ares007 said:
I also found another fictional account: In Gamelyn, Gamelyn defeats his brother's champion wrestler.
Fascinating, truly fascinating. This area of (pretend) history really is an unmined seam of riches, isn't it? However.....
I think I've found one very high status wrestling incident, though the internet is my only source so far as I just googled for it 5 minutes ago
Apparently at the famous meeting at the Field of the Cloth of Gold there were wrestling matches between many men, and Henry even challenged King Francois of France- and lost. Wikipedia and most other sites I've checked (admittedly only 3 or 4) mention it, so I think it can be trusted.
The wrestling matches were part of the festivities and competitions; there were also jousting and archery competitions among others. Apparently both Kings performed very well at the joust, Henry doing a little better though. I saw no mention that they fought each other in the joust, but there is a description of one of the French King's jousts:
''When the French king and the Earl of Devonshire charged at each other, so fierce was their encounter that both their lances broke. In all they ran off eight times, during which the French king broke three lances while the earl broke two lances and the French king’s nose''
Sounds like spirited stuff, both Kings were still young at this point so Henry wasn't at his famously corpulent stage.
It seems then that one opportunity for wrestling was as a part of wider festive occasions.