Wrestling provides the "little" athletes a way to compete. Wrestlers are not confined to weight and height requirements as in BB & FB. They can compete re: their weight class. Toughness is not dependent on size, and I think that's the attraction of wrestling: "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."
And, yes, there's the one on one thing. Yet, in all sport, does it not come down to one on one? Witness ball carrier/tackler; OL/DL; batter/pitcher; goalie/attacker; shooter/defender, etc. Doesn't it all come down to which guy beats the other guy in any sport? Wrestling probably trains a football player best for that one on one, but there again is the size requirement. Boxing is in the same category, but an unpopular sport, now.
And, yes, there's the one on one thing. Yet, in all sport, does it not come down to one on one? Witness ball carrier/tackler; OL/DL; batter/pitcher; goalie/attacker; shooter/defender, etc. Doesn't it all come down to which guy beats the other guy in any sport? Wrestling probably trains a football player best for that one on one, but there again is the size requirement. Boxing is in the same category, but an unpopular sport, now.