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Wrestling is a form of combat sport involving grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two (occasionally more) competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position. There are a wide range of styles with varying rules with both traditional historic and modern styles. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into other martial arts as well as military hand-to-hand combat systems.
The term wrestling is attested in late Old English, as wræstlunge (glossing palestram).
Wrestling is one of the oldest forms of combat with references to it as early as the Iliad, in which Homer recounts the Trojan War in the 13th or 12th century BC. The origins of wrestling can be traced back 15,000 years through cave drawings in France. Babylonian and Egyptian relief's show wrestlers using most of the holds known to the present-day sport. In ancient Greece, wrestling occupied a prominent place in legend and literature; wrestling competition, brutal in many aspects, was the number one sport of the Olympic Games. The ancient Romans borrowed heavily from Greek wrestling, but eliminated much of its brutality.
Mark Jerrold Henry (born June 12, 1971) is an American powerlifter, Olympic weightlifter, strongman, and a professional wrestler with WWE, where he performs on its SmackDown brand. He is a 1992 Olympian, and winner of the 2002 Arnold Strongman Classic. Since joining the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) in 1996, he has become a one-time WWF European Champion and a two-time world champion, having held the ECW Championship in 2008, and the World Heavyweight Championship in 2011.
Henry was a weightlifter, and competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he placed tenth in the super heavyweight division. Three years later, at the 1995 Pan American Games, Henry won a silver medal in the super heavyweight division. The following year, he became a North America, Central America, Caribbean Islands (NACACI) champion. In 1996, Henry signed a ten-year contract with the WWF. Henry was trained by former Canadian professional wrestlers Stu and Bret Hart and Leo Burke. He made his television wrestling debut in September 1996. In January 1998, Henry joined the stable Nation of Domination. After the disbanding of the group, he acquired the moniker "Sexual Chocolate", which led him to participate in controversial angles.
Rey Gutierrez Mysterio Jr. (born December 11, 1974) is a Mexican American professional wrestler in World Wrestling Entertainment currently wrestling on the RAW Brand. In WWE, Gutierrez was trained by his uncle Rey Misterio, Sr. and wrestled early on in Mexico where he learned the Lucha Libre high flying style that has been his trademark.
Gutierrez originally worked for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in Mexico, from 1992 to 1995. He wrestled in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1995 to 1996 and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1996 to 2001, as Rey Misterio, Jr./Rey Mysterio, Jr. but dropped the "Junior" from his name when he began working for WWE in 2002.
Mysterio is known for having a high flying style, which helped kick-start the cruiserweight wrestling revolution in the United States in the late 1990s during his time in WCW. In WCW he won the WCW World Tag Team Championship three times, and the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship once with Billy Kidman as part of the Filthy Animals. In WWE, Mysterio is a three time world champion having held the World Heavyweight Championship twice, the WWE Championship once and is currently listed as the lightest world champion in WWE history. He has also held the WWE Tag Team Championship a record-tying four times, and the WWE Intercontinental Championship twice. He also held the WCW/WWE Cruiserweight Championship a record eight times (five times in WCW, three in WWE). All totaled, he has won 21 titles between WWE and WCW. Mysterio was the 21st person to win the WWE Triple Crown Championship, and was the winner of the 2006 Royal Rumble.
Ground zero, bow down to the countdown,
Bringin the ruckus to points around the compass
From the depths of outer space to the center of the Earth,
We€™re getting down for what it€™s worth, we€™re getting down for now,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here
The clock is tickin and we€™re in the clear,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here,
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We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here
The clock is tickin and we€™re in the clear,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out, we€™re out
Is this thing on? (yea) are ya hearin it?
We€™ll turn it up so we can get the whole wide world feelin it,
Ayo a penny for my thoughts, a million for my album,
Mine my mind for rhymes and then sell them,
Apocalypse now and then, but in the meantime between,
I€™m tourin down the coast playin host to a gang of flirts,
In a gang of cities, in a gang of states,
We blow rhymes like 10 vets with metal plates,
And the dream is to step up be leanest,
With less than 20 feet and a microphone between us
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Believe us, we rock blocks, so persevere us,
The adamant aberrant associate antecedent,
Preceding to your view, increasing your impedance
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The clock is tickin and we€™re in the clear,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out, we€™re out
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here
The clock is tickin and we€™re in the clear,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out, we€™re out
Turn up your amplifier, I am a loud speaker,
Wandering like Jews, itinerant like preacher,
Move from town to town to convert the non-believer,
Speaking to the kids in the stands and in the bleachers,
My destiny€™s got the best of me,
Searching for the spot, where the pot heaven€™s pennies be,
So we parody a pair of achievers, parading imaginary J€™s you make believers
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here
The clock is tickin and we€™re in the clear,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out, we€™re out
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here
The clock is tickin and we€™re in the clear,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out of here,
We got, 3 minutes and we€™re out, we€™re out
I return with the yes, yes, y€™all to bring it back to the future,
3 out of 15 minutes outta suit ya,
I rip at the pit stop, hold back the flip,
Hip hop to rock and roll, I bomb like ya Nora,
Spread like ya baller, its an epidemic,
Peacefully about it so you better call a medic,
I said it before so you know we get frenetic,
Rhymes abandoned from the microphone partners
We got short time to agitate,
We gotta light the fuse, before it gets too late,
Time is of the essence, so you should hold it dear,
Give us our 3 minutes and we€™re outta here,
Cause we got three minutes til we€™re outta here,
The clock keeps tickin and we€™re in the clear, just
3 minutes and we€™re outta here, we got
3 minutes and we€™re out, we€™re out
we got 3 minutes and we€™re outta here,
the clock is tickin and we€™re in the clear, we got
3 minutes and we€™re outta here, we got
3 minutes and we€™re out, we€™re out