They get along really well, eh?

Fun fact: contests to see who could sit in a sauna the longest where a legit 'sport' with a "World Champion" and everything... until someone died doing it.

Blushing Hibiki looks so ero there.....

Tk3997 said:

Fun fact: contests to see who could sit in a sauna the longest where a legit 'sport' with a "World Champion" and everything... until someone died doing it.

You mean they actually stopped after that? What happened to the sports of old where deaths were par for the course?

RNGCombo said:

You mean they actually stopped after that? What happened to the sports of old where deaths were par for the course?

You mean like American Football?

Ancient sports were pretty hardcore. Arrhachion, a Greek wrestling champion, was killed in a match and still managed to defend his title.

Pausanias said:

For when he was contending for the wild olive with the last remaining competitor, whoever he was, the latter got a grip first, and held Arrhachion, hugging him with his legs, and at the same time he squeezed his neck with his hands. Arrhachion dislocated his opponent's toe, but expired owing to suffocation; but he who suffocated Arrhachion was forced to give in at the same time because of the pain in his toe. The Eleans crowned and proclaimed victor the corpse of Arrhachion.

Stubbornness.