From time immemorial, wrestling has been an exciting sport that attracts thousands of followers in many communities across the world. Here, some of the communities that still practice the sport hold the games every December, where residents and their kin living in ‘Diaspora’ sample the wrestling delight.
It is usually a spectacle to behold as fighters, like bulls, beat the living daylights out of each other.
The winner usually goes home with some small money, most of it which they spend buying drugs to nurse their injuries.
The Americans have perfected the sport and they have turned it into a global phenomenon, with superstars entertaining TV audiences across the world. The likes of John Cena, the Undertaker, Triple H and Africa’s own Kofi Kingstone amaze millions with their wrestling antics.
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Well, they are miles ahead of us, but can we not make a penny from our wrestling by making it commercial? Recently I was surprised that wrestling matches take place in Nairobi, but not in Kibera but Karen, specifically at Shalom Grounds.
And to add insult to injury, we have a commonwealth champion in the name of Hollis Ochieng. Certainly, we are not doing enough to promote the wrestling goldmine. As a country, we cannot survive on athletics and football alone yet we hope to create 500,000 jobs every year. Come on!
