💰 Would you get kicked in the shins for £10,000?

In 1826, Devonshire wrestling champions earned prize money that outmatched a year’s wages for most workers.

🥇 First place: £50 (today’s equivalent of £6,500!)
🥈 Second place: £40 (about £5,200 today)
🥉 Even sixth place got £5 (around £650 in modern money).

Side bets? Worth three years’ wages! 😲

Would you take a shin-kicking for that kind of cash?

Let us know below! 👇💬

Luckily, the modern sport is a lot safer than the Victorian’s loved. The DWS work today to practice and reclaim the sport for the modern world.

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