Burroughs ultimately would not lose a match until 2014, and his 69-match winning streak stands as the longest in U.S. history. Burroughs was one of two Americans to win gold in wrestling, with ...

With more than 1,500 years of history, sumo wrestling is one of Japan’s oldest and most sacred sports. But in recent years, it has been facing lower enrolment and a high attrition rate.

However, it reignited a life-long obsession with professional wrestling. He has since become a double champion in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling-NOAH and the first Scottish man to compete at ...

Nagayo served as an adviser, trainer and choreographer for the series’ dramatized wrestling scenes. Japanese professional wrestling fans still talk about the matches between Matsumoto and the ...

If you thought the WWE was intense, you haven't witnessed Stardom, the professional women's wrestling league in Japan. While the WWE's Wrestle Mania involves a lot of violent action, Stardom ...

Japanese wrestling legend-turned-politician Antonio Inoki, who famously took on Muhammad Ali in a much-ballyhooed bout, died of heart failure on Oct. 1. He was 79. The clash with Ali in 1976 was ...

Two U.S. women had never won gold medals at a single Olympics in history — until today. On Wednesday night, Team USA's freestyle wrestler Sarah Hildebrandt upgraded from Japanese bronze to French gold ...