The myth:
Antaeus was a demigod king of what is now Libya. He was also a ‘giant’.
His ‘mother’ was Gaia, Earth.
He would challenge travelers through his land and waters to a wrestling match or pay a huge toll.
As long as he was in contact with his mother, the Earth, he could not be defeated.
Then one day Hercules/Heracles came through on his way to one of his assigned labors and so had to wrestle with him.
Hercules soon discovered that when he held Antaeus off the ground he became weak, so he held him completely off the ground and killed him with a bear hug...................
There’s wrestling and then there’s wrestling. 😉