling. Some say that wrestling comes from bat-and-ball games of ancient times.
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