The popularity and organization of arm wrestling as a sport have evolved over the years, with major media and wealthy individuals investing in events and leagues. An arm wrestling champion dominated for many years, both left and right handed, and remains at the top of the sport.
Over the Top is a movie based on a true story about arm-wrestling. The actual Over the Top tournament was real and John Brzing won the trucker division, as depicted in the movie.
The speaker discusses how arm wrestling has evolved over the past few decades and how he personally became involved in the sport in the mid-90s. He also acknowledges the dominance of another arm wrestler in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
The development of combat sports has seen significant investment from wealthy individuals and "one versus one" fights evolving to "battle of nations," with countries like the United States, Canada, Russia, and Georgia competing in leagues. The techniques mastered by fighters now take only a year to learn, compared to a decade 10 or 15 years before.