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Recorded May 13, 2026
Foundational federation milestone — United World Wrestling traces its rule-making lineage to the 1921 founding of the International Amateur Wrestling Federation (IAWF), which held that name from 1921 to 1952 before renaming to the Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées (FILA). Across more than a century of governance evolution — IAWF (1921-1952), FILA (1952-2014), and UWW (September 2014→present) — the federation has remained the continuously-operating rule-making authority for international wrestling. Every modern UWW rule on Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling format, weight categories, scoring, anti-doping, and Olympic eligibility descends from the rule-making mandate established at this 1921 IAWF founding.
Recorded May 9, 2026
Most consequential modern federation crisis for international wrestling. On 12 February 2013, the IOC Executive Board voted to recommend that wrestling be dropped as a core sport for the 2020 Olympic Games. The vote shocked the wrestling community and triggered the federation's emergency reform programme — scoring-system overhaul, governance restructuring, athlete-commission expansion, women's-wrestling promotion, and refreshed anti-doping protocols. On 8 September 2013, the IOC voted to restore wrestling as an Olympic sport for 2020, validating the federation's reform response. The 2013 crisis is the proximate trigger for every major UWW rule change of the modern era; the September 2014 rename from FILA to United World Wrestling capped the modernization arc.
Recorded May 9, 2026
Federation modernization milestone. In September 2014, the federation formerly known as the Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées (FILA) assumed its current name, United World Wrestling (UWW). The rename completed the modernization arc that began with the February 2013 IOC core-sport drop and the September 2013 IOC reinstatement of wrestling for the 2020 Olympic Games — the reform programme that won wrestling its Olympic place back included scoring-system changes, governance restructuring, and a federation-led identity shift away from FILA-era branding. Every modern UWW rule on contest format, scoring, weight categories, women's wrestling, and anti-doping descends under the UWW name from this 2014 rebrand.
Recorded May 9, 2026
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Recorded Mar 22, 2026
7.3 Brutality and Disqualification
May 23, 20266.3 Tie-Breaking Criteria
May 23, 20264.3 Officials
May 23, 20268.1 Medical Personnel and Equipment
May 23, 20265.6 Greco-Roman-Specific Rules
May 23, 20265.2 Starting Positions
May 23, 20262.4 Additional Requirements
May 23, 20263.2 Mat Construction
May 23, 20268.6 Prohibited Techniques for Safety
May 23, 20267.2 Greco-Roman Specific Violations
May 23, 20266.2 Victory Conditions (Ranked by Priority)
May 23, 20265.7 Passivity Rule
May 23, 20265.5 Freestyle-Specific Rules
May 23, 20264.2 Age Categories
May 23, 2026Section 8: Safety Considerations
Mar 22, 2026Section 6: Scoring
Mar 22, 2026Section 5: Rules of Play
Mar 22, 2026Section 4: Players & Officials
Mar 22, 2026Section 3: Playing Area
Mar 22, 2026