popcorn and pepsi wrote:
Karelin is a good answer, though I always thought greco-roman to be the least compelling of the wrestling disciplines. Freestyle is so much more exciting.
Seems in freestyle there was no one quite as dominant, but Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Medved comes close. 10 world championship 1st place finishes. Interestingly, Medved means bear, so he is the quintessential Russian bear.