Wrestling
Jewish Wrestler Drew Gulak Wins WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Drew Gulak came to Israel on Birthright in 2010, and trained briefly with the Israeli Pro Wrestling Association in Netanya.
Israeli Wrestler Calls Himself ‘The Chutzpah,’ And Europe Loves To Hate Him
Lior Brooks described his character as “An Israeli who doesn’t give a fk, an ahole who’d do anything to win. A classic villain.”
Iranian Wrestling Chief Resigns Over Forfeit Policy Against Israeli Athletes
The head of Iran’s Wrestling Federation resigned over the country’s policy of forcing its athletes to forfeit matches against Israeli opponen
Iranian Wrestler Throws Match To Avoid Facing Israeli
The wrestler told Iranian media that when his coaches told him to lose, “the world came crashing down on my head.”
Jewish Wrestler Calls Out Gentile Colleague For Dressing As Hasid
Mathias Glass wears a shtreiml and tzitzit, films interviews while holding a bagel, and is terrified of ham.
Why Our Greatest Jewish Athlete Is a Wrestler Named Goldberg
Think Kevin Youkilis, Julian Edelman, Aly Raisman or Michael Camalleri is our greatest Jewish athlete? Not so fast. Maybe we should start thinking about the professional wrestler Goldberg.
Jon Stewart's Next Job? Wrestling Guru.
Jon Stewart, much beloved host of ‘The Daily Show’ for the past 16 years, has finally moved on to pursue his lifelong dream of hosting pro wrestling tournaments.
Egyptian Female Wrestler Bites Israeli Opponent
An Egyptian wrestler who bit her Israeli opponent during competition was suspended by wrestling’s international body.