You might think of it as an angry, testosterone-fuelled face-off for frat boys and drunken barflys, but Arm Wrestling has been an official sport for nearly 60 years. Its simplicity to grasp (excuse the pun) and the fact that it's a universally available sport has allowed the World Armwrestling Federation (WAF) make a dent in a whopping 85 member countries.
Although several claim to be professional arm wrestlers, these armed athletes around the globe have yet to be able to make a living on tournament winnings from a sport viewed as a layman's bar hobby. The new Game Of Arms Show on AMC aims to change all that, putting the new pioneers of the sport in the limelight. They share with Vocative their tales of woe, broken bones and ripped tendons in one of the most grimace-inducing, guttural sports likely to take place in a bar near you.
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